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State of the Union 2013
President Obama (Feb. 12): "We also know that progress in the most impoverished parts of our world enriches us all -- not only because it creates new markets, more stable order in certain regions of the world, but also because it’s the right thing to do."
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North Korean Announcement of Nuclear Test
Ambassador Rice (Feb. 12): "Countries around the world, including every member of the Security Council, agreed that this test was an extremely regrettable act that further undermines international peace and security, as well as that of the region."
![Date: 02/12/2013 Location: Washington D.C. Description: Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller gives remarks at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Washington, DC. - State Dept Image](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130213202855im_/http://m.state.gov/images/mobile/m_DSC_6138A_US_Gottemoeller_432_4.jpg)
Acting Under Secretary Gottemoeller (Feb. 12): "Over the course of the last 40 years, the NPT has taken some hits... But it is precisely because of those hits that we have acquired the experience needed to deal more effectively with the challenge of nuclear proliferation." Full Text»
-02/13/13
Remarks With Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh After Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry
-02/12/13
Statement by the President on North Korean Announcement of Nuclear Test
-02/11/13
Finding a Lasting Solution to Instability in The Democratic Republic of the Congo; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs
-02/11/13
Resignation of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI; Secretary of State John Kerry
-02/09/13
The World Refugee Crisis: Conflict, Consequences, Cooperation; Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
-02/08/13
What is the United States' Role in Addressing Sexual Violence in Libya and Syria?; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Patricia Haslach, Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations
-02/08/13
Remarks With Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird After Their Meeting; Secretary of State John Kerry
-02/07/13
Remarks to the Ensembles of the Afghanistan National Institute of Music; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns
-02/07/13
Remarks to a Foreign Policy Classroom; Secretary of State John Kerry
-02/06/13
U.S. Humanitarian Response to the Crisis in Syria; Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
-02/06/13
Remarks at the International Community College Conference; Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine
-02/06/13
2013 Lunar New Year; Secretary of State John Kerry