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The U.S. Senate confirmed President Obama’s nomination of John Kerry to be the next Secretary of State on January 30, 2013.
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U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson greets American and Pakistani journalists at a media summit for alumni of the U.S.-Pakistan Professional Partnership in Journalism.
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Ambassador Richard Olson paid his respects at the Data Darbar Shrine in Lahore on January 29, 2013.
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President Obama takes his second oath of office with first lady Michelle Obama and his daughter Sasha in Washington on November 20, 2013.
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Ambassador Richard Olson greets 100 alumni of the Study of the U.S. Institute (SUSI) exchange program in Islamabad.
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The United States, Pakistan, and Afghanistan: Now and Beyond 2014 -- Remarks by Ambassador Richard Olson, Institute for Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI), January 30, 2013
I am fortunate to have begun my tenure in Pakistan at a time of renewal and refocus in the U.S.-Pakistan relationship. Over the past several months, our governments have worked to put the difficulties of the recent past behind us, and to instead focus – with increased pragmatism – on the common challenges we both must face together.
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Biography of Secretary of State John Kerry
On February 1, 2013, John Forbes Kerry was sworn in as the 68th Secretary of State of the United States, becoming the first sitting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman to become Secretary in over a century. Secretary Kerry joined the State Department after 28 years in the United States Senate, the last four as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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U.S. Ambassador Olson Visits Northern Sindh: USAID Invests $10 Million to Build Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences
U.S. Ambassador Richard Olson, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Director Jock Conly, and the U.S. Consul General in Karachi Michael Dodman, joined by Sindh Minister for Health Dr. Sagheer Ahmed and Sindh Minister for Rehabilitation Muzaffar Shujra, attended a groundbreaking ceremony to officially initiate construction of the Jacobabad Institute of Medical Sciences, a state-of-the-art hospital.
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Statement from the President on the Confirmation of John Kerry as the next Secretary of State
I am pleased that the Senate has confirmed John Kerry as our next Secretary of State with overwhelming bipartisan support. From his decorated service in Vietnam to his decades in the Senate as a champion of American global leadership, John's distinguished career has prepared him to guide American diplomacy in the years ahead.
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Secretary Clinton Introducing Nominee for Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry at His Senate Foreign Relations Committee Confirmation Hearing
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It’s very good to be back and to have this opportunity to join with Senator Warren and Senator McCain in introducing President Obama’s nominee to be the next Secretary of State. I was very honored when John asked me to take part in this because John is the right choice to carry forward the Obama Administration’s foreign policy, and I urge his speedy confirmation.
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