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Kerry Condemns Syrian Rocket Attacks on Aleppo

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Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian government’s brutal Scud missile attacks on the city of Aleppo are “the latest example” of the brutality of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

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Internet Freedom Fellows Webcast

The Human Voices of Freedom – Securing Human Rights Online Human Rights Council side event Room XXIII at the Palais des Nations Thursday, March 7 - 1 pm    A public event at the United Nations sponsored by the U.S. Mission with Ambassador Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of Secretary [...]

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Happy Birthday, Rosa Parks!

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The “mother of the civil rights movement” would have been 100 years old on February 4, 2013. Her refusal to sit in the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus on December 1, 1955, ignited a movement that ultimately challenged racial segregation and inspired others to similar actions. In her honor, the U.S. Postal Service released [...]

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Job Announcement: Multimedia LAN Management Assistant

The U.S. Mission in Geneva is seeking an individual for the position of Multimedia LAN Management Assistant. CLOSING DATE: February 11, 2013

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Secretary Clinton at Senate Hearing on Benghazi Terrorist Attack

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On January 23, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testified on Capitol Hill regarding the September 2012 attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi.

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U.S. Supports French and ECOWAS Intervention in Mali

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The United States supports military action by France and the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to take back northern Mali from armed Islamist rebels.

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Inauguration Celebrates Continuity of American Democracy

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Many inaugural events have been added since 1789, but the steps that the president-elect follows to take the constitutionally mandated oath of office, the central event of the inauguration, are essentially unchanged.

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Global Entrepreneurship, Dubai Conference – a video

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Global Entrepreneurship — Dubai Conference Version Washington, November 8, 2012 This video was produced by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs in November 2012. Speakers include President Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, David Munir Nabti of Rootspace, Sheikha Hanadi Nasser Bint Khaled Al Thani of AMWAL, co-founder and former [...]

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Governor Mitt Romney’s Concession Speech

I have just called President Obama to congratulate him on his victory. His supporters and his campaign also deserve congratulations.

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President Obama’s Victory Speech

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I’ve never been more hopeful about our future. I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope.

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