A funeral service was held at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., for former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, the first woman to hold that position. Speakers included President …
8,076 viewsFormer Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talked about her childhood in Birmingham, Alabama, in the 1960s and profiled her parents, John and Angelena Rice. Ms. Rice discussed her memoir wit…
951 viewsFormer Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talked about her memoir Extraordinary, Ordinary People: A Memoir of Family and the values instilled in her by her parents.
1,133 viewsSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice reflected on her tenure as the 66th U.S. secretary of state and the election of Senator Barack Obama as president. Among the topics she addressed were the…
2,023 viewsSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke about the release of the State Departments 2008 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The report examined the status of religious freedo…
206 viewsA ceremony was held to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the bombings of the U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya, and Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. The ceremony included music and an honor guard …
490 viewsSecretary Rice, Secretary Gates and Admiral Mullen testified about cooperative partnerships between the Department of State and Department of Defense. Among the topics they addressed were ef…
336 viewsAfter welcoming Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim, Secretary of State Rice commented on the unauthorized access to Senator Barack Obama’s passport file by employees at the State Dep…
179 viewsSecretary Condoleezza Rice testified about the proposed fiscal year 2009 budget for foreign operations. Topics included foreign aid, foreign services personnel, increasing energy prices, Rus…
232 viewsSecretary Rice testified about the proposed fiscal year 2009 foreign affairs budget which contains a 16 percent increase for the State Department. Other topics included the war in Iraq, fore…
364 viewsSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice talked about the concept of "transformational diplomacy", a term that incorporates sovereign self determination in the creation of democratic institutions…
436 viewsSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced that Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns is retiring in March 2008.
142 viewsAt the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C., Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice signed the condolence book for former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto and offered comments for th…
196 viewsFollowing a bilateral summit, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Minister Maxime Bernier talked about numerous foreign policy situations. Included in this list were shared concerns over…
176 viewsSecretary Rice spoke at the Women’s Foreign Policy Group (WFPG) Annual Luncheon at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. She talked about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government, Israel’s plans to b…
180 viewsSecretary Rice announced that Karen Hughes would resign as undersecretary for public diplomacy to return to her family in Texas.
154 viewsSecretary Rice testified about State Department operations in Iraq. Several members accused Secretary Rice of grossly mismanaging diplomatic efforts in Iraq and concealing information from C…
476 viewsSecretary Condoleezza Rice announced the release of the State Department’s 2007 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom. The report says that Iraq has limited freedom of religion, b…
133 viewsSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice introduced Hall of Fame baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr. as the second Department of State Special Public Diplomacy Envoy in sports. In this capacity Mr. R…
138 viewsA hearing was held on the proposed fiscal year 2008 budget for the State Department. Secretary Rice testified about foreign operations budget requests, State Department operations in various…
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