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Following welcoming remarks, participants talked about the importance of art and culture and how it affects the process of globalization. Among the topics they addressed were the role of the…

Secretary Madeleine Albright and others spoke to reporters about the State Department budget and current human rights initiatives. Following her remarks she answered questions from reporters…

Secretary of State Madeline Albright testified about the direction and goals of U.S. foreign policy at the end of the Clinton administration. Among the topics she addressed were recent elect…

The president, State Department officials, and relatives of President Truman dedicated the State Department building as the Harry S. Truman building.

Secretary Albright talked with reporters about the continuing violence in Israel and Gaza and the lack of progress in the peace talks. She answered media questions.

Secretary Madeleine Albright spoke about various areas of interest to American foreign policy including efforts to improve women’s lives in developing countries, aid in efforts to strengthen…

President Clinton talked about the passage of international debt relief legislation and thanked members of Congress and others who worked for it. Other speakers talked about the effects the …

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Following brief remarks about an attack on the USS Cole and violence in the Middle East, Secretary Albright spoke about opportunities and challenges facing women as they move into the workfo…

Secretary Albright spoke at a State Department dinner honoring North Korean Vice Marshal Jo, the special enjoy of President Kim Jong-il. The vice marshal also spoke. Both noted recent meetin…

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright spoke to reporters about a terrorist attack on the USS Cole in a Yemeni port, violence in Israel which resulted in the death of two Israeli soldiers, an…

President Clinton and others talked about U.S.-China relations and the benefits of more open markets. The president signed the legislation granting Permanent Normal Trade Relations to China …

Secretary Albright talked with reporters about recent events in former Yugoslavia, current U.S. sanctions toward that nation, Russia’s role in the region and the fate of former Yugoslav lead…

Secretary Madeline Albright and Richard Boucher briefed reporters on efforts made to increase U.S. embassy security since the bombing of two U.S. embassies in eastern Africa on August 7, 199…

Secretary Madeline Albright spoke to reporters about Middle East peace talks which ended without an agreement on final status. She described the work that had taken place in the meetings, sa…

Secretary Albright briefed reporters on her upcoming trip to Syria for President Hafez Assad’s funeral, and the future of the peace process in the Middle East following his death. Following …

President Clinton and a bipartisan group of dignitaries urged Congress to grant permanent normal trade relations to China. They also warned that a defeat of the measure might adversely affec…

Secretary Albright and Minister Vedrine spoke about the state of Franco-American relations. Issues included security in the Balkans, NATO, arms control, and the Middle East peace process…

Following the unexplained disappearance of a laptop computer containing highly sensitive information in February, Secretary Madeline Albright spoke to State Department employees about securi…

Secretary of State Madeleine Albright announced the release of the annual report, “Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1999,” which outlined terrorist events in 1999 and identified South Asia and …