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State Department Spokesman Matt Miller briefed reporters and responded to questions on a range of foreign policy issues facing the Biden administration. Topics discussed included…

Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland and Sarah Charles, a top USAID official, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the conflict in Sudan.…

The White House held a briefing with reporters on to discuss several topics including Russian allegations that Ukraine attacked the Kremlin with drones, a new executive order addressing the…

Defense Department Deputy Spokesperson Sabrina Singh briefed reporters at the Pentagon on several issues, including evacuations from Sudan and troop deployments to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder provided additional details on the deployment of active-duty troops to the U.S. southern border. The Homeland Security Department put…

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan provided an update on the situation in Sudan during the White briefing. He said, “the United States military conducted a successful operation to extract all U.S. government…

Defense Department Spokesperson Brigadier General Pat Ryder briefed reporters at the Pentagon on the evacuation of U.S. embassy personnel and Americans from Sudan.

During a news conference with the Kenyan foreign secretary, Secretary Blinken provided an update on Sudan. President Biden had recently ordered the evacuation of U.S. personnel from…

National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby announced that President Biden authorized U.S. troops to be positioned in Sudan in case of a need to evacuate U.S. Embassy personnel in…

Senator Jackie Rosen (D-NV) held a news conference with several of her colleagues to discuss their recent visit to the Middle East to assess the impact of the Abraham Accords and possible…

President Trump spoke with leaders from Israel and Sudan over the phone about normalizing the countries' relations. The president also took questions from reporters on several issues,…

Jay Carney briefed reporters and answered questions on a number of issues. Regarding South Sudan, he said that circumstances had worsened following new reports of violence. He announced…

Abraham Awolich, one of Sudan’s “Lost Boys” spoke at an education summit held by the U.S. Agency for International Development. He was displaced from his village in 1988 during the Sudanese…

Susan Rice took questions from reporters on a range of issues, including upcoming priorities and Syria. She said that the U.S. is concerned and skeptical of the Syrian government’s adherence to…

Witnesses testified on the independence of and insecurity in Sudan and South Sudan. Committee members discussed U.S. policies toward Sudan and South Sudan, including how the two countries can share oil…

Rebecca Tinsley, former BBC reporter and founder of Network for Africa, showed slides as she talked about her novel about 5 children who survived the genocide in Darfur. The novel is based…

Witnesses testified at an emergency hearing about a growing humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Bradford Phillips said that between 70,000 to 90,000 people would die in the Sudan region if the U.N. did…

Princeton N. Lyman, U.S. special envoy for Sudan, gave an overview of U.S. policies toward Sudan and South Sudan following South Sudan’s independence from Sudan. Among the topics he…

Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman spoke to reporters about Sudan. In his remarks he was optimistic that Southern Sudan is on track to become an independent state on July 9th, 2011. He noted the…

U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman spoked to reporters about Sudan. He warned of further fighting in the disputed province of Abyei, which borders North and South Sudan. Troops…