US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Trip to Afghanistan
Posted: November 19, 2009 Filed under: Breaking News, Business, Current, NZPacific, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: afghanistan, clinton receives freedom award, hillary rodham clinton, us secretary of state, usa foreign relations Leave a comment[picapp src=”8/e/1/4/Hillary_Clinton_speaks_09d0.JPG?adImageId=7605187&imageId=7003297″ width=”500″ height=”367″ /]
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads to the podium to receive the Freedom Award at the Freedom Challenge Dinner in Berlin on November 8, 2009. Clinton received the Freedom Award, given in recognition of the recipient’s fight for democracy and liberty. The event was held in conjunction with the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. UPI/David Silpa Photo via Newscom. Content © 2009 Newscom All rights reserved.
Press Releases: Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Trip to Afghanistan
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Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Trip to Afghanistan
Ian Kelly
Department Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 18, 2009
Photos: Remembering the Berlin Wall 20 Years Later; The Samoan Connection
Posted: November 10, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Business, Community, Current, Honour & Tribute, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: Anniversary of the Berlin Wall coming down, Arts Culture and Entertainment, baby, berlin, Berlin Wall, black and white, Brandenburg Gate, capital cities, child, direction, domino, family, females, Former, full length, germany, germany's history in samoa, giant, government, grandchild, group, hillary rodham clinton, home, horizontal, International Landmark, KEY 907229, KEY GEOG/GERMANY/BERLIN WALL/PEOPLE DIVIDED, males, mother, painting, photos berlin wall, pictorial history of berlin wall, Politics, Polystyrene, rear view, russia, sadness, Sector, spectator, street, Urban Scene, us secretary of state, wall, watch, wave, window Leave a commentIn the early 1900s until 1914, or thereabouts, Samoa , formerly known as Western Samoa, was once ruled by Germany. Under Germany’s rule, our islands were called German Samoa. It has left a lifelong legacy of German Samoan family names such as Shultz, Schwalger, Schwencke, Wendt, Keil…the list goes on. Let us know if your name is one of them and we’ll add them to the list here.
It is with that history in mind that we publish this post.
We celebrate Germany’s 20th anniversary since the Berlin Wall was taken down in 1989. For those too young to remember the significance of the Berlin Wall, here’s a quick history lesson. On the morning of 13th August 1961, Berliners woke up to find their city had been divided by a barbed wire barrier fence that stretched for 96 miles (155 kms).
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14th August 1961: Two little girls in a West German street chat with their grandparents in the window of their home in the eastern zone, separated only by a barbed wire barricade. It was later built into concrete.
It had been erected by soldiers during the night as the city sleep. Read the rest of this entry »
Secretary of State Remarks with Australian Prime Minister
Posted: March 25, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, education, NZPacific, Politics, South Pacific Region | Tags: America's Relationship with Australia, Australian Prime Minster Rudd, hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state, South Pacific Leave a commentRemarks With Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd After Their Meeting
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Benjamin Franklin Room
Washington, DC
March 24, 2009
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, I am delighted that we’ve had the opportunity, first with the President and now here at the State Department, to discuss a range of important issues with the prime minister and with his delegation. America doesn’t have a better friend in the world than Australia, a friend through good times and hard times on so many of the historic and difficult challenges that have faced the United States and Australia, both singly and together. And we have reaffirmed out commitment to working closely on the range of difficult problems, but also exciting opportunities that lie ahead. Read the rest of this entry »
Press Release: Remarks with Israeli President Shimon Peres
Posted: March 4, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, health, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: Gaza, Hamas, hillary rodham clinton, Israeli President Shimon Peres, middle east, palestinians, Tehran, us secretary of state Leave a commentRemarks With Israeli President Shimon Peres
Office of the Spokesman
Jerusalem
March 3, 2009
PRESIDENT PERES: Madame Secretary of State, our very dear Hillary, and the people that came with you – for Israel, it’s a very important day. You are not new in this country, but this is a compliment, because you really know — and your views are known, and we feel that your judgment is responsible and penetrating and mature. I told you previously the situation right now is not as good as we would like to have it, but not as bad as it’s being reported in the press.
Not everything is lost, and I think that we can have a new beginning, as your Administration is a new beginning. And the President was elected by the Americans, but chosen by the rest of the world, and all of us look forward to it.
We have very serious security problems, particularly in Gaza, and further away, the threats that are coming from Tehran. Read the rest of this entry »
US Secretary Remarks: Putting the Elements of Smart Power Into Practice
Posted: February 21, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Politics, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state, US & Foreign Affairs, US-Korea Relations, US-Pacific relations Leave a commentHillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
En Route Seoul, South Korea
Seoul, DC, South Korea
February 19, 2009
SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, we’re half way through our trip, and I just wanted to give you a sense of what’s next in Korea, and then I think we have time set for tomorrow afternoon to get together to have a conversation as well.
We’ve had kind of a two-day or two-country experience with what I believe are the elements of smart power, if you look at the many tools for doing both diplomacy and development, and for reaching out beyond government-to-government relations to develop a better connection with people in these countries. Because even authoritarian regimes are interested in public opinion, and in democracies at whatever stage of development, obviously, public opinion and people’s attitudes about countries influences the decisions that governments make. Read the rest of this entry »
Remarks from US Secretary Clinton on Holbrooke’s Role
Posted: February 12, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, education, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs, US Presidential Elections 2008 | Tags: afghanistan, Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, hillary rodham clinton, jodi kantor, middle east, new york times, pakista, president obama, us obama administration, us secretary of state, US State Dept Leave a commentSpecial Representative Holbrooke’s Role in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State
Interview With Jodi Kantor of the New York Times
Washington, DC
February 6, 2009
QUESTION: Well, thank you so much for giving me a couple of minutes. The goal is a really nuanced, substantive profile of Special Representative Holbrooke. Boy, that’s a mouthful.
SECRETARY CLINTON: Yes.
QUESTION: You know, that gets – that doesn’t so much do a retread of his past, but really talks about the match between man and mission, and how he – what he’s done for the last eight years, how he’s approached this particular job. And so a lot of the story is about your relationship with him, and so all – pretty much all of the questions are geared to that.
The first thing I wanted to ask you about, though, is to tell me, in as much detail as you can, about the origins of your idea for some sort of special envoy or representative to this region. I understand that it was a trip to the region in ’07 and a series of meetings with leaders there that gave you the idea. Read the rest of this entry »
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