Photos: Afghanistan’s President Courts Iran, Germany, Britain, USA
Posted: March 14, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, NZPacific, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: (L), 10, 2010, afghan, afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, aimed, Angela Merkel, audience, Ban Ki-Moon, berlin, Bestof, british culture, capital cities, Chancellery, Concepts & Topics, conference, conflict, consider, country, defense, Diplomacy, does, eight, ending, england, foreign, gates, german, germany, Gordon Brown, government, hamid, hamid karzai, hillary clinton, his, horizontal, hotel, Iran, iranian, john mccain, joint, Joseph Lieberman, Kabul, karzai, Lancaster House, leadership, leaving, Mahmoud, march, meeting, munich, nato, overlaps, palace, ParsPix/ABACAPRESSCOM, peace, photo, Photograph:, Politics, Portrait, presence, president, Presidential, press, Prime Minister, receives, review, Robert, said, secretary, secretary of state, Secretary-General, security, solution, speaks, speech, surge, talking, The Media, topics, Topix, touring, troop, troops, UK, united nations, us, usa, vertical, visit, visiting, Waist Up, war, year'S Leave a commentPhotos aplenty showing Afghan President all over the democratic world hobnobbing with world leaders from Iran, Germany and British.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) shakes hands with visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as he arrives at The Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 10, 2010. Ahmadinejad said Iran does not consider the presence of foreign troops a solution for peace in Afghanistan. His visit overlaps with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates touring the country for a review of the US and NATO troop surge aimed at ending eight years of war. Photo by Parspix/ABACAPRESS.COM
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Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) speaks at a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 10, 2010. Photo by Parspix/ABACAPRESS.COM
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai addresses the audience during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany. The 46th Munich conference on security policy ends today.
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German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg (R) welcomes Afghan President Hamid Karzai during the first day of the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 5, 2010 in Munich, Germany.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Afghan President Hamid Karzai depart after speaking to the media after talks at the Chancellery on January 27, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Merkel has pledged an additional 500 German ISAF troops for Afghanistan as well as a program to help intice Taliban fighters who are willing to lay down their arms. Karzai is in Berlin ahead of the upcoming international conference on Afghanistan in London. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images).
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U.S. Senators Joseph Lieberman (C) and John McCain (R) talk to Afghan President Hamid Karzai (L) during the 46th Munich Security Conference at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich on February 7, 2010 in Munich, Germany.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (R) shakes hands with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan in Downing Street after a breakfast meeting on January 28, 2010 in London, England. Foreign ministers from over 70 countries attended the conference, co-hosted by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Talks aims to tackle key issues on the future of Afghanistan and the gradual withdrawal of international troops from the country. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images).
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LONDON, ENGLAND – JANUARY 28: Delegates including British Prime Minister Gordon Brown (C), Afghan President Hamid Karzai (CL) and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon (CR) and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (Second Row, CL) pose for a photograph ahead of the Afghanistan London Conference at Lancaster House on January 28, 2010 in London, England.
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US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks with Spain’s Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos Cuyaube before posing for a photograph ahead of the Afghanistan London Conference at Lancaster House on January 28, 2010 in London, England.
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British Foreign Secretary David Miliband waits to greet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Afghanistan London Conference at Lancaster House on January 28, 2010 in London, England.
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L) meets with President of Afghanistan Hamid Karzai at the London Conference on Afghanistan in London on January 28, 2010. UPI/Embassy Photo.
Video: US Secretary Clinton Haiti Update
Posted: January 20, 2010 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Honour & Tribute, NZPacific, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: aid and relief, American embassy Haiti, citizens, Clinton, crisis, Diplomacy, disaster, earthquake, emergency, evacuation, government, Haiti, Haiti President, hillary rodham, military, Port-au-Prince, president, Preval, Rajiv Shah, Rene Preval, secretary of state, update, us embassy, usa, USAID Leave a commentDuring her stop in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on the emergency crisis situation in Haiti. On her right stands Haiti President Rene Garcia Preval. Directly standing behind Clinton, to her right, is USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah.
Photos: Obama, Secretary of State, Afghanistan, West Point Cadets
Posted: December 3, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Opinion & Commentary, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: (L), (not, 1, 2009, 30000, a, academy, Admiral, adult, advances, afghan, afghanistan, al qaida, army, Arrival, arrive, arrives, arriving, barack, Bestof, Blackfoot, buffer, buildup, c, Cadet, capital cities, Capitol Hill, center, chairman, Chairperson, Chiefs, climbs, Close To, conflict, country, December, decision, defense, exit, fingerprint, gates, Glenn, government, hearing, hillary clinton, horizontal, house, increase, Infantry, Iran, iraq, john mccain, joint, Joint Chiefs of Staff, law, lawn, levels, men, Michael, Michael Mullen, military, Mullen, national, new, news, Newscom, obama, Operatio, outlines, parachute, photo, photographs, photography, pictured), Planned, plans, point, police, police officer, Politics, POTUS, president, regiment, reverse, Robert, Robert M. Gates, secretary, secretary of state, soldiers, south, South Lawn, speaking, speech, spoke, staff, strategy, Syracuse, Taliban, targeted, terrorism, testimony, the, topics, Topix, train, traveled, troop, troops, UPI/Alexis, UPI/Roger, us, US Senate Armed Services Committee, usa, Village, walk, walks, war, washington, washington dc, West, white, White House, Wollenberg, york, zone 1 Comment[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=obama&iid=7198461″ src=”2/0/f/4/Clinton_Gates_And_0a7d.jpg?adImageId=7991415&imageId=7198461″ width=”500″ height=”351″ /]
WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 02: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L)and Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) arrive at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on President Barack Obama’s plan to send more troops to Afghanistan. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images. Content © 2009 Getty Images All rights reserved.
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton talks with an aide
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen (L) talks with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) before the start ofa Senate Armed Services Committee hearing
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WASHINGTON – DECEMBER 02: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen (R) and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) testify before the House Foreign Relations Committee.(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images). Content © 2009 Getty Images All rights reserved.
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US SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN
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SARHOWZA, AFGHANISTAN – DECEMBER 02: SGT Joseph Delair of Syracuse, NY with the Army’s Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment trains Afghan National Policemen at the Sarhowza District Center near Sarhowza, Afghanistan. The U.S Army is attempting to train the ANP to become self sufficient in the district. Today President Obama said he wants to send an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, bring the total number to nearly 100,000. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images). Content © 2009 Getty Images All rights reserved.
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SGT Joseph Delair of Syracuse, NY fingerprints and photographs men from a nearby village at the Sahowza District Center near Sarhowza, Afghanistan. The men are registered and checked in the system to make sure they are not wanted as an enemy combatant.
BACK AT THE WHITE HOUSE
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen walk across the South Lawn after arriving at the White House with U.S. President Barack Obama (not pictured) in Washington on December 1, 2009. President Obama traveled to West Point Military Academy in New York and spoke on a planned increase of troops and exit strategy for the war in Afghanistan. The buildup is targeted to reverse the Taliban advances in the country and to train Afghan soldiers and police. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn Photo via Newscom. Content © 2009 Newscom All rights reserved.
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks across the South Lawn after arriving at the White House in Washington on December 1, 2009. President Obama traveled to West Point Military Academy in New York and spoke on a planned increase of troops and exit strategy for the war in Afghanistan.UPI/Alexis C. Glenn Photo via Newscom. Content © 2009 Newscom All rights reserved.
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U.S. President Barack Obama disembarks Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington after travelling to West Point, New York, to deliver his address to the nation in which he outlines why more troops will be sent to Afghanistan.
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U.S President Barack Obama waves at the end of his address to nation at West Point.
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A cadet climbs into the buffer zone for a photo with U.S. President Barack Obama after he spoke about his decision to increase U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan by about 30,000 during a speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, on December 1, 2009.
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U.S. President Barack Obama walks off of the stage after his speech.
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U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the conclusion of his speech
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Gen. David Petraeus (standing) chats with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Gen. Eric Shinseki , Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton (L to to R) as they wait for U.S. President Barack Obama to speak
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Army Cadets wait for U.S. President Barack Obama to speak
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U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to speak about his decision
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Cadets bow their heads in prayer before a speech by U.S. President Barack Obama
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A cadet listens as President Obama speaks about plans to send more troops to Afghanistan.
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Members of CodePink, (L-R) Michael Viers, Medea Benjamin and Joan Stallard protest against ‘escalation of the war in Afghanistan’ in front of the White House December 1, 2009 in Washington.
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Photos: US Heavyweights Arrive in Afghanistan Attending Karzai’s Swearing In
Posted: November 19, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Current, Politics, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: afghanistan, airport, Arrival, capital cities, force, head, hillary clinton, horizontal, Kabul, leaving, nato, plane, Politics, preparation, Richard Holbrooke, secretary of state, Stanley A. McChrystal, usa, war 1 CommentWhile South Koreans hits the streets to protest sending more of its troops to Afghanistan, U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, special envoy Richard Holbrooke have arrived in Afghanistan ahead of Afghan President Karzai beginning his second term as President. It has been an election dogged by revelations of widespread electoral corruption involving Karzai.
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U.S. General Stanley McChrystal (L), head of the U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, arrives at the Kabul International airport before the arrival of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. 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 »
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 »
US Secretary of State Welcome Remarks To State Dept
Posted: January 24, 2009 Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, NZPacific, Politics, US Presidential Elections 2008 | Tags: barack obama, Breaking News, hillary rodham clinton, secretary of state, US Elections 2008, us embassy, US State Dept Leave a commentSecretary Hillary Rodham Clinton
Washington, DC
SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you all so much. Well, I am absolutely honored and thrilled beyond words to be here with you as our nation’s 67th Secretary of State. And I believe, with all of my heart, that this is a new era for America. (Applause.)
President Obama set the tone with his inaugural address. And the work of the Obama-Biden Administration is committed to advancing America’s national security, furthering America’s interests, and respecting and exemplifying America’s values around the world. (Applause.)
There are three legs to the stool of American foreign policy: defense, diplomacy, and development. And we are responsible for two of the three legs. And we will make clear, as we go forward, that diplomacy and development are essential tools in achieving the long-term objectives of the United States. And I will do all that I can, working with you, to make it abundantly clear that robust diplomacy and effective development are the best long-term tools for securing America’s future. (Applause.)
In my testimony before the Foreign Relations Committee, I spoke a lot about smart power. Well, at the heart of smart power are smart people, and you are those people. And you are the ones that we will count on and turn to for the advice and counsel, the expertise and experience to make good on the promises of this new Administration.
I want to thank Steve for his comments that really summarized the full range of experience and expertise of both the Foreign Service and the Civil Service, and also to send my appreciation to all of the nationals around the world who work in our embassies and work with government officials.
This is going to be a challenging time and it will require 21st century tools and solutions to meet our problems and seize our opportunities. I’m going to be asking a lot of you. I want you to think outside the proverbial box. I want you to give me the best advice you can. I want you to understand there is nothing that I welcome more than a good debate and the kind of dialogue — (applause) — that will make us better. (Applause.)
We cannot be our best if we don’t demand that from ourselves and each other. I will give you my very best efforts. I will do all that I can, working with our President, to make sure that we deliver on the promises that are at the very core of what this new Administration and this new era represent. So we need to collaborate, and we need to have a sense of openness and candor in this building. And I invite that.
Now, not everybody’s ideas — (applause) — will make it into policy, but we will be better because we have heard from you.
I also want to address a word to the USAID family. I will be there tomorrow to greet them and thank them for the work they’ve done on behalf of development through some very difficult years, because they will be our partners. (Applause.)
Now, as Steve candidly said, so far, we’re thrilled. (Laughter.) This is not going to be easy. (Laughter.) I don’t want anybody to leave this extraordinarily warm reception thinking, oh, good — (laughter) — you know, this is going to be great. It’s going to be hard. But if it weren’t hard, somebody else could do it, besides the professionals of the Foreign Service and the Civil Service and our Diplomatic and Development Corps. (Applause.)
Now, as you may have heard percolating through the building, you know, when I was first nominated, I realized that there was this living, organic creature known as the building. (Laughter.) And as you probably already know, we are expecting the President and the Vice President to be here in the State Department this afternoon. (Applause.)
Among the many conversations that I’ve had with the President and with the Vice President, over years, but certainly much more astutely and in a concentrated way in the last weeks, we want to send a clear and unequivocal message: This is a team, and you are the members of that team. There isn’t anything that I can get done from the seventh floor or the President can get done from the Oval Office, unless we make clear we are all on the American team. We are not any longer going to tolerate the kind of divisiveness that has paralyzed and undermined our ability to get things done for America.
So the President will be here — (applause) — on his second day in office to let all of you know, and all who are serving on our behalf around the world, how seriously committed he is to working with us. So this is going to be a great adventure. We’ll have some ups and some downs. We’ll face some obstacles along the way. But be of good cheer — (laughter) — and be of strong heart, and do not grow weary, as we attempt to do good on behalf of our country and the world.
I think this is a time of such potential and possibility. I don’t get up in the morning just thinking about the threats and the dangers, as real as they are. I also think about what we can do and who we are and what we represent. So I take this office with a real sense of joy and responsibility, commitment and collaboration. And now, ladies and gentlemen, let’s get to work. (Applause.)
Thank you and God bless you.
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Breaking News: US State Secretary Responds To Embassy Attack
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Advance on US Secretary of State Clinton’s Tour of the Pacific
Posted: January 13, 2010 | Author: PacificEyeWitness.com | Filed under: Analysis, Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Environment, NZPacific, Opinion & Commentary, Politics, South Pacific Region, US & Foreign Affairs | Tags: 2010, 6, aid, Australia, c, climate change, Clinton, development, Diplomacy, economics, Glenn, Hillary, institute, international, january, new zealand, news, Newscom, objectives, pacific, pacific islands climate change, pacific islands tour hillary clinton, Papua New Guinea, Peterson, photo, plan, Politics, region, SEC, secretary, secretary of state, speaks, state, States', united, UPI/Alexis, USA secretary of state visits pacific, washington, world | 3 CommentsTranscript Source: US State Dept
[tweetmeme]Secretary Clinton’s Visit to the Pacific[picapp align=”center” wrap=”false” link=”term=hillary+clinton&iid=7472797″ src=”b/c/a/2/Sec_of_State_6743.JPG?adImageId=8940860&imageId=7472797″ width=”500″ height=”380″ /]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on the United States’ plan and objectives for world aid and development at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington on January 6, 2010. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn Photo
FPC Briefing
Kurt Campbell
Assistant Secretary for East Asian & Pacific Affairs
Foreign Press Center
Washington, DC
January 7, 2010
Video
2:30 P.M. EST