Political Speeches and Conferences

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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a launch event inaugurating the Center for American Progress� India: 2020 program, at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., on July 28, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the Mashable/UN Foundation "Earth to Paris" Summit during the COP 21 United Nations conference on climate change at Le Petit Palais in Paris, December 7, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters in Ahmedabad, India, during a news conference following his attendance at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit on January 12, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during his joint news conference with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodr�guez at the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, on August 14, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses delegates before he signed the COP21 Climate Change Agreement on Earth Day, April 22, 2016, at the United Nations General Assembly Hall in New York, N.Y.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the opening plenary of the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER) in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 31, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a Veterans Partnership Announcement at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 31, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses an international assembly of reporters upon arriving in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 8, 2013, for talks with P5 1 members and Iran about that country's nuclear capabilities.

British Prime Minister David Cameron listens to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on May 12, 2016, at Lancaster House in London, U.K., at the outset of the first plenary session of an anti-corruption summit meeting hosted by the British leader.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the swearing-in ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea Mark Lippert, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 24, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses Yale University graduates and their families and friends as the 1966 graduate delivers a Class Day speech on the campus in New Haven, Connecticut, on May 18, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry holds a press conference at the NATO Foreign Ministerial in Brussels, Belgium, on April 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses U.S. Ambassador to Djibouti Thomas Kelly and the staff of U.S. Embassy Djibouti in Djibouti, Djibouti, on May 6, 2015, during a visit in which he went to a local mosque, and met with President Ismail Omar Guelleh, and Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and U.S. forces at Camp Lemonnier.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry honors the 2014 Kennedy Center Honorees -- singer Al Green, actor and filmmaker Tom Hanks, ballerina Patricia McBride, singer-songwriter Sting, and comedienne Lily Tomlin -- at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 6, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the General Assembly Event on Refugees and Migrants, at the United Nations Economic and Social Council Chamber, in New York City, New York on September 19, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with New York Times columnist Tom Friedman before the two have a conversation on January 17, 2017, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

7:44 p.m., September 12, 2013 - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes his turn as he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov address reporters before the outset of their negotiations over the elimination of Syrian chemical weapons.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai during a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 25, 2013.

Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry participates in a briefing Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the 45th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, addresses reporters on October 30, 2015, in the Grand Hotel in Vienna, Austria, during a news conference to announce widespread international cooperation on reaching a political solution to the fighting in Syria.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2016.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond looks on as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters on March 13, 2015, at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris, France, after they held an E4+1 meeting - including representatives of France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, and European Union - focused on Syria, Libya, Yemen, Ukraine, and other foreign policy matters.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry reflects on his time in the Navy, and its impact on his career in public service and approach to foreign policy, during a speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on January 10, 2017.

United Nation Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon listens as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announces $925 million in additional U.S. assistance during a Syria donors conference held February 4, 2016, at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center in London, U.K.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the National Conference of the Association of Opinion Journalists at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry address reporters after a series of meetings in Cairo, Egypt on June 22, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks after with actors from the play 'Camp David' who are participating in the Secretary�s Open Forum at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov hold a news conference after the two finalized a framework for the elimination for Syrian chemical weapons in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 14, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the Major Economies Forum (MEF) Ministerial, on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 29, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry laughs before he begins a question-and-answer session with students, administrators, and civic leaders following a speech about U.S.-India relations and foreign affairs during a visit to Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in New Dehli, India, on August 31, 2016, amid a visit to India for a series of bilateral meetings.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks from the podium in the United Nations General Assembly as he addresses the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, New York, on April 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks about transatlantic trade with members of the American Chamber of Commerce in Warsaw, Poland, on November 5, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters at the U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom, on December 16, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech focused on Obama administration climate change policy on January 9, 2016, during an appearance at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in an interview with the Voice of America at the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C., where he visited to offer condolences on the death of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej, on October 21, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters on June 7, 2016, at the Westin Chaoyang Hotel in Beijing, China, during a news conference following a two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue between U.S. and Chinese officials.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt address the press on World Refugees Day at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on June 20, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks after receiving the Order of Merit - the higher civilian award in Germany - from German officials during a ceremony at the German Foreign Ministry in Berlin, Germany, on December 5, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, and their Japanese counterparts, Fumio Kishida and Itsunori Onodera, speak to reporters after a joint meeting in Tokyo, Japan, on October 3, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers a question from an Israeli reporter during a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 30, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses U.S. and Mexican reporters during a joint news conference with Mexican Foreign Secretary Jos� Antonio Meade following a series of meetings in Mexico City on May 21, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the launch event for U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 15, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf address reporters in a joint news conference following their meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, joined by Pakistani National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz and under a portrait of national founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah, addresses reporters during a news conference amid the annual Strategic Dialogue between their two nations in Islamabad, Pakistan, on January 13, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, standing next to Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, addresses reporters during a news conference on June 15, 2016, at the Prime Minister's Office Complex in Oslo, Norway, following a bilateral meeting and amid a visit during which he will also meet with King Harald and Foreign Minister Borge Brende.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with staff and families of Tri-Mission Rome -- the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy; the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See; and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies -- in Rome, Italy, on February 28, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi deliver remarks after their bilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 19, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses participants in the Young Southeast Asian Leadership Initiative during a visit to a restaurant on the Mekong River - just across from Thailand - following a series of meetings with government leaders on January 25, 2016, in Vientiane, Laos.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about the importance of Arctic climate change at the welcome reception for the Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement, and Resilience (GLACIER) Conference, at the Anchorage Museum in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 30, 2015.

Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he addresses members of the Council on Foreign Relations about the Iranian nuclear deal during a visit to the Council's headquarters in New York, N.Y., on July 24, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry talks to reporters about the 50th anniversary of Singapore after delivering a speech on U.S.-Singaporean relations and U.S.-Asia trade and investment policy on August 4, 2015, at Singapore Management University in Singapore, Singapore.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to an introduction by U.S. Ambassador to France Jane Hartley before he addressed staff members and their families at U.S. Embassy Paris on December 9, 2016, while visiting the French capital for meetings related to Syria and to receive the Legion of Honor award from French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about press freedom and his work to free Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian - who was unjustly held in Iran for 18 months - as he addressed a ceremony on January 28, 2016, to dedicate the new Post headquarters in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry waits be introduced before speaking about climate change and national security issues stemming from it during an address on November 10, 2015, at the Ted Constant Convocation Center at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with reporters after a NATO Ministerial Meeting focused on Ukraine and other alliance issues in Brussels, Belgium, on April 1, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on the Trans Pacific Partnership, at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, in Washington, D.C. on September 28, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers opening remarks while U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew and Chinese officials listen at the sixth U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Beijing on July 9, 2014.

United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chat during the Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 20, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the opening plenary of the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement and Resilience (GLACIER) in Anchorage, Alaska, on August 31, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses an audience aboard the USS San Antonio amphibious assault ship during a ceremony to celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps' 240th birthday, and before the Secretary toured the vessel during a visit to the Norfolk, Va., area on November 10, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry highlights the urgent need for the international community to increase efforts to fight ebola in West Africa during his joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at a wreath-laying ceremony at the August 7 Memorial Park in Nairobi, Kenya on May 4, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens to opening remarks from leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on February 25, 2016, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., before testifying in front of the panel about the Obama Administration's 2017 federal budget proposal.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie Pitt address the press on World Refugees Day at the U.S. Department of State in Washington D.C. on June 20, 2016.

Senator John Kerry addresses audience of supporters at a southern Ohio high school gymnasium in 2004

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry attends the Council Session on Syria sponsored by New Zealand, at the United Nations Headquarters, in New York City, New York on September 21, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks on U.S.-India relations in New Delhi, India on June 23, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers farewell remarks to State Department employees in the main lobby of the Department's Harry S. Truman building on his final day as Secretary of State in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 2017.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Tom Malinowski participate in the Community of Democracies event at the United Nations, on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 27, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry address reporters with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Vienna, Austria, on July 13, 2014, amid a series of P5+1 talks with Iran about its nuclear program.

Presidential candidate Senator John Kerry speaking at a forum at the Northern Virginia Community College Arlington campus. At this forum Senator Kerry proposed a $7 per hour minumim wage.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers his remarks at the Montreal Protocol High-Level Segment Ministers' speaking series on July 22, 2016, at the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria, amid negotiations to amend the Montreal Protocol climate change agreement.

U.S. Secretary Kerry of State John Kerry answers questions from the audience after delivering remarks on the Trans Pacific Partnership, at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, in Washington, D.C. on September 28, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers a speech on January 22, 2016, to attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers opening remarks at a Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Sea and Earth Advocate Camp on July 27, 2016, at the Sofitel Hotel in Manila, Philippines, before the Secretary and the group held a conversation about their mutual ocean preservation efforts.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry raises a toast to Indiana University's new Global and International Studies building during a luncheon in Bloomington, Indiana, on October 15, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at an event on "Our Ocean: Next Steps on Sustainable Fishing and Marine Protected Areas," in New York City on September 25, 2014. The Secretary's participation in the event reinforces U.S. leadership on climate change action during the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters in Ramallah, West Bank, on July 23, 2014, after he sat down for a discussion with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas about a cease-fire in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the Major Economies Forum, at the Marriott New York East Side Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 23, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters and takes some of their questions during a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on November 24, 2013, after the P5+1 member nations concluded negotiations with Iran about its nuclear capabilities.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the J Street 2016 National Gala on April 18, 2016, at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. This year�s honorees include Ambassador Samuel Kaplan, Ambassador Louis Susman, and Ambassador Alan Solomont.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sits with Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni and United Nations Special Representative for Libya Martin Kobler at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome, Italy, on December 13, 2015, at the outset of a meeting with their regional counterparts about the future of Libya.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Opening Plenary of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on June 23, 2016.

U.S. Ambassador to China Max Baucus introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he addresses an American Chamber of Commerce China gathering after the Secretary's attended the 2014 APEC Ministerial Meeting in Beijing, China, on November 8, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry answers a reporter's question on November 10, 2016, at The George Hotel in Christchurch, New Zealand, before a bilateral meeting with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully preceding a planned trip by the Secretary to Antarctica and the South Pole.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 13, 2021.

Senator John Kerry at podium of major policy address on the economy, CSU- Dominguez Hills, Los Angeles, CA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Aspen Institute President Walter Isaacson discuss global affairs and answer students' questions at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics in Chicago, Illinois, during a visit to the city on October 26, 2016, which was also to include a speech before the Council on Global Affairs.

State Department Spokesperson John Kirby listens as U.S Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference on December 2, 2015, following a two-day NATO Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry conducts an interview with BBC Correspondent John Kerry prior to the UN Foundation Social Good Summit in New York City, New York on September 18, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses attendees at the Aspen Ideas Festival on June 28, 2016, at the Greenwald Pavilion at the Aspen Meadows Resort in Aspen, Colorado.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini and Embassy Rome Deputy Chief of Mission Kathleen Doherty, highlights an upcoming U.S. food pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015 during an appearance in Rome, Italy, on March 27, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the Ending AIDS by 2030 event at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 25, 2014. The Secretary is participating in events in conjunction with the 69th Session of the UN General Assembly.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses employees from the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, Moldova, during a visit to the country on December 4, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Opening Plenary of the 2016 Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, on June 23, 2016.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the 2015 Global Diaspora Week Launch Event in the Loy Henderson Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 9, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani addresses reporters at the United Nations Mission Headquarters in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 12, 2014, about the details of an agreement on a technical and political plan the Secretary helped broker to resolve the disputed outcome of the election between Ghani and rival candidate Abdullah Abdullah.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a news conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 24, 2013.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry adjusts the volume in his earpiece as he sits above the Champs Elysees and the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France, on December 13, 2015, before taping a series of four Sunday news program interviews following the COP21 climate change conference.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers the opening remarks, outlining an action agenda to counter violent extremism, at the White House Summit to Counter Violent Extremism at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 19, 2015.

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