Press Briefing Events

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State Department Spokesperson Ned Price introduces Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 2021.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze deliver statements to the press, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 11, 2019.

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Christopher Robinson delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 15, 2020.

State Department Spokesperson Ned Price introduces Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 11, 2022.

Spokesperson Price delivers remarks to the press, at the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on August 23, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the Value of Respect to employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 12, 2018.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers opening remarks virtually at the C5+1 High Level Dialogue, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office Acting Director Dr. Kari Johnstone deliver remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office Acting Director Dr. Kari Johnstone deliver remarks on the release of the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 1, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media, in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State, on February 25, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a joint press availability with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission Josep Borrell at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis hold a joint press availability with Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 17, 2017.

Flanked by Attorney General of the U.S. Eric Holder and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry participates in the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism Foreign Fighters Ministerial at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 18, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with a colleague before the two attend a NATO Ministerial meeting focused on Ukraine on December 2, 2014, at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks on the G-7 foreign ministers� meeting to the media, in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State on March 25, 2020.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a joint news conference with Philippines Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila, Philippines, following their bilateral meeting on July 27, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a trilateral meeting 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel participate in the U.S.-ASEAN meeting on the sidelines of the 70th Regular Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 30, 2015.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, flanked by Chief of Staff Jon Finer and Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott, delivers remarks at the Foreign Affairs Policy Board meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 28. 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a Afghanistan Task Force and Relocation Volunteers Recognition Ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2021. The Secretary recognized the Department�s efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 124,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans over the past five months.

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland meets with Belgian Director General for Multilateral Affairs and Globalisation Alex Kenes in New York on September 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission France, in Paris, France on June 25, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken virtually meets with the Jefferson Science Fellows from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2021.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos chats with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemispheric Affairs Roberta Jacobson before they begin a bilateral meeting at the Casa de Narino Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, on December 12, 2014.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks virtually to the UN Security Council, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 30, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with employees from U.S. Embassy Chisinau in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken records a video message in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022.

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a Afghanistan Task Force and Relocation Volunteers Recognition Ceremony from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 20, 2021. The Secretary recognized the Department�s efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 124,000 U.S. citizens and Afghans over the past five months.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Gutierrez Trip to St. Petersburg, Russia

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Gutierrez Trip to St. Petersburg, Russia

Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk addresses reporters during a news conference with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at the Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev, Ukraine, on February 5, 2015, after the Secretary concluded a round of meetings with him, President Petro Poroshenko, and Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Business Dean Dr. David Schmittlein introduces U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before he delivers a speech focused on Obama administration climate change policy on January 9, 2016, during an appearance at the Sloan School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink_vi_s in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks virtually to the Global Business Alliance, from the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on September 10, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 16, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers virtual remarks to The Business Council, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 22, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod, in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 17, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually convenes the annual meeting of the President�s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 25, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm presents the funding award to agencies in response to the Assisting Federal Facilities with Energy Conservation Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Advancing Net-Zero Federal Facilities Federal Agency Call at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 17, 2024.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a press availability, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 23, 2021.

Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski delivers remarks at the release of the 2014 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 25, 2015.

U.S. Representative to the United Nations Kelly Craft delivers remarks to the media on Iran Snapback Sanctions, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2020.

U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Office Acting Director Dr. Kari Johnstone joins Department Spokesperson Ned Price, as he holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2021.

Secretary Condoleezza Rice visiting the Heritage Foundation headquarters in Washington, D.C. to deliver a speech in the B.C. Lee Lecture Series on U.S. foreign policy in the Asia Pacific region. Secretary Rice, introduced by Heritage Foundation President Edwin Feulner, addressed Northeast Asia issues, and policy toward North Korea in particular.

Greece, Athens on 2023-02-21. US Secretary of State, Head of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Antony J. Blinken, sometimes known as Tony Blinken, visiting the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue and meeting with his Greek counterpart Minister Nikos Dendias. Photograph by Martin Bertrand. Grece, Athenes le 2023-02-21. Le Secretaire d'Etat des Etats-Unis, le chef département charge des Affaires etrangeres, Antony J. Blinken, dit parfois Tony Blinken, en visite au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres Grec pour le U.S.-Greece Strategic Dialogue et une rencontre son homologue grec le Ministre Nikos Dendias. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby holds a press briefing, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 2, 2022. (DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jack Sanders)

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with the Foreign Ministers of the G20 Nations, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York, on September 22, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2020.

Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs Timothy A. Lenderking, Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, and State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus applaud the Kingdom of Morocco at the conclusion of the signing of the Enhanced Immunities Agreement with Morocco, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C, on September 1, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press conference with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, and Australian Defence Minister Peter Dutton, at the U.S. Department of State, on September 16, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken participates in the Reuters NEXT Virtual Global Conference from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 3, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks virtually at the Council of the Americas Washington Conference on the Americas, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 2020.

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, right, and Canadian Space Agency President Steve MacLean sign a framework agreement on civil space cooperation, Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2009, at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2022.

Program, in Benjamin Franklin Room, offering "Salute to Abolitionists Working to End Modern Slavery." Among officials delivering remarks were: Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky; Ambassador at Large and Director of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, John Miller; Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf; and New Jersey Congressman Chris Smith.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry greets American and Egyptian businessmen and women at an American Chamber of Commerce breakfast in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on March 13, 2015, before meetings with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, other regional leaders, and his attendance at an Egyptian development conference.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Danish Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen on the margins of the Arctic Council Ministerial in Rovaniemi, Finland, on May 7, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on the crisis in Ukraine from Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on the crisis in Ukraine from Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022.

Secretary of State Michael Antony J. Blinken meets with the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 2021.

Secretary of State Michael Antony J. Blinken meets with the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 2021.

Office of the Administrator - Announcement of Clean Air Act Settlement with Hyundai and Kia , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual discussion with young democratic leaders from around the world as part of the Summit for Democracy, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2021.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Office of the Secretary - Secretary Carlos Gutierrez with Afghan President and Business Roundtable Bilateral

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as Nigerian Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama delivers remarks at the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable discussion on human rights from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 20, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the media at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2021.

Press briefing, concerning the President's International Initiative to Combat Kleptocracy, featuring remarks by Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs Josette Shiner, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich, and Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Pat O'Brien, among other officials.

Secretary Pompeo's delivers remarks with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin, following a U.S.-Ukraine Strategic Partnership Commission meeting, at the Department of State, on November 16, 2018. (

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates virtually in the United Nations Security Council Meeting on Maintenance of International Peace and Security: Maritime Security, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 9, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross Peter Maurer from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 14, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken attends a virtual roundtable with the Asian American Foreign Affairs Association at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 22, 2021.

Press conference on the federal response to the threat of the avian influenza pandemic, with remarks by Interior Secretary Gale Norton, Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns

Secretary of State Blinken holds a COVID-19 task force meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2021.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 14, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - SECRETARY DONALD EVANS PRESS CONFERANCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with employees from U.S. Embassy Chisinau in Chisinau, Moldova on March 6, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in a town hall with U.S. Embassy Bangkok on June 2, 2021.

Secretary Kerry held a more formal bilateral meeting at the Palais Coburg hotel with British Foreign Secretary Hammond on July 2, 2015.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - North American Competitiveness Council - US, Canada and Mexico

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an MOU Signing Ceremony with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim in Jakarta, Indonesia, on December 14, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a U.S. Embassy Copenhagen Meet and Greet in Copenhagen, Denmark, on May 17, 2021.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Partnership for Prosperity Good Partner Award

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry chats with Alaskan First Lady Donna Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott upon his arrival at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska, on August 30, 2015. The Secretary is in Anchorage to meet with foreign ministers and high-level leaders from the seven other Arctic nations, as well as countries in intergovernmental bodies with strong interest in the Arctic, at the Global Leadership in the Arctic: Cooperation, Innovation, Engagement, and Resilience (GLACIER) Conference.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and Qatari Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani participate in a signing ceremony and hold a press availability for the U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on November 10, 2021.

Office of the Secretary - FOREIGN PRESS BRIEFING

Former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker III shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pictures lining the hall to his office after he arrived on April 26, 2016, at Rice University�s Baker Institute in Houston, Texas, to deliver a speech at Secretary Baker's namesake institution about religion and foreign policy.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in Berlin, Germany, on January 20, 2022.

Office of the Secretary - AGOA BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken, Costa Rican Foreign Minister Rodolfo Solano Quir�s, Dominican Republic Foreign Minister Roberto �lvarez, and Panamanian Foreign Minister Erika Mouynes address reporters at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 2, 2022.

Reportage: Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun, with Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and National Security Advisor Robert OBrien, delivers remarks at the Women's Global Development and Prosperity initiative virtual event on August 11, 2020.

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