Press Conferences and Briefings

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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 holds a press availability in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 23, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken briefs reporters during a Department Press Briefing, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on January 7, 2022.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry releases the 2015 Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) with USAID Acting Administrator Alfonso Lenhardt, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom, and Special Representative for the QDDR Tom Perriello at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on April 28, 2015.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks to the press on our efforts to bring Americans home and our support for the broader evacuation from Afghanistan, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on August 25, 2021.

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.

Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, Catherine Russell delivers remarks at the Equal Futures Partnership meeting, at the Palace Hotel, in New York City, New York on September 22, 2016.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price briefs reporters at the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on February 16, 2022.

Elliott Abrams, with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo, delivers remarks to the media on Venezuela, at the Department of State, January 25, 2019.

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo delivers remarks to the media, in the Press Briefing Room, at the Department of State on March 5, 2020.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 10, 2022.

With Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall looking on, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the Strong Cities Network International Visitors Leadership Program for Municipal Leaders and Countering Violence Extremism Experts event at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 1, 2016.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on April 5, 2021. During his remarks, Secretary Blinken introduced the appointment of Gayle Smith as Coordinator for Global COVID Response and Health Security.

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.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at the inaugural meeting of the Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Council, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 21, 2021. Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley joined Secretary Blinken.

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.

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 8, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks at the Award for Corporate Excellence Ceremony at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on December 8, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Embassy Doha and Mission Afghanistan, in Doha, Qatar, on September 7, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Australian Foreign Minister and Minister for Women Marise Payne at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a town hall meeting with Department employees at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 3, 2021.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin provide an update on Iran Policy and Sanctions at the Foreign Press Center in Washington, D.C., on November 5, 2018.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual roundtable with Palestinian American Community Leaders, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on June 4, 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 July 1, 2020.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers remarks on our efforts in Afghanistan since August 14 and the way forward, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 30, 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.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses his traveling press corps as he announces a United Nations-backed 72-hour ceasefire in fighting between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip during an early morning news conference in New Delhi, India, on August 1, 2014.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a joint press availability with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on February 22, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with the Committee to Protect Journalists' Board of Directors, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets virtually with the Committee to Protect Journalists' Board of Directors, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink_vi_s in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a joint press availability with Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rink_vi_s in Riga, Latvia, on March 7, 2022.

Members of the press address Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh during a press briefing at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Jan. 29, 2024.

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 participates in media interviews for Sunday morning shows in Brussels, Belgium, on June 13, 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.

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 meets virtually with the AFL-CIO Executive Council, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 9, 2021.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Secretary Gutierrez Trip from Japan

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Meet and Greet with U.S. Mission Nigeria, in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 19, 2021.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates virtually in the Christchurch Call to Action Leaders� Summit, from the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C. on May 14, 2021.

Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert O. Blake (second from left) and Senior Advisor for Education Dr. Molly Maguire Teas (third from left) for South and Central Asian Affairs chair the Higher Education Roundtable in Washington, D.C., on September 16, 2010.

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

Department Spokesperson Ned Price holds the Daily Press Briefing at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 19, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks about the virtues of switching from annual business and tourism visas to ones lasting for 10 years - made possible by a reciprocal deal announced this week by President Obama and President Xi Jinping - before the Secretary presented the first such documents to 11 Chinese nationals during a ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China, on November 12, 2014.

Deputy Secretary of State Antony "Tony" Blinken addresses reporters at a joint press conference with Republic of Korea First Vice Foreign Minister Lim Sung-nam and Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama following their trilateral meeting at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 2017.

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 Michael R. Pompeo delivers brief remarks for a business leader reception in Luanda, Angola, on February 17, 2020.

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International Trade Administration - President Export Council

Jordan's King Abdullah II signs the guestbook before a meeting with Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., May 12, 2022. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

White House Senior Director for International Economics and Competitiveness Peter Harrell delivers remarks during a press briefing Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House.

John Richmond, Ambassador for Trafficking In Persons in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, flanked by U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo and Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump delivers closing remarks at an event recognizing the release of the 2019 Trafficking in Persons report and honoring the 2019 'TIP Report Heroes' at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC on June 20, 2019.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hosts a town hall with Chiefs of Mission, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on October 25, 2021.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken holds a virtual press briefing through the New York Foreign Press Center, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken virtually meets with State Department employees affected by Anomalous Health Incidents from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 2022.

Secretary Antony J. Blinken virtually meets with President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a Joint Press Availability with Senegalese Foreign Minister Aissata Tall Sall, in Dakar, Senegal, on November 20, 2021.

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

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

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman participates in a virtual interview with Demetri Sevastopulo at the FT Global Boardroom from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on December 7, 2021.

Acting Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS John Godfrey participates in the virtual D-ISIS Ministerial, from the U.S. Department of State, in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 2021.

Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense (RUE) Laura Cooper answers questions from the media during a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Oct. 4, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with Icelandic President Gudni Th. Johannesson in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 18, 2021.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine speaks at the "Face to Face with Our Future: A Day with Young Leaders" event, Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan meets with U.S. Embassy Kabul employees in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 30, 2018.

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.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken holds a meet and greet with U.S. Embassy Kyiv in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 19, 2022.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Defense One Technology Editor Patrick Tucker speak at the virtual Defense One Tech Summit at the Pentagon, June 13, 2022. The Defense One keynote interview covered DODs approach to innovation and how power competition is shaping national security technology priorities.

Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks and Defense One Technology Editor Patrick Tucker speak at the virtual Defense One Tech Summit at the Pentagon, June 13, 2022. The Defense One keynote interview covered DODs approach to innovation and how power competition is shaping national security technology priorities.

Jeffrey Dorko - Official Portrait.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Libby Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

US Ambassador at large for International Religious Freedom Sam Brownback delivers closing remarks at the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 26, 2018.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo meets with employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development, November 28, 2018.

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

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman joins the Mayor of Los Angeles' office virtually for a roundtable on anti-Asian hate from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2021.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan delivers opening remarks at the United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum) at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2018.

Elizabeth Zimmerman being sworn in by FEMA Administrator W. Crai.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

White House Press Secretary Schoot McClellan speaking one day before resigning

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken delivers a speech on �Making Democracy Deliver for the Americas� at the University of San Francisco Quito in Ecuador on October 20, 2021.

U.S. President Joe Biden, 2nd from left, and Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) Alondra Nelson, left, talk with NASA James Webb Space Telescope Operations Project Scientist Jane Rigby, and NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, right, in a meeting after they previewed the first full-color image from NASAs James Webb Space Telescope, Monday, July 11, 2022, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington.

Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman holds a virtual town hall with the Los Angeles Passport Agency from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on September 2, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken departs Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel, on May 26, 2021.

New York, NY, Sept. 9, 2022FEMA Region 2 Administrator David Warrington welcomes Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for an informal get-together with regional staff. K.C. Wilsey/FEMA

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Alaskan First Lady Donna Walker and Lt. Gov. Byron Mallott upon 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 participates in a Local Labor Roundtable, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 2021.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in the U.S.-Kenya Strategic Dialogue with Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs Raychelle Omamo, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 17, 2021.

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken co-hosts the virtual 2022 U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (�2+2�) meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, joined by Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa, Japanese Defense Minister Kishi Nobuo, and U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. and Tokyo, Japan, on January 6, 2022.

Office of the Secretary (Carlos Gutierrez) - Press Conference: United States Patent to Electronic Patent Filing

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan meets with the staff of U.S. Embassy Khartoum in Sudan on November 16, 2017.

International Trade Administration - President's Export Council Breakfast and Meeting

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivers remarks with Vice President Biden at a luncheon at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 7, 205.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an EU Ministerial Meeting in Brussels, Belgium, on March 4, 2022.

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in a virtual town hall with State Department employees in the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, from the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. on July 13, 2021.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivers remarks at the U.S-Africa Business Forum Leaders Forum Session, �Game Plan: Shaping the Future of Fast-Growing Continent,� in Washington, D.C., on August 5, 2014. Leaders from across the African continent are in the nation's capital for a three-day U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, the largest event any U.S. President has held with African heads of state and government.

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