Press Releases: December 2014

12/31/14 Border Crossing Card Fee for Mexican Citizens Under Age 15 to Change on January 1, 2015; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/31/14 Detention of Shaikh Salman in Bahrain;  Director Jeff Rathke, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
12/31/14 Statement on Suicide Bombing in Ibb, Yemen;  Director Jeff Rathke, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
12/31/14 Sudan National Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/30/14 Detentions of Activists in Cuba;  Director Jeff Rathke, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
12/30/14 Government of Sudan's Decision to Expel United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator and the Country Director of the United Nations Development Program;  Director Jeff Rathke, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
12/30/14 United States Denounces Reported Coup Attempt in The Gambia;  Director Jeff Rathke, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
12/29/14 Annual Report on the Implementation of the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act;  Director Jeff Rathke, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Press Relations; Washington, DC
12/29/14 Background Briefing on Implementation of the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act; Via Teleconference
12/26/14 Christmas Day Attack in Somalia;  Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/25/14 The Release of Dr. Stacey Addison;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/24/14 Ambassador Arnold Chacon Sworn in as Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/24/14 Confirmation of New Somali Prime Minister;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/24/14 Fifth Anniversary of Liu Xiaobo's Conviction;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/24/14 Remembering All U.S. Citizens Who Are Hostages, Missing or Unjustly Held Abroad;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/24/14 The United States Expresses Concern for Jordanian Pilot;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/24/14 The United States and Pacific Alliance Advance Cooperation on Entrepreneurship; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/24/14 U.S. Condemns Terrorist Attack in Iraq;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/23/14 Joint Statement on Peace Talks in Sudan; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/23/14 Success of Northern Ireland Talks;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/22/14 Departure of Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Cliff Sloan;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/22/14 Marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/22/14 NeXXt Scholars Initiative Expands Support for Women Scientists at Home and Abroad; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/22/14 The Emperor of Japan's Birthday;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/22/14 Tunisia's Presidential Election;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/20/14 President Obama's New Cuba Policy Looks Forward, Not Back;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Miami Herald
12/19/14 Condemning Cyber-Attack by North Korea;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/19/14 Kenya's Counterterrorism Efforts;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel travels to India and China; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Briefing on Changes in U.S. Policy Toward Cuba;  Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Press Briefing Room; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Announces the Design Architect for the New U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City, Guatemala; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Human Rights in Belarus on the Anniversary of the Crackdown of December 19, 2010;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 International Migrants Day;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Joint Statement of the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission Working Group on People-to-People and Cultural Exchanges; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs Release of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1977-1980, Volume IX, Arab-Israeli Dispute, August 1978-December 1980; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Olongapo Murder Case;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Selection of Avril Haines as Deputy National Security Advisor;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Terrorist Designations of Ajand Misr and Ibrahim al-Rubaysh; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 Two-Year Anniversary of Sombath Somphone's Disappearance;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/18/14 U.S.-Japan Joint Press Statement; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/18/14 United States Congratulates Mauritius on Successful Elections;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/17/14 Announcement of Cuba Policy Changes;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/17/14 Assistant Secretary of State Evan Ryan Swears In Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich to Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/17/14 Remarks With Angolan Foreign Minister Georges Chikoti After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/17/14 Remarks at Holiday Reception for Families With Members in Unaccompanied Tours;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/17/14 Resignation of Dr. Rajiv Shah as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/17/14 The Pacific Islands: U.S. Conventional Weapons Destruction Programs Reduce Threats from World War II-Era Munitions; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/17/14 The United States Condemns the Attack in Yemen;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/16/14 Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal Travel to Maldives and India; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/16/14 Elections in Haiti;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/16/14 Joint Statement on EU-US High level Dialogue on Non-Proliferation, Disarmament and Arms Control; Office of the Spokesperson; Brussels, Belgium
12/16/14 Presidential Task Force Issues Recommendations to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/16/14 Press Availability in London;  Secretary of State John Kerry; U.S. Embassy; London, United Kingdom
12/16/14 Secretary Kerry to Host Annual Unaccompanied Tours Holiday Reception, "Diplomacy at Home for the Holidays"; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/15/14 Arson Attack on Human Rights Group in Chechnya;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/15/14 Power Outage at the State Department;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/15/14 South Sudan's Leaders Need To Set Aside Their Dispute;  Secretary of State John Kerry; The Washington Post
12/15/14 U.S. Government Increases Focus on Gender-Sensitive Data: Leading Foreign Assistance Programs Avail Gender-Sensitive Data to Improve Policy and Development Decision-Making; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/14/14 Background Briefing on Secretary Kerry's Travel to Rome, Italy; En Route to Rome, Italy
12/14/14 On Arrests of Journalists in Turkey;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/12/14 Acting Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman Travel to Geneva; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/12/14 Remarks with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Bogota, Colombia
12/12/14 Remarks with Traveling Press in Bogota, Colombia;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Bogota, Colombia
12/11/14 Background Briefing on Secretary Kerry's Travel to Lima, Peru and Bogota, Colombia; Via Teleconference
12/11/14 Burkina Faso National Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/11/14 Draft Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/11/14 Remarks With Peruvian President Ollanta Humala After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Presidential Palace; Lima, Peru
12/11/14 Remarks on Climate Change at COP-20;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Lima, Peru
12/11/14 Secretary's Office of Global Partnerships Announces 2015 Girls STEAM Camp; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Film Screening of Leaving Fear Behind by Tibetan Filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen in Commemoration of 2014 Human Rights Day; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Human Rights Day 2014;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Joint Statement of the Third U.S.-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/10/14 One Year Since Abduction of "Douma 4";  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Overseas Schools Advisory Council Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Remarks With Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerlan Idrissov Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Remarks at Swearing-In Ceremony for U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Ted Osius III;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Bill Burns Auditorium; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Remarks at the 20th Anniversary of the Summit of the Americas;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/10/14 Secretary of State John Kerry To Travel to Rome;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Assistant Secretary Malinowski and Special Envoy King Lead Discussion with North Korean Defectors on Human Rights Day; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against ISIL;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistants From Around the World Gather in Washington, D.C. To Explore Ways to Expand English Language Capacity; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Government Formation in Kosovo;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Office of Art in Embassies Collaborative Engraving Project With Jenny Holzer: Invitation To Submit Text; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Release of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Remarks With Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Secretary Kerry Travels to Peru and Colombia;  Department Spokesperson Jen Psaki, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Secretary Kerry to Deliver Remarks on the Western Hemisphere; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/09/14 The 2014 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) Winners; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/09/14 The U.S. Department of State Ranks in Top 3 of 2014 Best Places to Work in the Federal Government Rankings; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/09/14 U.S. Welcomes International Anticorruption Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/08/14 70th Anniversary of the Signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/08/14 Final Shortlist for Worldwide A/E Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Support Services; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/08/14 Joint Statement on the Establishment of a Compensation Fund for Holocaust Victims Deported from France; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/08/14 Notice of Meeting: U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/08/14 Readout of Acting Deputy Secretary Sherman's Meeting With Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/08/14 Remarks at Middle East Commercial Center Leadership Dinner;  Secretary of State John Kerry; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Washington, DC
12/08/14 Remarks at the To Walk the Earth in Safety Event;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/08/14 The 16th Awards for Corporate Excellence; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/08/14 To Walk the Earth in Safety: New Report Showcases U.S. Global Leadership in Landmine Clearance and Conventional Weapons Destruction; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/08/14 To Walk the Earth in Safety: U.S. Global Leadership in Landmine Clearance and Conventional Weapons Destruction; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/07/14 Remarks at the Brookings Institution's 2014 Saban Forum;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Willard Hotel; Washington, DC
12/07/14 Charges in Iran Against U.S. Citizen Jason Rezaian;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/07/14 Remarks at the Kennedy Center Honors Dinner;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Department of State; Washington, DC
12/06/14 Death of Luke Somers;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/05/14 "Joint Elements" from U.S.-EU Cyber Dialogue, 5th December 2014; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard Travels to Brussels and Geneva; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 Assistant Secretary of State Sheba Crocker Travels to Chicago; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 Meeting of the Advisory Committee on International Law December 15, 2014; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 On the Occasion of Finland's National Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/05/14 Secretary Kerry To Announce Release of the "To Walk the Earth in Safety" Report; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 Secretary Kerry To Deliver Remarks at the Middle East Commercial Center Dinner; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 Travel of Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 U.S.-France Agreement on Compensation for Certain Victims of Holocaust-Related Deportation from France Who Are Not Covered by French Programs; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 United States Dedicates New U.S. Embassy in Vientiane, Laos; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/05/14 United States and France to Sign Agreement on Compensation for Certain Victims of Holocaust-Related Deportation from France Who Are Not Covered by French Programs; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/04/14 Remarks at the London Conference on Afghanistan;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Lancaster House; London, United Kingdom
12/04/14 Announcement of U.S. Science Envoys; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/04/14 Office of the Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs Release of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XXXVIII, Part 2, Organization and Management of Foreign Policy; Public Diplomacy, 1973-1976; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/04/14 Remarks at OSCE Ministerial Plenary Session;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Basel, Switzerland
12/04/14 Remembering the Legacy of President Nelson Mandela;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/04/14 Secretary Kerry To Deliver Remarks at the Brookings Institution's 2014 Saban Forum; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/04/14 U.S.- E.U. Cyber Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Appointment of Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Bombing at the Iranian Ambassador's Residence in Sanaa;  Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/03/14 International Day of Persons With Disabilities 2014;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Joint Statement Issued by Partners at the Counter-ISIL Coalition Ministerial Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Joint Statement of the U.S.-EU Energy Council; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Joint Statement on Libya; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Launch of In-Country Refugee/Parole Program for Children in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras with Parents Lawfully Present in the United States; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Press Availability in Brussels, Belgium;  Secretary of State John Kerry; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belgium
12/03/14 Remarks With EU High Representative Federica Mogherini Following Their Working Lunch;  Secretary of State John Kerry; European External Action Service; Brussels, Belgium
12/03/14 Remarks With Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belgium
12/03/14 Remarks at U.S.-EU Energy Council;  Secretary of State John Kerry; European External Action Service; Brussels, Belgium
12/03/14 Remarks at the Counter-ISIL Meeting;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Brussels, Belgium
12/03/14 Senior State Department Official To Preview the London Conference on Afghanistan; Brussels, Belgium
12/03/14 Senior State Department Officials On the Counter-ISIL Coalition Meeting; Brussels, Belgium
12/03/14 Venezuela: Maria Corina Machado Faces Conspiracy Charges;  Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 Ambassador-At-Large for Global Women's Issues Catherine Russell Travels to the United Kingdom; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 Assistant Secretaries Patterson and Malinowski's Regional Travels, December 1-4; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 Five-Year Mark of the Continued Incarceration of Alan Gross;  Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Birthday and Thailand's National Day;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/02/14 On the Case of Matthew and Grace Huang;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/02/14 Solo Press Availability at NATO Headquarters;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Brussels, Belgium
12/02/14 Travel of Special Representative for North Korea Policy Ambassador Sung Kim to Seoul, Tokyo, and Beijing; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 U.S. Congratulates Iraq on Hydrocarbon Agreement;  Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 Under Secretary Gottemoeller Travels to the Netherlands, Czech Republic and Ukraine; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 United States Dedicates New U.S. Embassy in Rabat, Morocco; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/02/14 Updates to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Facilitate Compliance with Consular Notification and Access Obligations;  Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Ambassador Scheinman Travels to Austria and the Republic of Korea for Meetings on NPT RevCon; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Assistant Secretary Thomas-Greenfield Visits Liberia in Support of Ebola Response Effort; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Puneet Talwar Travels to India; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Background Briefing To Preview the Secretary's Travel to Brussels and Basel; Joint Base Andrews
12/01/14 Central African Republic National Day Message;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Elections in Uruguay;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Moldova's Parliamentary Elections;  Deputy Department Spokesperson Marie Harf, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/01/14 New U.S. Government Initiatives Accelerate Efforts to End the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic PEPFAR Focuses on Strategic Partnerships and Smart Investments to Achieve an AIDS-free Generation; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/01/14 PEPFAR Announces Latest Results in U.S. Government's Contribution to the HIV/AIDS Response; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Remarks at a World AIDS Day Event;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Eisenhower Executive Office Building; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Remarks at Introduction of Doug Hickey as the new Commissioner General for the USA Pavilion at the Milan Expo 2015;  Secretary of State John Kerry; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
12/01/14 Special Presidential Envoy John Allen Travel to Belgium and Germany; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC