Category: Nov2014

One of the pillars of the United States’ counter-ISIL strategy is building the capacity of local forces to take the fight to ISIL. We have been providing this support for…

The President on Friday afternoon convened a call with Texas Governor Rick Perry, Texas Health Commissioner Dr. David Lakey, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings to…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Antony Blinken – Deputy Secretary, Department of State Adewale Adeyemo –…

Tony has served at the highest levels of government for two decades. In his time as Deputy National Security Advisor, Tony has built bridges across the interagency community to forge…

I congratulate Tony Blinken on his nomination to serve as Deputy Secretary of State. He is a genuine superstar—admired and respected not only by the President and me, but by…

Tomorrow, the President will announce his intent to nominate U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch to be the Attorney General of the United States. The President will make the announcement in the…

I’m proud to nominate Antony Blinken to be our next Deputy Secretary of State. I’ve known and worked closely with Tony for the past decade, starting when I joined the…

Via Telephone 3:36 P.M. EST MS. MEEHAN: Hi, everybody. Thanks very much for joining the call. This is Bernadette. This is a call with senior administration officials to discuss the…

The United States welcomes the formation of a new cabinet in Yemen and commends the efforts of President Hadi, Prime Minister Bahah, the country’s political leadership, and Yemen’s diverse communities…

We are very concerned by intensified fighting in eastern Ukraine, as well as numerous reports, including from the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe…