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Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:07
Spokesperson Jen Osaki addresses the conflict in Syria and its potential regional spillovers, the U.S. position on the Turkish protests, Secretary Kerry's Egypt briefings to Congress, and establishing a more constructive relationship with Venezuela.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:23
Spokesperson Jen Psaki addresses the OAS General Assembly meeting, human rights in Bahrain, the Syrian conflict, the Benghazi investigation, U.S. aid to Egypt, a political crisis in Madagascar, elections in Zimbabwe, and the Lord's Resistance Army.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:38
President Obama recently concluded his weeklong trip to Africa, so his administration's policies on that continent deserve careful attention. The Obama administration appears ready, under the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force, to significantly expand 13 years of war policy by increasing counterterrorism operations throughout the African continent.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:47
Press Office Director Patrick Ventrell addresses security concerns in Lebanon, direct mail to Cuba, Snowden's asylum in Latin America, negotiations in Syria, peace talks with the Taliban, and Turkey's EU bid
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:49
The U.S. Department of Defense has warned that the growing terrorist presence in Mali threatens U.S. citizens and interests in the region, even leaving embassies vulnerable to attack... In a few days, the newest United Nations peacekeeping mission will commence in the northern African nation with 12,640 boots on the ground. They will begin the essential process of rebuilding the Malian security sector, disarming militias, and strengthening Mali's state police, which ultimately will reduce the likelihood that attacks like these will threaten more innocent lives.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:56
A bipartisan resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it is in our national interest to support and enhance Europe's energy security through opening of the Southern Gas Corridor.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:57
Press Office Director Patrick Ventrell addresses the Geneva 2 Syria conference, Secretary Kerry's upcoming trip to Israel and Palestine, peace talks in Afghanistan, and cooperation with Congress on the Benghazi attack
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 11:59
Twenty years after the U.S. military's "Black Hawk Down" disaster, the Obama administration is slowly stepping up relations with Somalia even though security requires American officials to be sheltered behind blast walls and unable to see nearly any of the chaotic country.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 12:07
Press Office Director Patrick Ventrell addresses the upcoming Egypt protests, support for the Syrian opposition, foreign fighters in Syria, Qatar's new Amir, the Middle East peace process, and a missing citizen in Ecuador.
Tuesday, July 9, 2013 - 12:09
I ask that my colleagues join me in solemnly commemorating the death of these innocent lives. It was on the evening of February 27, 1988 that hundreds of Armenians were brutally murdered, some burned alive and others thrown from windows.