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Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative Announces New Projects to Support Civil Society Organizations
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. State Department’s Office of the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) has awarded three grants totaling over $3.65 million...
Contract Awarded for the Construction of the New U.S. Embassy Compound in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations (OBO) and Bureau of Administration announced today the award of...
U.S. Department of State's Reorganization of the Arms Control and International Security Bureaus
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- A reorganization of the Department of State’s arms control and nonproliferation functions will take effect today. Secretary of State Hillary...
U.S. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties with the United Kingdom and Australia
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- According to a statement today from Hillary Rodham Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State, "We welcome the Senate’s approval of the...
State Department Salutes Cambodian Humanitarian Demining Hero
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State salutes Aki Ra, founder of Cambodian Self-Help Demining, for being named by CNN as one...
U.S. Strengthening UN Peacekeeping and Conflict Prevention Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Increasing the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping is one of the highest priorities for the United States at the United Nations....
Together for Girls Public-Private Partnership, Discuss Efforts to Fight Gender-Based Violence
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On September 22, the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in collaboration with the Office of Global Women’s...
U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro will host the U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks at the U.S. Department of State...
U.S. Senator Lugar Announces Three New Science Envoys
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- At Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s request, Senator Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) announced three new science envoys yesterday at an...
U.S. Department of State and Georgetown University Host a Discussion on the New START Treaty
WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On Monday, September 13, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller and Ambassador Richard Burt, the...
