March 23, 2015 From Hyogo to Sendai: A New Action Plan for Resilience Ten years after the Hyogo Framework became the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction, so much has changed about the… more 0
March 19, 2015 United States and Japan: Collaborating To Advance Girls Education Around the World First Lady Michelle Obama is keeping a travel journal this week while traveling to Japan and Cambodia and promoting the… more 0
March 16, 2015 First Lady Michelle Obama: 'Let's Ensure That Every Girl Can Learn' First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama authored an opinion piece that appeared in the Wall Street Journal on… more 5
March 7, 2015 International Women’s Day Every day, we read about women and girls around the world who are victims of heinous violence. From Iraqi women… more 4
March 6, 2015 What We Can Learn From Women of Courage Earlier today, we honored 10 extraordinary women from 10 countries with the 2015 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage… more 1
March 4, 2015 Deputy Secretary Higginbottom To Honor 10 International Women of Courage Update: The 2015 Secretary of State's International Women of Courage Award Ceremony has been rescheduled for 3:00 p.m. EST on… more 1
February 19, 2015 Reflections From My First Asia-Pacific Trip as Deputy Secretary I have just returned from my first trip as Deputy Secretary, to the Republic of Korea, China, and Japan. Going… more 0
February 6, 2015 #AskTony: Deputy Secretary @ABlinken Hosts His First Twitter Q&A In Advance of East Asia Trip Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosted his first twitter Q&A today. He participated in the Q&A to discuss his… more 1
January 31, 2015 ISIL Murder of Japanese Journalist Kenji Goto The United States condemns the heinous murder of Japanese citizen and journalist Kenji Goto by the terrorist group ISIL. In… more 4
December 23, 2014 Robust Responses From the Asia-Pacific Region to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa “In West Africa, this remains the worst Ebola epidemic in history by a long shot. Every hot-spot is an ember… more 2
May 8, 2014 Liberia's 'Road' to Recovery Little more than 10 years have passed since Liberia began rising from the ashes of a 14-year civil war that… more 0
April 29, 2014 International Jazz Day: Living Legacy of the U.S. Jazz Ambassadors “You can't understand America without understanding jazz.” -- President Barack Obama In the coldest days of the Cold War, the… more 2
January 19, 2017 What We Got Right With a new administration taking office this week, it is natural to assess the inheritance it will receive from the… more 0
January 19, 2017 Working with Silicon Valley on New Approaches to Tackling Weapons of Mass Destruction Challenges This past April, Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken and then Under Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller convened technologists, entrepreneurs,… more 0
January 19, 2017 Cooperation at the Tigris: U.S. and Iraqi Efforts to Maintain the Mosul Dam The United States is committed to helping our Iraqi partners defeat ISIL in an effective and sustainable way, particularly as… more 0
