November 16, 2015 Celebrating Global Entrepreneurship, Creating Ecosystems for Economic Growth The United States government is a proud supporter of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2015, the world’s largest celebration of the innovators… more 1
October 28, 2015 Sports Mentoring Empowers Women From the Philippines to Pakistan, the international women of the U.S. Department of State’s espnW Global Sports Mentoring Program (GSMP)… more 0
October 26, 2015 Earthquake in South Asia A major earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan today, with tremors being felt across the region, including in Pakistan. In statements following… more 1
September 30, 2015 Pakistani and U.S. High School Students Join Together in Global Leadership and STEM Exchange Program On December 16, 2014, I sat in my office in Islamabad, Pakistan and watched in horror as the death toll… more 3
September 23, 2015 To Fight Extremism, The World Needs To Learn How To Talk To Women When I was in Pakistan about three years ago, a prominent female civil society activist told me how some women… more 1
August 5, 2015 The United States and Vietnam Partner To Promote Peacekeeping As the United States and Vietnam mark twenty years since re-establishing diplomatic ties, the relationship between our two countries continues… more 1
July 8, 2015 Fighting Global Drug Addiction We know there is a connection between drug trafficking and transnational organized crime and corruption. The demand for illicit drugs,… more 3
June 12, 2015 Education is Essential to Combat Child Labor The U.S. Department of State has long been an advocate for the elimination of the worst forms of child labor.… more 2
June 10, 2015 'Everyday' Students Challenge Extremism When you watch the video of Ajo Khan , as he shares his story of growing up in Swat Valley,… more 0
May 14, 2015 U.S. Strongly Condemns Bus Attack in Karachi, Pakistan The United States strongly condemns the heinous May 13 attack on a bus in Karachi, Pakistan, which resulted in the… more 1
May 8, 2015 LNG Vessel a 'Game Changer' for Pakistan It was good to be back in Pakistan last week, a country I first visited as part of a Congressional… more 0
April 14, 2015 Being a School Girl Should Not Be Dangerous Business One year ago today, hundreds of girls gathered in their village’s sole secondary school. It was supposed to be closed,… more 1
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
