Embassy of the United States

President Obama Remarks at Tokyo
November 14, 2009 Good morning. It is a great honor to be in Tokyo—the first stop on my first visit to Asia as President. It’s good to be among so many of you – Japanese and Americans – who work every day to strengthen the bonds between our two countries, including my longtime friend and our new ambassador to Japan, John Roos.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton remarks at the Forum for the Future
November 3, 2009  SECRETARY CLINTON: So it is a pleasure to join you for this discussion, and I especially recognize the significance of having governor – government ministers and civil society leaders talking together about these issues of common concern. That may be too rare at sight, but it shouldn’t be, because our goal is to listen, ...

Remarks by the President on Wining the Nobel Peace Prize
October 9, 2009 THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning. After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, "Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday!" And then Sasha added, "Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up." So it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective.

G20 Meets as Global Economy Improves
September 25, 2009  Washington — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says leaders of the Group of 20 advanced and fastest growing economies are meeting for the third time in less than a year as the first signs of a global economic recovery are beginning to appear.

G20 Meets as Global Economy Improves
September 25, 2009 Washington — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says leaders of the Group of 20 advanced and fastest growing economies are meeting for the third time in less than a year as the first signs of a global economic recovery are beginning to appear.

Remarks by the President to the United Nations General Assembly
September 23, 2009 THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to address you for the first time as the 44th President of the United States. (Applause.) I come before you humbled by the responsibility that the American people have placed upon me, mindful of the enormous challenges of...

President Obama Challenges United Nations to “New Era of Engagement”
September 23, 2009 Washington — The interests of the world’s peoples are shared, more than at any point in human history, and the international community must embrace “a new era of engagement” to confront pressing challenges such as nuclear proliferation, climate change and economic crisis, President Obama told the United Nations General Assembly.

President Obama UN Climate Change Speech
September 22, 2009 PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is growing. Our generation's response to this challenge ...

Secretary Clinton’s Speech in Advance of U.N. General Assembly
September 18, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Thank you. Thank you very much. Well, it is a great delight to be back here at Brookings through that revolving door, which really does go both directions. I spoke with Strobe shortly after I was asked to take this job as Secretary of State and began thinking about who needed to be in this new Administration. And he ruefully ...

Secretary Clinton Outlines U.S. Agenda for U.N. General Assembly
September 18, 2009 Washington — The United States will promote an agenda at the opening of the 64th session of the U.N. General Assembly focused heavily on building international partnerships, promoting nuclear nonproliferation, resolving issues in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan and forging economic development initiatives...

Remarks by the President Obama to a Joint Session of Congress on Health Care
September 9, 2009 THE PRESIDENT: Madam Speaker, Vice President Biden, members of Congress, and the American people: When I spoke here last winter, this nation was facing the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. We were losing an average of 700,000 jobs per month. Credit was frozen. And our financial system was on the verge of collapse.

Sotomayor Confirmed as Newest U.S. Supreme Court Justice
August 6, 2009 Washington — In a vote of 68–31, the United States Senate confirmed Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the 111th U.S. Supreme Court justice, and Sotomayor is expected to be sworn in to replace retired Justice David Souter on August 8.

Africa’s Best Days Are Ahead, Secretary Clinton Says
August 6, 2009 Nairobi, Kenya — “I am just absolutely convinced Africa’s best days can be ahead,” Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told students at an interactive town hall meeting at the University of Nairobi on the first country stop of her seven-nation Africa visit.

Food Security Is Top Agenda Item on Clinton Africa Trip
August 4, 2009 Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is putting a spotlight on food security and partnerships as she makes her first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa, a region that the international nongovernmental organization (NGO) World Vision says is “riddled with hunger.”

Regional Reforms Increasing African Trade
August 3, 2009 Nairobi, Kenya — The East and Central Africa (ECA) Global Competitiveness Hub, one of four such U.S.-sponsored African trade offices, is promoting greater U.S.-Africa trade as well as increased African regional trade. It has directly closed at least $29 million in trade deals since its creation in 2003.

Secretary Clinton Africa Trip Seen Offering Opportunities
August 3, 2009 Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s August 4–14, seven-nation trip to Africa presents a good opportunity to build on development partnerships set out by President Obama during his recent visit to the continent, says former Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner.