Month: March 2023

FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Advance the U.S. Partnership with Zambia
31 Mar

FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Advance the U.S. Partnership with Zambia

Politics
The United States and Zambia maintain a strong relationship based on shared democratic values, growing commercial engagement, longstanding health cooperation, and enduring people-to-people ties.  The United States applauds Zambia’s leadership in the region toward transparent and accountable governance as the recent African co-host of President Biden’s Second Summit for Democracy.  The Vice President’s travel to Lusaka demonstrates the United States’ commitment to advancing our cooperation with Zambia.  This includes a renewed focus on economic transformation; increased investments in democracy and governance programming; expanded global health efforts; and innovations in climate solutions.  In support of this important bilateral relationship, the Administration intends…
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Joint Statement on Efforts to Counter the Proliferation and Misuse of Commercial Spyware
30 Mar

Joint Statement on Efforts to Counter the Proliferation and Misuse of Commercial Spyware

Politics
Media Note September 22, 2024 This Joint Statement was originally announced on March 30, 2023, at the second Summit for Democracy, with an inaugural group of eleven likeminded partners. Since then, it has been updated twice to reflect additional countries that have endorsed this first-of-its kind multilateral commitment to work collectively to counter the proliferation and misuse of commercial spyware. On March 18, 2024, at the third Summit for Democracy, Finland, Germany, Japan, Poland, the Republic of Ireland, and the Republic of Korea joined, and on September 22, 2024, on the margins of the UN General Assembly, Austria, Estonia, Lithuania,…
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The Naked Truth: Inside the Sensational World of The Black Tape Project
30 Mar

The Naked Truth: Inside the Sensational World of The Black Tape Project

Celebrity Gossip
Gossip Stone TV is bringing a bold new reality show to the screen with The King Of Tape, taking you on a tantalizing journey into the glamorous and seductive world of body tape art. Gossip Stone TV is excited to announce its upcoming reality TV show, The King Of Tape, featuring the talented and provocative fashion designer Drakhan Blackhart, also known as Joel Alvarez, the creator of The Black Tape Project. This new show will take viewers on a journey through the glamorous world of body tape art, offering an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the artist and his work. Drakhan…
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FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Advance the U.S. Partnership with Zambia
30 Mar

A Proclamation on Transgender Day of Visibility

Politics
     Transgender Day of Visibility celebrates the joy, strength, and absolute courage of some of the bravest people I know — people who have too often had to put their jobs, relationships, and lives on the line just to be their true selves.  Today, we show millions of transgender and nonbinary Americans that we see them, they belong, and they should be treated with dignity and respect.  Their courage has given countless others strength, but no one should have to be brave just to be themselves.  Every American deserves that freedom.      Transgender Americans shape our Nation’s soul — proudly serving…
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FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Advance the U.S. Partnership with Zambia
30 Mar

A Proclamation on César Chávez Day, 2023

Politics
     Today, we honor César E. Chávez by carrying on the cause — “La Causa” — to which he dedicated his life:  championing the dignity and rights of every worker, using nonviolence to fight for justice, and standing with organized labor to build an economy that rewards work and not just wealth.      César E. Chávez came of age picking produce and cotton in the fields of California.  He labored in intense heat, all too familiar with the harms of poisonous pesticides.  And he learned early on about the power of organizing for basic dignity and respect through his work…
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FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Advance the U.S. Partnership with Zambia
30 Mar

FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Deepen the U.S. Partnership with Tanzania

Politics
The partnership between the United States and Tanzania is rooted in more than six decades of economic, development, health, and security cooperation.  The United States and Tanzania stand together as friends and partners, based on the principle of mutual respect and aspirations for a more peaceful and prosperous future.  The United States firmly supports Tanzania’s democratic reform agenda and shares Tanzania’s democratic values.   The Vice President’s travel to Tanzania affirms the partnership between our two countries and will advance cooperation on commercial engagement, digital connectivity, investing in women and youth, fostering democratic values, food security, marine conservation, and health.  In…
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FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Advance the U.S. Partnership with Zambia
30 Mar

Readout of Vice President Kamala Harris’s Meeting with President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania

Politics
Vice President Harris met with President Samia Suluhu Hassan today in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  The Vice President thanked President Samia for her participation in the second Summit for Democracy and applauded her leadership in opening political space and undertaking critical democratic reforms.  Vice President Harris applauded President Samia’s announcement that Tanzania intends to rejoin the Open Government Partnership and encouraged her to continue efforts to strengthen civil and political liberties.  The two leaders discussed opportunities to boost U.S. private sector investment and make it easier for American investors to do business in Tanzania.  In addition, the Vice President reaffirmed…
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FACT SHEET: Vice President Harris Announces Initiatives to Advance the U.S. Partnership with Zambia
30 Mar

Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Evan Gershkovich

Politics
We are deeply concerned by the troubling reports that Evan Gershkovich, an American citizen, has been detained in Russia. Last night, White House and State Department Officials spoke with Mr. Gershkovich’s employer, the Wall Street Journal. The Administration has also been in contact with his family. Furthermore, the State Department has been in direct touch with the Russian government on this matter, including actively working to secure consular access to Mr. Gershkovich. The targeting of American citizens by the Russian government is unacceptable. We condemn the detention of Mr. Gershkovich in the strongest terms. We also condemn the Russian government’s…
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