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27 Feb

Secretary Blinken’s Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa and Republic of Korea Foreign Minister Cho

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The following is attributable to Spokesperson Mathew Miller: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken had a trilateral meeting today with Japanese Foreign Minister Kamikawa Yoko and Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers Meeting in Rio De Janeiro. Secretary Blinken and the Foreign Ministers reflected on the tremendous progress made since the historic Camp David Summit to institutionalize trilateral cooperation and discussed ongoing and future efforts to support one another’s respective Indo-Pacific strategies. Secretary Blinken, Foreign Minister Kamikawa, and Foreign Minister Cho also discussed the importance of building on close coordination…

25 Feb

Remarks by Vice President Harris and President Zelenskyy of Ukraine Before Bilateral Meeting | Munich, Germany

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CommerzbankMunich, Germany 1:02 P.M. CEST VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: President Zelenskyy, it’s good to see you again. I’m remembering the last time you and I were together in this very room. PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY: Exactly this. VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS: Do you remember? Yes, exactly in this room. Two years ago, five days before Russia’s unprovoked, unwarranted, and brutal invasion of your country. But it is good to see you again. The last time I saw you was in the White House. And I gave a speech yesterday in which I said publicly what I had and the President — President Biden —…

25 Feb

U.S. Department of State Announces Project to Protect Ukrainian State Archives

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With Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine placing Ukrainian cultural identity and heritage under continuous threat, the U.S. Department of State announced today a project to protect and digitize collections of the State Archival Services of Ukraine (SAS), thereby ensuring that Ukrainian history, through its archives, will be safeguarded for generations to come. Implemented in cooperation with the International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage in Conflict Areas (ALIPH), the $645,000 project is the latest activity supported by ECA’s Ukraine Cultural Heritage Response Initiative. The project includes training for SAS staff in the management and digitization of archival records at risk…

24 Feb

DHS Recognizes 2023 Customer Experience Achievements and Looks Ahead to 2024

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DHS Recognizes 2023 Customer Experience Achievements and Looks Ahead to 2024 Release Date: January 25, 2024 New Customer Experience Directorate has reduced public burden by 21 million+ hours in 2023 and improved delivery of Department’s services, resources and support WASHINGTON – Following the second anniversary of President Biden’s Executive Order 14058 “Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognized significant strides toward improving customer experience (CX) and reducing the administrative burden on the American public in 2023 and pledged to build upon those improvements in 2024. “More Americans interact…

23 Feb

Statement from Vice President Kamala Harris on CHIPS and Science Act Preliminary Terms

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Semiconductors are the brain of modern technology. While they are no larger than a fingernail and no thicker than a piece of paper, they are essential to every electronic device that we currently use – from computers and televisions to cars and washing machines. Thanks to our Administration’s CHIPS and Science Act, we are announcing the Department of Commerce’s preliminary agreement with GlobalFoundries, which will award approximately $1.5 billion to expand domestic production of semiconductors, strengthen U.S. supply chains, and create thousands of good paying jobs right here in America. While in Singapore in August 2021, I convened CEOs and government…

21 Feb

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Day of Remembrance of Japanese American Incarceration

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On this day in 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the forcible incarceration of over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent – half of whom were children. It was shameful. Families were separated. Communities were torn apart. People were stripped of their dignity. And the unconstitutional and unconscionable policy was even upheld by the Supreme Court. In the face of injustice, 33,000 Japanese Americans stepped up and courageously served in the U.S. military during World War II. They demonstrated loyalty and patriotism. We honor those service men and women, as well as the legacy of civil…

21 Feb

Designating ISIS Supporters – United States Department of State

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The United States is today designating two individuals who have helped create, manage, and support an ISIS affiliated platform that provides ISIS leadership and supporters with technical cybersecurity training, enabled ISIS’s use of virtual currency, and supported the terrorist group’s recruitment. We are also designating one financial facilitator involved in transferring funds to ISIS-affiliated individuals in Syria. Today’s actions reinforce the United States’ commitment to the mission of the Counter ISIS Finance Group (CIFG), a working group of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS comprising over 80 countries and international organizations. These actions also coincide with the 19th meeting of…

19 Feb

Secretary Antony J. Blinken And European Commission Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager At the Fifth U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Ministerial Meeting

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SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good morning, everyone. It is wonderful to have our friends and colleagues from the EU here in Washington for our Trade and Technology Council number five. Let me just say at the outset, in the challenge of these times it is particularly valuable and appreciated by the United States to have in the EU a partner of first resort, not last resort. And if we look at the many challenges that we’re working on closely together, we know that we reinforce each other, and that makes a big difference. We, obviously, have a partnership that’s built on commonly…

19 Feb

DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Awards Students Working to Prevent Targeted Violence in Sixth Invent2Prevent Competition

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DHS Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships Awards Students Working to Prevent Targeted Violence in Sixth Invent2Prevent Competition Release Date: January 25, 2024 Since 2021, Over 1,200 Students in 32 States Created Projects to help prevent targeted violence and terrorism in their communities WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, January 24, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), hosted 27 students selected as finalists from three out of 18 universities and three out of 24 high schools who are developing innovative projects to help prevent targeted violence and terrorism in their communities. The students are finalists…

17 Feb

Statement from President Joe Biden on the Restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly

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I welcome and strongly support the restoration of the Northern Ireland Executive and Assembly at Stormont, and I commend the political leaders of Northern Ireland for taking the necessary steps to restore these core institutions. As I said when I visited Belfast last year to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the democratic institutions it established remain critical for the future of Northern Ireland, and a government that finds ways through hard problems together will draw even greater opportunity to Northern Ireland. I look forward to seeing the renewed stability of a power-sharing government that strengthens the peace…