Ambassador Susan E. Rice pauses at the Eternal Flame in the Yad Vashem Hall of Remembrance, Oct. 18, 2009 / USUN Image
The 2012 State of the Union / White House Image
Ambassador Joseph Torsella at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington DC
Sudan / UN image
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Tue, January 17

President Obama Meets with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House

 to encourage the Palestinians and the Israelis to seriously negotiate a peaceful way forward.

Thu, January 05

President Obama Outlines a New Global Military Strategy

a major shift in the nation's strategic military objectives -- with a goal of moving away from the expansive wars

Tue, December 20

Homecoming for the Final U.S. Forces Iraq Troops

“I am truly humbled by your service and your many, many sacrifices,”

The Briefing Room
01/27/12  Remarks on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust; Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rosemary A. DiCarlo
01/27/12  Statement on the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust;  U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations
01/26/12  Remarks by Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo at Security Council Briefing on Peace and Security in Africa; Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rosemary A. DiCarlo
01/25/12  Remarks at the Opening Plenary for the Rio+20 Preparatory Meeting; Deputy Assistant Secretary Lawrence J. Gumbiner, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs
Peace and SecurityNonproliferation and DisarmamentPoverty and DevelopmentClimate ChangeHuman Rights and DemocracyUN Reform
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