Secretary Clinton and Senators Kerry and Lugar to Hold Press Availability On New START on November 17 at 9:00 a.m.
Office of the SpokesmanWashington, DC
November 16, 2010Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), and Ranking Member Richard Lugar (R-IN) will hold a press availability to discuss the need for the Senate to approve the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) at 9:00 am on November 17. The availability will take place outside of room S-116 in the U.S. Capitol.
Six former secretaries of state, five former secretaries of defense and three former national security advisers have endorsed ratification, along with seven former commanders of U.S. Strategic Command and the entire current U.S. military leadership unanimously support New START.
New START will advance critical national security objectives: reducing the number of deployed nuclear weapons while retaining a safe, secure and effective deterrent; providing direct insight into Russia’s nuclear arsenal; and creating a more stable, predictable and cooperative relationship between the world’s two leading nuclear powers.
On April 8, 2010, President Obama and Russian President Medvedev signed New START to replace the original START accord, which expired nearly a year ago in December 2009. On September 16, 2010, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved a resolution of advice and consent to ratification of New START with 3 Republicans joining 11 Democrats, continuing a tradition of broad bipartisan support for strategic arms agreements that spans four administrations.
Secretary Clinton To Address Overseas Security Advisory Council Annual Briefing on November 17
Office of the SpokesmanWashington, DC
November 12, 2010
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks to the 25th Annual Conference of the Overseas Security Advisory Council on November 17 at 1:00 p.m., in the Department of State’s Dean Acheson Auditorium.
Secretary Clinton will discuss information-sharing between the federal government and American private sector organizations. More than 1,000 security professionals will attend the conference.
The Overseas Security Advisory Council is a public-private partnership that exchanges security information between the U.S. Government and American private sector organizations operating abroad. The Overseas Security Advisory Council is administered by the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Security, and provides a forum for best practices and provides the tools needed to cope with evolving security challenges overseas. Today more than 4,000 U.S. companies, educational institutions, religious and non-governmental organizations are constituents of the Council.
Secretary Clinton to Release Annual Report on International Religious Freedom
Office of the SpokesmanWashington, DC
November 15, 2010Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will release the 2010 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom on Wednesday, November 17, at 1:20 p.m. in the Press Briefing Room at the U.S. Department of State.
Secretary Clinton will introduce the report and Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Michael Posner will take questions.
This event will be open to credentialed members of the media.
The Annual Report on International Religious Freedom covers the legal status of religious freedom, as well as societal attitudes towards it, in almost 200 countries and territories around the world.
