Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Oct 31, 2009 - 07:32 PM
![Secretary Clinton meets with senior officials in Jerusalem Oct. 31, 2009. [State Dept. photo]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/09_1031_hrc_israel_m.jpg)
Secretary Clinton recently visited Jerusalem to meet with senior officials. During a press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, she stated:
"Thank you so much, Prime Minister. It is a great personal pleasure for me to be back in Jerusalem and a great honor to be here as Secretary of State once again. ... I appreciate the very positive words about the need to get back…
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Posted by Carolyn Vadino on Oct 30, 2009 - 04:18 PM
On October 18, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice traveled to Jerusalem on behalf of the Obama Administration to deliver a speech to the Israeli Presidential Conference, hosted by President Shimon Peres. She also spent time traveling in the region, meeting with key leaders and making important stops along the way.
In Israel, Ambassador Rice met with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Foreign…
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Posted by Eric P. Schwartz on Oct 30, 2009 - 02:57 PM
![Mr. Schwartz speaks with women displaced by conflict, North Kivu, Oct. 15, 2009. [State Dept. Photo]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/2009_1015_schwartz_idp_camp_m.jpg)
During our October 12-23 trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Kenya, I was reminded of both the challenges and opportunities we face in preventing and responding to humanitarian crises. In the DRC, I looked at protection efforts in the east, where an ongoing humanitarian crisis has had devastating effects on the civilian population, nearly two million of whom are displaced in the region. I visited camps in North and South Kivu as well as a village to which a number of people displaced by years of conflict have recently returned. Those returns, involving more than 60,000…
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Posted by Anne W. Patterson on Oct 30, 2009 - 09:24 AM
![Secretary Clinton chats with Pakistani tribal leaders in Pakistan Oct. 30, 2009. [AP]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/pakistan_3_m.jpg)
About the Author: Anne W. Patterson serves as the U.S. Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
During her three day visit to Pakistan, Secretary Clinton’s vision of people to people diplomacy and her support for Pakistan’s democratic…
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Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Oct 29, 2009 - 08:50 PM
Today Secretary Clinton visited Bari Imam, the shrine to Shah Abdul Latif Kazmi, conducted a town hall meeting with university students and met…
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Posted by Scott Gration on Oct 29, 2009 - 05:13 PM
![Refugees at a refugee camp in Sudan December 8, 2007. [AP file photo]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/darfur_m.jpg)
Today marks the release of the much-anticipated report by the African Union’s (AU) High Level Panel on Darfur. The Panel, led by former President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, was convened earlier this year to examine the situation in Darfur and to come up with recommendations to address issues of accountability, combating impunity, and bringing about healing and reconciliation for the people of Darfur. I am attending a special session of AU Peace and Security Council in Abuja, Nigeria, where a number of African heads of state are reviewing the Panel’s…
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Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Oct 28, 2009 - 05:45 PM
Secretary Clinton is currently traveling in Pakistan. During a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Secretary Clinton remarked, "...For me, this is a personal privilege, as well as a high honor, representing President Obama and our government, because today, the people of Pakistan and the United States face shared challenges. And we are poised to benefit from shared opportunities.…
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Posted by James Liddle on Oct 28, 2009 - 02:48 PM
![Congolese children at IDP camp in The Democratic Republic of Congo Dec. 4, 2008. [AP]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/africa_m.jpg)
The below blog details my trip to northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda to explore the international community’s effort to find a lasting solution to the crisis caused by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). I am a Desk Officer in the Africa Bureau at the Department of State covering Uganda, where the LRA originated. This trip was part of my annual trip to the region to familiarize myself and meet with staff of the U.S. Embassies, government representatives, non-government organizations, and others I work with from Washington.
September…
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Posted by DipNote Bloggers on Oct 28, 2009 - 09:07 AM
![Secretary Clinton meets Pakistani Foreign Minister in Islamabad, Pakistan Oct. 28, 2009. [AP]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/pakista1_m.jpg)
Secretary Clinton is currently traveling in Pakistan to continue efforts to create a comprehensive relationship with Pakistan that covers a whole range of issues that are important to the people of Pakistan, important to the people of the United States, and to the greater region. During her flight en route to Pakistan, Secretary Clinton described the trip by saying, "...While I am in Pakistan, I will…
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Posted by Lillian deValcourt-Ayala on Oct 26, 2009 - 01:11 PM
![4th annual Run for Food runners in Rome, Italy October 24, 2009. [State Dept.]](http://blogs.state.gov/images/Dipnote/behind_the_scenes/rome_m.jpg)
We were not as fast as Carl Lewis in the Olympics nor did our team place first in 4th Run for Food this weekend, but runners from our three U.S. embassies in Rome got involved and showed our commitment. That’s the difference we all can make in the real life race against hunger.
The UN’s largest technical agency, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), commemorated
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