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PRM’s Regional Refugee Coordinator learns to make traditional baskets from Burundian refugees participating in a PRM-funded International Rescue Committee program focused on income and sustainable livelihoods.

Why We Commemorate World Humanitarian Day

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono, and Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera shake hands at the opening of the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee (“2+2”).

Secretary Tillerson and Secretary Mattis Co-host the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee

U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian PM Narendra Modi Walking into White House Rose Garden

The United States and India to Co-Host the 2017 Global Entrepreneurship Summit

The United States and the Republic of India jointly announced they will co-host the eighth annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in Hyderabad, India on...

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U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the 2016 International Religious Freedom Annual Report, at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on August 15, 2017.

Secretary Tillerson Delivers Remarks on International Religious Freedom

On August 15, 2017, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson released the 2016 Annual...

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The Harry S Truman Building, the headquarters of the U.S. Department of State, is pictured.

Student Internships: When Real World Experience Merges With Global Citizenship

“Press Office, this is Zack, how can I help you?” Zackery Dean, a junior from George Mason University, answers the phone in the State Department’s Bureau of...

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A close up of a t shirt that says "WiSci STEAM camp, Malawi"

The Inspirational Power of STEAM and Diplomacy

Upon meeting the outstanding young women attending our WiSci (Women in Science) Girls STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Design,...

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This Week at State: August 18, 2017

Did you miss key foreign policy developments this week? We’ve got you covered. Each week, DipNote recaps the latest U.S....

A UXO Lao team in Xieng Khouang Province demonstrates an unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance technique for the author.

U.S.-Lao Partnership Works to Address Legacies of War

In many communities across Southeast Asia, landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO), such as bombs, artillery shells, and other munitions left behind from past...

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