| | What the Secretary Has Been SayingSecretary Powell very strongly believes that he has a responsibility "to talk to the American people about what we are doing in their name, what President Bush is doing with his foreign policy. And the way to do that is not just with us giving speeches, but to communicate through the media." Through this web page, the Bureau of Public Affairs will communicate with Americans and the media to release all speeches, testimony, briefings, statements, and other remarks from the Secretary of State as soon as they are available. (Also see daily press briefings by the Department Spokesman and other releases from the Press Relations Office.) | | | Highlights | |
Iftaar Dinner
"In our diversity and our spirituality, our tolerance and our commitment to human dignity, lies our strength and lies our hope for a better future. Extremism and violence are our greatest enemies, our greatest foes.We must not listen to the siren song of the bigots and extremists who cloak themselves in false spirituality in an attempt to divide and to weaken us." [full text]
![Secretary Powell addressing student journalists [State Dept photo by Michael Gross]](https://web.archive.org/all/20021120024816im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/021118_powell_studentbrief_1201.JPG) Secretary Addresses Young Journalists
"[I]t's important for youngsters to start to inform themselves as early as they are able, and reading a newspaper is the best way to do that. And it doesn't end. I've been doing it now for all these years...."[full text]
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