Date: 12/07/2016 Description: A view of the USS Arizona Memorial, part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, in the distance in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. © AP Image

December 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. On this day, we honor all who served in the wake of that infamous day, and recognize the sacrifices today's service members make to carry forward the inextinguishable torch of liberty for generations to come. DipNote»

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Secretary Kerry (Dec. 6): "There’s nothing nostalgic about our need to constantly reaffirm the importance of collective defense and democratic solidarity. I think we’ve learned from experience ... that peace is best kept through strength and unity, through clarity of purpose and intent, and those qualities, I think, remain at the heart of the NATO mission." Full Text» Trip Page»

Date: 12/05/2016 Description: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry takes a question from a woman in a group of young people involved in Transatlantic affairs at the U.S. Embassy Berlin in Berlin, Germany, on December 5, 2016, before a bilateral meeting with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and his receiving the Order of Merit from the German government. - State Dept Image

Secretary Kerry (Dec. 5): "We’ve got to get the economies of all of Europe moving again; we’ve got to deal with the Brexit issue; we’ve obviously got to ... figure out how we’re going to end the agony of Syria and migration, which has had a profound impact on the politics of Europe." Full Text» Trip Page»

Daily Press Briefing

December 7, 2016

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U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

On December 8, the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy will meet in open session to discuss the various ways in which public diplomacy can contribute to combatting extremist attitudes and violence around the world. More»

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