Secretary Kerry (Sept. 29): "On Ebola, predictions were a year ago a million people were going to die...We galvanized support from around the world. We led that effort. And that never happened. We never lost a million people." Full Text» More»

Deputy Spokesperson Toner (Sept. 30): "We understand that the Pakistani and Indian militaries have been in communication and we believe that continued communication between them is important to reduce tensions." Full Text»
Deputy Spokesperson Toner (Sept. 30): "The United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the Russian Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold the ban of Crimean Tatars’ self-governing body, the Mejlis." More»
The United States and Cuba held the fourth Bilateral Commission in Washington, D.C., on Friday, September 30. More»
Spokesperson Kirby (Oct. 2): "The United States strongly condemns the Houthi forces' unprovoked attack against a UAE vessel operating near the Bab al-Mandeb yesterday." Full Text»
Deputy Spokesperson Toner (Oct. 1): U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Brussels, Belgium, from October 4-5, 2016." Full Text»
Ambassador Kristie Kenney, Counselor of the Department, will travel to Peru and Panama October 3-7, to meet with senior government officials, representatives of the business community, and members of civil society. More»


The State Department celebrates passport awareness month in September with the launch of the #PicturePerfectPassport campaign.

The State by State Map details the work of the Department in each U.S. State, and all for about 1% of the Federal budget. More»

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