President Biden hosted his first multilateral summit as president. During the meeting with the Quad, the President and leaders of Japan, India, and Australia recommitted to working together to secure a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Fact Sheet: The Quad Vaccine Partnership

BRIEFING ROOM FACT SHEET: QUAD SUMMIT MARCH 12, 2021 STATEMENTS AND RELEASES Permalink: https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/12/fact-sheet-quad-summit/ The Quad Vaccine Partnership While ensuring that vaccines have been made available to our people, “Quad” partners will launch a landmark partnership to further accelerate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, Quad leaders are taking shared action necessary to expand safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in 2021, and will work …

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By | 15 March, 2021 | Topics: Fact Sheets, Key Officials | Tags:

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U.S.–China Bilateral Relations: The Lessons of History

Remarks by Assistant Secretary David R. Stilwell Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs U.S. Department of State  “U.S. – China Bilateral Relations:  The Lessons of History” Center for Strategic and International Studies   As Prepared December 12, 2019 INTRODUCTION Good afternoon. Thank you to CSIS for inviting me – and for rescheduling this speech …

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By | 13 December, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, News, Public Affairs | Tags: , ,

Assistant Secretary of State David R. Stilwell: Remarks at Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia

Remarks at Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) Malaysia By David R. Stilwell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs (AS PREPARED) Thursday October 31, 2019 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. Introduction Good morning, thank you for inviting me here today. I appreciate the opportunity to return to Malaysia in my new capacity as …

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By | 31 October, 2019 | Topics: East Asia & Pacific, Events, Key Officials, News, U.S. & Malaysia | Tags: ,

Keynote Address and Fireside Chat at the Road to GES Heartland Event

Remarks Michael R. Pompeo Secretary of State Sheraton Overland Park Hotel Overland Park, KS March 18, 2019 SECRETARY POMPEO: Good afternoon, everyone. That voiceover intro is a little much. (Laughter.) I thought I might be walking into a wrestling match or something. (Laughter.) And maybe I am. (Laughter.)Thank you, Alan, for that generous, kind introduction. It’s …

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By | 18 March, 2019 | Topics: Key Officials, News | Tags: ,

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Confronting Iran: The Trump Administration’s Strategy

By Michael R. Pompeo on October 31, 2018 The end of the Cold War forced new thinking among policymakers and analysts about the greatest challenges to U.S. national security. The emergence of al Qaeda,   cybercriminals, and other dangerous entities affirmed the threat of nonstate actors. But equally daunting has been the resurgence of outlaw regimes—rogue states that defy …

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By | 5 November, 2018 | Topics: Key Officials, News, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: ,

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Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Alex N. Wong On The Indo-Pacific Strategy

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson For Immediate Release                                                                                              April 2, 2018 On-The-Record Briefing Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Alex N. Wong On The Indo-Pacific Strategy April 2, 2018 Press Correspondents Room **UNEDITED/DRAFT** MR GREENAN:  Good afternoon, everybody.  Glad we could do this today on a Monday.  …

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By | 2 April, 2018 | Topics: Key Officials, Press Releases, U.S. & Malaysia | Tags: , , , , ,

Ambassador Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir

Ambassador-Designate Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir

In June 2016, Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir was nominated to be the U.S. ambassador to Malaysia. Ms. Lakhdhir joined the Foreign Service in 1991, serving first at the U.S. Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1992-1994), and then at the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia (1994-1996).  Returning to Washington, Ms. Lakhdhir was assigned to the Secretary of …

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