News from April 2023


Renewal of the 2023-2024 Charter for the Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

Release: The Department of State has renewed the Charter of the Advisory Committee for the Study of Eastern Europe and the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union. The Advisory Committee was established under the authority of 22 U.S.C. §4503 to provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of State ...


Secretary Antony J. Blinken And Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov Before Their Meeting

Release: SECRETARY BLINKEN: Well, good afternoon, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here with Foreign Minister Meredov. Rashid and I were together just about two months ago -.


McCaul Demands State Declassify Afghanistan Withdrawal After-Action Review

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. On April 6, 2023, the State Department finally took the long overdue step of providing its After- Action Review on the Afghanistan withdrawal to the Committee. The After-Action Review, dated March 2022, is an 87-page document containing numerous unexplained redactions. Despite...


DOS-IND grant application closes on June 24

The Partner of Choice: Explaining the Significance of U.S.-India Strategic Partnership grant opened on April 26.



DOS-AFG grant application closes on June 1

Afghan Alumni Engagement grant opened on April 26.


McCaul, Ernst Fight for Accountability in Foreign Aid at USAID

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) sent a letter to USAID Administrator Samantha Power demanding answers on the agency’s lackluster stewardship of taxpayer dollars appropriated for humanitarian assistance abroad.


McCaul Demands State Declassify Afghanistan Withdrawal After-Action Review

News Release: Dear Secretary Blinken:. On April 6, 2023, the State Department finally took the long overdue step of providing its After- Action Review on the Afghanistan withdrawal to the Committee. The After-Action Review, dated March 2022, is an 87-page document containing numerous unexplained redactions. Despite...


Risch, Menendez Urge POTUS’ Support for Legitimate Democratic Process in Lebanon

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their concern regarding Lebanon’s ongoing political stalemate. Highlighting the consequences of Lebanon’s ...


Engaging Survivors of Human Trafficking

Release: Survivor Engagement in the Anti-Trafficking Field: History, Lessons Learned, and Looking Forward.



McCaul Statement Following Passage of MAHSA Act Through Committee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 589 during today’s committee markup.


DOS-INL grant application closes on June 30

Criminal Justice Task Force Initiative grant opened on April 27.



McCaul Statement Following Passage of MAHSA Act Through Committee Markup

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement regarding the passage of H.R. 589 during today’s committee markup.


Ranking Member Risch Opening Statement at Hearing on FY2024 USAID Budget

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today gave the following opening remarks at a full committee hearing on the FY2024 United States Agency for International Development (USAID) budget. The witness was The Honorable Samantha Power, administrator of USAID.


DOS-SCT offers new grant application process starting April 27

Targeted Messaging and Hotline Infrastructure to Apprehend al-Shabaab grant opened on April 27.


McCaul Encourages U.S.-South Korea Cooperation in Quantum Information Science and Technologies

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul issued the following statement encouraging cooperation between the U.S. and South Korea in quantum information science and technologies.


Risch, Wicker on Announcement of Nuclear Consultative Group

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the administration’s decision to establish a Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG):


Regional Conference of Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Ending Human Trafficking 2023

Release: Good morning, Excellencies and distinguished participants in this important conference. My name is Cindy Dyer, and as the United States Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, I head the office at the U.S. Department of State that leads the United States’ global engagement to combat human trafficking and supports the coordination of anti-trafficking efforts across the U.S. government.