News from 2023


Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “Achieving Peace through Strength in the Indo-Pacific: Examining the FY24 Budget Priorities”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific has rescheduled a hearing entitled, “Achieving Peace through Strength in the Indo-Pacific: Examining the FY24 Budget Priorities" on Tuesday, July 18th.


Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World" on Tuesday, July 18th.


DOS-CSO offers new grant application process starting July 12

Ukraine Women Peace and Security Program grant opened on July 12.


Risch, Cruz, Colleagues Call on Blinken to Reverse Biden Administration’s New Antisemitic Israel Boycott

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and 13 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling on him to rescind discriminatory guidance issued by the State Department halting bilateral scientific and technological cooperation in certain Israeli-held territories.


Subcommittee Hearing Announcement: “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World”

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Foreign Affairs Committee announced the Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations will convene a hearing entitled, “The Dire State of Religious Freedom Around the World" on Tuesday, July 18th.


Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Sison’s Travel to Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, and Türkiye

Release: Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison will travel to Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt, Tunisia, and Türkiye July 11-28 for meetings with counterparts and UN officials to reinforce the U.S. commitment to collaborating on common global challenges.


Risch on GAO Reports on Venezuela’s Transnational Criminal Network

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released the following statement on the U.S. Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) newly released reports on Venezuela’s transnational criminal network that Risch requested in March 2021.


DOS-CHN grant application closes on Aug. 31

U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong and Macau, EducationUSA Academy Scholarship Program grant opened on July 13.


McCaul, Wicker, Risch Statement on French SCALP-EG Missiles to Ukraine

News Release: Washington, D.C.- House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX), Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker (R-MS), and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-ID) today reacted to President Emmanuel Macron’s announcement that France will provide SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine.


Risch, Wicker, McCaul Statement on French SCALP-EG Missiles to Ukraine

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, as well as U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today reacted to President Emmanuel Macron's announcement that France will provide SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine:


DOS-KAZ offers new grant application process starting July 13

Central Asian Museum Educators Exchange: Kazakhstan grant opened on July 13.


DOS-IND offers new grant application process starting July 13

Space Experiential Learning Center -The American Center New Delhi grant opened on July 13.


McCaul Subpoenas State for Key China-Related Documents

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has signed a subpoena that was delivered to Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday for the department’s “competitive actions" calendars, key documents relating to the department’s reported obstruction of the use of national...


McCaul Subpoenas State for Key China-Related Documents

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul has signed a subpoena that was delivered to Secretary of State Antony Blinken yesterday for the department’s “competitive actions" calendars, key documents relating to the department’s reported obstruction of the use of national...


DOS-KAZ grant application closes on Aug. 14

Academic Writing Centers at Kazakh Universities grant opened on July 13.


McCaul, Menendez Introduce Bipartisan Resolution Commemorating Anniversary of Historic Protests in Cuba, Calling for Release of Political Prisoners

News Release: Washington, D.C. ­- Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-NJ) introduced a bipartisan resolution commemorating the second anniversary of Cuba’s historic and peaceful demonstrations that took place on July...


10 press releases or notices published in February by U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs

There were 10 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs in February.


U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs publishes 46 press releases or notices in January

There were 46 press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs in January.


U.S. Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom publishes two press releases or notices in February

There were two press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Office of International Religious Freedom in February.


U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs publishes four press releases or notices in March

There were four press releases or notices published by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs in March.