News from 2023


McCaul Questions Ukrainian Prosecutor General on Putin’s War Crimes

News Release: Washington, DC - Yesterday, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul questioned Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin on Putin’s war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Ambassador to the United States Cho

Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Búcaro

News Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel


Risch Meets with Colombian President Gustavo Petro

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today met with Colombian President Gustavo Petro:


United States Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Military Procurement Network

Release: The United States remains firmly committed to taking action to disrupt Iran’s military programs and its procurement networks. We are designating elements of Iran’s military procurement network - one individual and six entities. These elements based in Iran, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Malaysia...


Risch, Menendez Introduce MCC Candidate Country Reform Act

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 introduced the MCC Candidate Country Reform Act, legislation to redefine the pool of candidate countries from which the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) selects its partners.


Chairman McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Full Committee Hearing on Exposing Putin’s Crimes and Atrocities in Ukraine

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul gave the following remarks at a full committee hearing on exposing Putin’s war crimes and other atrocities in Ukraine.



DOS-KOR offers new grant application process starting April 21

U.S. Embassies Seoul and Tokyo Trilateral Youth Leadership Forum grant opened on April 21.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Búcaro

Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel.


Notice of Charter Renewal for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) Scientific Advisory Board discussed on April 20 by State Department

The US State Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with French Director General for Foreign Relations and Strategy Rufo

News Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel


What did State Department publish on April 20?

The US State Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Secretary Blinken’s Diplomacy to Arrange an Eid al-Fitr Ceasefire in Sudan

Release: The following is attributable to Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson.


Risch Joins Wicker, Colleagues in Call to Free Vladimir Kara-Murza

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and more than 70 other members of Congress, in sending a letter to the U.S. State Department urging Secretary of State Antony Blinken to designate U.S.


United States Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Military Procurement Network

News Release: The United States remains firmly committed to taking action to disrupt Iran’s military programs and its procurement networks. We are designating elements of Iran’s military procurement network - one individual and six entities. These elements based in Iran, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Malaysia ...



Secretary Blinken’s Diplomacy to Arrange an Eid al-Fitr Ceasefire in Sudan

News Release: The following is attributable to Vedant Patel, Principal Deputy Spokesperson


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Republic of Korea Ambassador to the United States Cho

News Release: The following is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel


Sanctioning Three Nicaraguan Judges Involved in Depriving Nicaraguans of Their Basic Right to Citizenship

Release: The United States is taking further action to hold accountable perpetrators of the Nicaraguan regime’s repressive actions. The United States is imposing sanctions on the Nicaraguan judges who played a role in stripping over 300 Nicaraguans of their citizenship, leaving many of these individuals stateless.