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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 Guatemalan Foreign Minister Búcaro

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


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.



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.


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.


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 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:


Deputy Secretary Sherman’s Meeting with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Búcaro

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


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.


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 French Director General for Foreign Relations and Strategy Rufo

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


DOS-INL grant application closes on June 20

Countering the Trafficking of Protected Marine Species in South Asia grant opened on April 20.


DOS-MKD offers new grant application process starting April 20

Establishment of an Academic Partnership in Journalism Studies with the Faculty of Law at Saints Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia grant opened on April 20.


Notice published by State Department on April 19

The US State Department published a one page notice on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


HFAC Markup Announcement on Various Measures

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul announced the full committee will hold a markup to consider various measures on Wednesday, April 26th.


Sanctioning Three Nicaraguan Judges for 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.


Statement on Arrests of Political Opponents in Tunisia

Release: The arrests by the Tunisian government of political opponents and critics are fundamentally at odds with the principles Tunisians adopted in a constitution that explicitly guarantees freedom of opinion, thought, and expression. The arrest on Monday of former Speaker of Parliament Rached Ghannouchi, the...


Statement on Arrests of Political Opponents in Tunisia

News Release: The arrests by the Tunisian government of political opponents and critics are fundamentally at odds with the principles Tunisians adopted in a constitution that explicitly guarantees freedom of opinion, thought, and expression. The arrest on Monday of former Speaker of Parliament Rached Ghannouchi, the ...


Risch, Menendez Lead Colleagues in Reintroducing Peace Corps Reauthorization 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 were joined by Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.), chairman of the SFRC Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Dianne Feinstein ...