September 12, 2023 Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) As prepared for delivery “We truly have no closer military relationship than we do with the United Kingdom. This is country which commits to its defense, and to our collective defense under NATO. “ Ambassador Habe Hartley: Good morning, everyone. Thank you, Tom, and the whole team …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 13 September, 2023 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
May 16, 2023 US Embassy London As prepared for delivery ” I know the Fulbright Commission cares deeply about making scholarships accessible to anyone with drive and talent, regardless of where they come from or how much money they have. By offering these fully funded scholarships – and promoting universities that may be less well-known …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 20 July, 2023 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
June 28, 2023 Winfield House As prepared for delivery ” Tonight is not only about celebrating our country’s independence. It is about those ideas we advanced in its declaration: freedom, equality, and democracy. Those founding principles still guide us today, and they are principles we share with the United Kingdom and its people. ” Ambassador Jane Hartley: Ladies and …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 20 July, 2023 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
June 16, 2023 US Embassy London As prepared for delivery ” The meaning of this newest holiday is wrapped up in that history. It celebrates the joy of freedom and the final end of slavery in America, while acknowledging that justice, even when it is finally achieved, is far too often delayed. Even the idea …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 20 July, 2023 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
April 18, 2023 Queens University Belfast As prepared for delivery ” The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement remains a stunning achievement to this day, and the foundation of Northern Ireland’s progress in the years since. But our task today is not to look backward. Our task today is to look forward, and determine how to make progress …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 20 July, 2023 | Categories: Events, Speeches
February 22, 2023 Trafalgar Square, London As prepared for delivery ” Truly, as President Zelenskyy said at Westminster Abbey, the United States and the United Kingdom are “marching with Ukraine towards the most important victory of our lifetime.” On his extraordinary visit to Kyiv this week, President Biden stood in the Mariinsky Palace and promised …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 20 July, 2023 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
November 24, 2022 As prepared for delivery ” I arrived here at the very end of May, so this is my first Thanksgiving on British soil. And I am the second woman to be Ambassador to the UK in over 200 years. So, on this holiday of thanksgiving, let me start by expressing gratitude for …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 24 November, 2022 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
November 11, 2022 Marine Corps Ball As prepared for delivery ” I would also like to acknowledge members of the United Kingdom’s military who are here this evening. There is a deep bond of affection and friendship between our two countries. You can see it clearest in the camaraderie between our two Militaries, who train …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 11 November, 2022 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
September 7, 2022 Mansion House “I’m committed to represent the best of America and to strengthen the values we share with the United Kingdom. Freedom, democracy, opportunity and to ensure our relationship stays strong. And that includes working closely with leaders across the United Kingdom.” Ambassador Jane Hartley: My Lords, ladies and gentlemen, it is …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 8 September, 2022 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. United States of America New York, New York September 21, 2021 AS DELIVERED Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, my fellow delegates, to all those who dedicate themselves to this noble mission of this institution: It’s my honor to speak to you for the first time as President of the United States. …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 22 September, 2021 | Categories: President of the United States, Speeches
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London September 11, 2021 Dear Friends As an American, it is difficult to put into words how profoundly moving it is to be in the United Kingdom on this day, and to stand alongside America’s most steadfast of friends, as we commemorate, together, that harrowing moment twenty years ago, when so …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 11 September, 2021 | Categories: Speeches
REMARKS TO THE PRESS ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE NO. 9 DOWNING LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM MAY 3, 2021 FOREIGN SECRETARY RAAB: Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us. It’s a huge pleasure to welcome Secretary of State Blinken to the UK. Tony, it’s great to have you here with us. SECRETARY BLINKEN: Thank …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 4 May, 2021 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches, U.S. & United Kingdom, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Blinken, G7
“The world has to come together to bring the COVID pandemic to an end everywhere. And for that to happen, the United States must act and we must lead.” REMARKS TO THE PRESS ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE BEN FRANKLIN ROOM WASHINGTON, D.C. APRIL 5, 2021 SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. Since the United States …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 6 April, 2021 | Categories: Events, Speeches
ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE NATO HEADQUARTERS AGORA BRUSSELS, BELGIUM MARCH 24, 2021 SECRETARY BLINKEN: Good afternoon. A few weeks ago, not long after becoming Secretary as State, I spoke directly to the American people. I said that my number one job is to ensure that America’s foreign policy delivers for them – that …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 25 March, 2021 | Categories: News, Policy, Speeches
The evidence, the science, is screaming at us, but just as humans have made the choices that brought us here, we can make the choices that take us to a better place. We can build resilience. We can even adapt to many of the projected impacts. REMARKS JOHN KERRY, SPECIAL PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY FOR CLIMATE UNITED …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 25 February, 2021 | Categories: Events, News, Speeches
Last week, the United States helped bring together the U.N. Security Council, which issued a strong statement in support of Burmese democracy. And this week, we will use our renewed engagement on the Human Rights Council to strengthen the world’s commitment to human rights in Burma.
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 11 February, 2021 | Categories: News, President of the United States, Speeches
This is America’s day. This is democracy’s day. A day of history and hope. Of renewal and resolve. The United States Capitol January 20, 2021 11:52 AM EST THE PRESIDENT: Chief Justice Roberts, Vice President Harris, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Vice President Pence, distinguished guests, and my fellow Americans. This is America’s …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 21 January, 2021 | Categories: News, Policy, President of the United States, Speeches, Vice President of the United States | Tags: President Joseph R. Biden
Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are …
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By IRC | 18 December, 2015 | Categories: History, Speeches | Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Gettysburg address
Thank you very much, all of you, for being here. And thank you for the privilege of being part of this very important conference. And I want to thank Prime Minister Cameron for hosting and, you, President Ghani for cohosting this effort. We saw each other in Brussels. You’ve been on a whirlwind tour, and …
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By U.S. Mission to the United Kingdom | 4 December, 2014 | Categories: Former U.S. Government Leaders, Policy, Speeches | Tags: John Kerry