Secretary Clinton and Former Secretary James A. Baker, III to Host the Launch of the U.S. Diplomacy Center
Office of the Spokesperson
Washington, DCJanuary 17, 2013
On Friday, January 25th, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and guest of honor former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III will host the Launch of the United States Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State.
The U.S. Diplomacy Center, a new state-of-the-art museum and education center, will dedicate 35,000 square feet to bringing the story of American diplomacy to life. It will be located at the Department of State’s headquarters, the historic Harry S Truman Building.
This space will invite audiences to explore the impact of diplomacy using the latest technologies, interactive exhibits, compelling artifacts, hands-on education programs, diplomatic simulations, and the expertise of on-hand foreign affairs specialists. Education will be at the core of the Center’s work, drawing on the experiences of our diplomats as case studies and as the basis for interactive simulations. The award-winning architectural firm, Beyer Blinder Belle, was selected for the project and the building is designed to meet the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Silver standards.
Funding for the Center is made possible through major contributions from the private sector, including those made by Alcoa, The Annenberg Foundation, The Honorable and Mrs. James A. Baker, III, Bank of America Corporation, S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, The Boeing Company, Caterpillar Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Citigroup Inc., Una Chapman Cox Foundation, Nelson B. Delavan Foundation, eBay Inc., FedEx Express, Intel Corporation, PepsiCo Foundation, Mr. David Rockefeller, Sr, Arthur Ross Foundation, Inc., Mr. Bernard Schwartz, SNF USA Inc. and Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Starr Foundation, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Foundation, Walmart Foundation and The Honorable John C. Whitehead.
For more information on the U.S. Diplomacy Center, please visit diplomacy.state.gov.
Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks on American Leadership at the Council on Foreign Relations
Office of the SpokespersonWashington, DCJanuary 17, 2013
On Thursday, January 31st, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will deliver remarks on American Leadership, at the Council on Foreign Relations. Additional details will be forthcoming.
She is amazing.
This CFR speech will be a very important one.
Wherever Hillary is , she creates history and leaves her fingerprints in a very positive and loving way to our country and to the world! As Tony Blair says in the tribute video : ” I have the sense that the best is yet to come”, and with Bibi N :”I think we have ‘nt seen the last of Hillary C”. I pray those to be prophetic words!!!!! God bless this amazing woman.
Hear, hear!! Me too.
Regardless of what she touches, she makes phenomenal difference. I am sure we will see her in news for many decades to come.. and no matter what she chooses to do, I support her fully.
She has earned every bit of support and appreciation from all of us Americans, and in fact all of humanity.
SO TRUE!
I agree with all the above. She is going to be bigger then life as the days count down to the end of her term as the Secretary of State. She is one amazing lady. God Speed Madame Secretary.
Hilary will be a hard act to follow. I remember reading a Travel magazine article a few months ago. One of their editors went along on one of her trips. In Bangladesh he was talking in the hotel to one of the regular members of the press corpse. That reporter said that she was a star wherever she went. He pointed at the TV monitors set to different channels and she was in all the screens. He continued to say that it was uncommon to see such attention given to other SOS. Hillary will be missed in the world stage, she’s a rock star. Kerry, by comparison, is a bore.
Yes, that was the Conde Nast article, and, yes, Kerry is a bore.