U.S. Condemns Fighting in Northern Mali
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Washington, DC - The United States condemns the violence that has come as armed groups in Kidal, northern Mali, began fighting one another. This fighting represents a clear violation of cease-fire agreements and threatens to unravel efforts to restore stability and implementation of the Accord for Peace and Reconciliation signed in June 2015.
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower Conducts First OIR Missions from Arabian Gulf
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Arabian Gulf - Aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike), with embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3, began missions in support of Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) from the Arabian Gulf
Foreign and Defense Ministers of the Expanded Small Group of the Global Coalition to Counter ISIL / Daesh
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Washington, DC - The Foreign and Defense Ministers of the Counter-ISIL (Da’esh) Coalition Small Group, Military Coalition and members that have made major non-military contributions met today in Washington at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter to build momentum and accelerate the multi-front campaign to defeat Da’esh in Iraq and Syria.
Haiti Special Coordinator Merten Travel to Haiti
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Washington, DC - Haiti Special Coordinator Kenneth Merten travels to Haiti, July 21, to further U.S. Government support for credible and fair elections in Haiti and to discuss the urgent need for elected representatives at all levels of government. Haiti Special Coordinator Merten will meet with members of the Provisional Electoral Council and other stakeholders key to a return of constitutional order in Haiti.
Canada, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, The Netherlands, and the United States at the Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq
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Washington, DC - Over $2 billion in new money has been pledged for the people of Iraq in response to Da’esh’s campaign of tyranny that has resulted in enormous suffering, deprivation, and devastation for the Iraqi people. To help address the grave conditions faced by those displaced in Iraq, the international community has surged forward to provide desperately needed humanitarian support such as food, water, and shelter for those in need, and to help create the conditions that will allow the safe and voluntary return of displaced families to liberated areas as quickly as possible.
Remarks at the Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq
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Washington, DC - Remarks at the Pledging Conference in Support of Iraq:
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