Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Richard R. Verma will travel to Sacramento and Roseville, California, December 20.  In Roseville, the Deputy Secretary will welcome approximately 750 new U.S. citizens participating in a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalization ceremony.  In Sacramento, the Deputy Secretary will meet with Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis to discuss […]

Passport processing times have returned to our pre-pandemic norm. As of December 18, 2023, passport applications will be processed within 6-8 weeks for routine service and 2-3 weeks for expedited service, which costs an additional $60. With this update, we have fulfilled our commitment to return to benchmarks from March 2020. This reflects the work […]

On International Migrants Day, we recognize the hundreds of millions of migrants living outside of their home countries.  It is imperative that countries expand lawful pathways, protect vulnerable migrants, promote inclusion, and advance policies and processes to promote safe, orderly, and humane migration.  The United States is committed to leading these efforts globally. The United […]

The text of the following joint statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, Canada, the European Union and its Member States (Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden), Japan, and […]

Secretary Blinken:  Good morning, everyone.  To Defense Minister Häkkänen, to Foreign Minister Valtonen, so wonderful to have you here.  And welcome to all of you.  Welcome to the State Department.  Welcome as the United States and Finland take yet another step in what has truly been an historic year for our friendship.  We throw around […]

High airspace continues to be transformed by new innovations, with engineers now designing and building aerial vehicles that can operate persistently at altitudes higher than 60,000 feet.  New systems capable of operating in low atmospheric density airspace, such as sophisticated high altitude, long endurance vehicles, airships, and supersonic/hypersonic aircraft, are already in operation around the […]

On behalf of the United States of America, I extend our best wishes to the State of Qatar as you celebrate your National Day. I am thankful for Qatar’s continuing friendship and partnership, which continues to broaden and deepen to the benefit of both countries. I want to express my gratitude for Qatar’s key role […]

On behalf of the United States of America and the American people, I congratulate the people of Niger as they celebrate Republic Day. The United States of America stands with the Nigerien people in their aspirations for democracy, prosperity, and stability. We recognize the challenges Niger faces and hope to renew our partnership to reinforce […]

Memorable evening at the European Commission with the sound of world peace BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, December 20, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — A night of music and peace at the European CommissionOmar Harfouch, who has been in the news in recent weeks following his acquisition of Entrevue magazine, has shown that he has several strings to his bow. […]

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