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On Earth Day, Time tunning Out for Climate Change (April 22)

John Kerry Secretary of State USA Today April 22, 2015 People must once again stir up political will to protect our environment. In the 1950s and 60s, America’s natural resources were in bad shape. Communities were so polluted that clouds of smog lingered over cities like Los Angeles. Rivers and lakes were filled with chemicals. ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 April, 2015 | Topics: News

Announcement of Noble Partner Exercise in Georgia (April 22)

From May 11-25, 200 troops from the United States will participate in the Georgian-led military exercise Noble Partner at Vaziani Training Area, located outside of Tbilisi. Noble Partner is designed to improve interoperability of Georgian and US troops in the framework of the NATO Response Force (NRF). Launched in 2002, the NRF provides a rapid multinational military force ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 April, 2015 | Topics: Press Releases

Remarks by the President on the Impacts of Climate Change (April 22)

THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! Please have a seat. It’s good to be back in Florida. So I can’t think of a better way to spend Earth Day than in one of our nation’s greatest natural treasures, the Everglades. (Applause.) And anybody who comes here to visit — and I advise everybody who’s watching who hasn’t ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 April, 2015 | Topics: News

Fact Sheet on Russian Aggression in Ukraine – Marie Harf, U.S. State Department Acting Deputy Spokesperson (April 22)

Combined Russian-separatist forces continue to violate the terms of the “Minsk 2” agreement signed in mid-February. Combined Russian-separatist forces maintain a sizable number of artillery pieces and multiple rocket launchers within areas prohibited under the Minsk accords. The Russian military has deployed additional air defense systems into eastern Ukraine and moved several of these nearer ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 April, 2015 | Topics: News, Ukraine Crisis

Press Statement by Dr. Evelyn Farkas Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia/Ukraine/Eurasia at the U.S.-Georgia Bilateral Defense Consultati

Good afternoon. I would like to thank the Ministry of Defense of Georgia for hosting us today for our Bilateral Defense Consultations, which I co-chaired with Deputy Minister Levan Girsiashvili. These productive high-level talks were an important opportunity to review our defense relationship and set the course for our cooperation into next year and beyond. ...

By U.S. Embassy Tbilisi | 22 April, 2015 | Topics: News

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