Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Good morning. Thank you, Executive Secretary Magosi. I’m thrilled to be here at the SADC Secretariat today. As the U.S. representative to the Secretariat of the Southern African Development Community, it is such a pleasure to join you all here as we formally renew our partnership to achieve sustained and …

Thursday, June 22, 2023 Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Dumelang! I am pleased to be here in East Hanahai on my first major trip out of Gaborone. It is an honor for me to be here and to be part of this exciting journey of launching a project funded by the U.S. Department of State’s …

Tuesday, June 27, 2023 Gaborone, Botswana Remarks as prepared for delivery Dumelang, Bagaetsho! Today as we mark the 247th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, we also celebrate the shared commitment to democracy, the rule of law, and human rights that bind us together in enduring friendship with the Republic of …

MODERATOR:  Good afternoon to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Africa Regional Media Hub.  I welcome our participants dialing in from across the continent and thank all of you for joining this discussion.  Today, we are very pleased to be joined by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs Assistant Secretary of …

In 2021, Juneteenth became the United States’ newest federal holiday; however, its origins span over a century.  The day memorializes when an already free people learned that they had been liberated two years earlier. The civil war in the United States began in 1861 when 11 American states seceded from the Union to form a …

As prepared for delivery. May 24, 2023 Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen. I am honored to be here to present my letters of credence to His Excellency President Mokgweetsi Masisi. I am grateful for the kind welcome His Excellency has extended to me. It is a privilege for me to represent the United States in …