New U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, participate in a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, October 22, 2021. Following graduation, the new Marines took the next step in their initial training at the School of Infantry at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California (U.S. Marine Corps video by […]

The Senate Armed Service Committee considers the nominations of Nickolas Guertin for director of the operational test and evaluation office of the secretary of defense, Alexandra Baker for undersecretary of defense for policy, John Patrick Coffey for general counsel of the department of the Navy, and Douglas R. Bush for assistant secretary of the Army […]

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken’s remarks on the passing of former Secretary of State Colin Powell, at the Department of State Transcript Yeah I’d like to say a few words about an extraordinary leader and a great man who we lost today Colin Powell. Yeah. Secretary Powell was beloved here at the State Department […]

An Open Door God has a long history of opening doors for effective ministry: God opened doors for Paul: “I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, for a wide door for effective work has opened to me” (1 Cor 16:8-9). “When I came to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ, . . . a […]

Department of State Daily Press Briefing – October 18, 2021 Transcript Good afternoon. Everyone before we turn to today’s business. I just want to spend a moment picking up where Secretary Blinken left off this morning. As you know, today is a very somber day here at the Department of State. Some of my colleagues […]