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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns. (File)

Audio Burns On U.S.-New Zealand Relations

There is no more dynamic and consequential part of the world today for America’s interests than the Asia-Pacific. More

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, in the midst of their ICESCAPE mission. (File)

Audio The U.S. Sets Priorities For The Arctic Region

The United States recently announced a national strategy for the Arctic region. More

Afghan police recruits train in Kabul.

Audio Afghanistan - U.S. Bilateral Commission

The U.S. and Afghanistan have made progress on implementing security, political, and economic transitions.More

A worker picks coffee beans on a plantation on the slopes of the Poas Volcano, northwest of the capital of San Jose, Costa Rica.

Audio Supporting Growth In Central America

Over the past two decades, Latin America has made tremendous strides forward More

The United States is pursuing an ‘all of the above approach’ to develop new sources of energy.

Audio Donilon On Energy Security

“Energy matters profoundly to U.S. national security and foreign policy.” More

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A truck of the Mexican company Olympics bearing Mexican and U.S. flags approaches the border crossing into the U.S.

Audio Growing Economic Cooperation Between U.S., Mexico

The United States and Mexico conduct more than $500 billion worth of trade every year.
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Crops in Zimbabwe

Audio Zimbabwe's Resources For Zimbabwe's People

A conducive and transparent business environment is critical to establishing a sound foundation for sustainable economic recovery.
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Women wait in a queue to vote in Egypt

Audio Do Women Make A Difference

After the initial euphoria that followed the successes of the Arab Spring, women are once again being pushed out of the public forum.
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The guided missile destroyers USS Lassen (DDG 82) and USS Fitzgerald (DDG62) are seen at a South Korean naval port in Donghae, about 190 km east of Seoul, March 9, 2013

Audio Security Cooperation Part Of Asia Rebalance

“Our commitment is strong and enduring, because, as a Pacific nation, the United States’ prosperity and security are inherently tied."
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Two exchange houses have been involved in money laundering for Hezbollah.

Audio U.S. Targets Hezbollah's Financial Support

The U.S. has identified two Lebanese exchange houses, Kassem Rmeiti and Company and the Halawi Exchange, as being involved in money laundering.
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Shoppers at a market in Ahmadabad, India. (file)

Audio India Critical To New Silk Road

“New Silk Road” vision of increased regional economic cooperation in this area of the world is ambitious but realistic.
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Cocaine is displayed to journalists after being seized in Guinea-Bissau. (file)

Audio A Blow Against West African Drug Trafficking

This month, U.S. law enforcement officers arrested five men conspiring to smuggle and store two tons of cocaine in Guinea-Bissau.
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Anti-narcotics police arrange seized packages of cocaine before burning them in La Rinconada on the outskirts of La Paz, Bolivia,

Audio Taking Aim At The Illegal Global Economy

Loosely defined as a network of trade relationships, it is largely conducted by transnational organized crime networks.
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Delegates to the United Nations General Assembly applaud the passage of the first UN treaty regulating the international arms trade in conventional arms at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, April 2, 2013.

Audio UN Passes Arms Trade Treaty

Agreement will establish standards for regulation of international trade in conventional arms.
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A vendor sorts tomatoes at the Agbogboloshie food market in Accra, Ghana.

Audio Fighting Hunger By Helping Women

The U.S. Government has placed a clear focus on increasing economic opportunities for women.
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A rare giant soft-shelled turtle swims in Hoan Kiem lake in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Audio Protecting Freshwater Turtles

Several proposals to increase protections for freshwater turtles and tortoises were proposed by the United States and adopted this month.
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Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Joseph Yun (file)

Audio Yun On Democracy In Asia Rebalance

U.S. has made a deliberate, strategic effort to broaden and deepen engagement in ‘rebalance’ to the Asia-Pacific.”
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Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, centre, stands outside his house guarded by policemen in Yenagoa, Nigeria, in this file photo dated November 27, 2005.

Audio Corruption Fight Suffers Setback In Nigeria

In Nigeria, corruption has been a particular problem.
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General view of delegates in the Long Gallery of Lancaster House during the Friends of Yemen ministerial meeting in central London, Thursday March 7, 2013.

Audio Friends Of Yemen

U.S. has doubled foreign assistance to Yemen over the past year to $356 million.
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China

Donilon On U.S.-China Relations

Building a constructive relationship with China is an important element of U.S. strategy in the Asia-Pacific region,
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, embrace following a joint statement and press conference at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, Monday, Nov. 8, 2010. (file)

Audio Forging Deeper Partnerships With Emerging Powers

U.S. deepens ties with India, Indonesia; builds new relationships with New Zealand, Pacific Island states.
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U.S. National Security Advisor Tom Donilon speaks to the Asia Society, March 11, 2013.

Audio Donilon On Asia-Pacific

The future of the United States has never been more closely linked to the economic, strategic and political order emerging in the Asia-Pacific.
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Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov signs the East-West gas pipeline in Shatlyk, Turkmenistan. (File)

Audio U.S-Turkmenistan Relations

Relations between the United States and Turkmenistan, said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake, have never been stronger
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President Barack Obama shakes hands with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Washington, Jan. 11, 2013.

Audio Regional Integration Crucial for Afghanistan

U.S. Supports emerging role as "focal point for trade and economic activity at the Heart of Asia".
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U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez speaks at economic conference in Burma. (Feb 25, 2013)

Audio Fernandez On East Asia Pacific

U.S. Assistant Secretary Jose Fernandez traveled to the Asia Pacific to promote economic relations with the U.S.
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Iraqi Army soldiers stand guard near burned trailers at Camp Ashraf north of Baghdad, Iraq. (File)

Audio Hurriya Resettlement Begins

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns. (File)

Audio Burns On U.S.-New Zealand Relations

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, in the midst of their ICESCAPE mission. (File)

Audio The U.S. Sets Priorities For The Arctic Region

Men transport food aid intended for recently liberated portions of the country, near Sevare, Mali, Feb. 4, 2013.

Audio New Aid Reaffirms U.S. Commitment To Mali

Fighters from Islamist group Ansar Dine stand guard in Timbuktu, Mali. (file)

Audio Rice On Counterterrorism

Bangladeshi newspaper editor Mahmudur Rahman, center, is brought to a court following his arrest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 11, 2013.

Audio Keeping The Press Free In Bangladesh

U.S. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies (C) answers reporters' questions after his talks with South Korean chief delegate to the six-party talks on North Korea's denuclearization Lim Sung-nam (not pictured), at the foreign ministry in Seoul May 14, 2013.

Audio Davies On North Korea