Tommy Pigott
@statedeptspox
The official account of @StateDept’s Spokesperson serving under the leadership of the 72nd Secretary of State @SecRubio and @POTUS Trump.
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Goods made with forced labor abroad undercut American workers, businesses, and those who play by the rules. We are taking action to block these goods from entering the U.S. by adding 43 companies to the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List.
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Today, the U.S. is sanctioning six entities in China, India, Russia and Iran for supporting the Iranian regime's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. We remain committed to disrupting illicit financing streams that fund the regime’s armed forces and malign activity across the region.
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.@statedeptspox: "What this report does for the American people is allow them to see for themselves this decades-long influence and espionage campaign that the Cuban regime has been supporting."
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A State Department source tells me the America 250 Commemorative passports that feature President Trump will soon be available at locations across the nation.
.@statedeptspox: "We’re focused on counter-terrorism at large, and what this ministerial was attempting to do was address a blind spot that has existed for decades.”
.@statedeptspox: “We see the Cuban regime acting as the nexus, the node of this far-left extremism and this report clearly outlines the case for the first time as this truly untold story for the American people to see.”
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.@statedeptspox: "The receipts are in the report. The report outlines that clear decades-long effort to build this influence campaign that continues today."
Karim Khan is a quintessential example of the ICC's corruption and abuse of its supposed authority. It is good that he is gone, but he is only one small cog in this irredeemably corrupt institution. Today's outcome will have no impact on the United States' plans to dismantle the ICC.
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.@statedeptspox: "That's why this report is so important: to call out the effect of the Cuban regime and the actions they've been taking."
Today, the United States is striking at the heart of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, sanctioning over 50 Mexican individuals and entities tied to one of the most dangerous narco-terrorist organizations in the world. To CJNG criminals: You cannot hide.
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SECRETARY RUBIO: "The President's policy is a head for an eye."
America's relationship with our ASEAN partners is in our national interest and will never be abandoned.
A very productive bilateral meeting between @SecRubio and @DrSJaishankar on the sidelines of ASEAN. In fact, Secretary Rubio might be coming back to India later this year… stay tuned.
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The United States is working with @ASEAN to make the lives of our combined one billion citizens safer, more secure, and more prosperous.
At today's ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the United States, I reinforced U.S. commitment to our partnership with ASEAN.
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SECRETARY RUBIO: "Cuba matters to us because it's 90 miles from our shores and has a direct impact on our national security."
A free and open Indo-Pacific means safety, security, and prosperity for all. @SecRubio will travel to Manila July 19-23 to reaffirm U.S. commitment to ASEAN, represent U.S. interests at the East Asia Summit, and deepen our comprehensive partnership with the Philippines.
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The U.S. welcomes the announcements by Venezuela’s 2015 National Assembly and the interim government to launch a joint agenda on Aug. 1 to advance stability, democracy, and national recovery. We support Venezuelan-led efforts toward a peaceful, democratic transition and stand with the Venezuelan people as they recover and rebuild.
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The United States is sanctioning 7 individuals and entities supporting Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps weapons procurement and for enabling Iran’s destabilizing actions. Despite our good faith effort to implement the Memorandum Of Understanding, the Iranian regime continues to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, including through attacking commercial vessels.
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The Iranian regime has chosen to pursue destabilizing violence instead of dialogue. In response, The U.S. is imposing sanctions on more than 50 individuals, entities, and vessels that enable illicit shipping and sanctions evasion network, which is a major force behind Iran’s oil exports.
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Since our founding, America has never subjected itself to foreign bureaucrats who want to overturn the Constitution and our courts. We're taking action to make sure that the ICC does not violate our nation's sovereignty.
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