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Visit to Thailand of U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs

On Monday, January 26, 2015 Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel visited the Kingdom of Thailand as part of a broader Southeast Asia trip. During his visit he met with senior government officials and figures from across the political spectrum to discuss the 182 year-old U.S.-Thailand relationship, Thailand’s return ...

By U.S. Embassy Bangkok | 26 January, 2015 | Topics: Press Releases

Remarks of Assistant Secretary Daniel Russel

Institute of Security and International Studies, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok, THAILAND January 26, 2015 Right now, I’m in the middle of a trip across Southeast Asia that also includes stops in the Philippines, Malaysia and Cambodia. I’m here for the same reason that President Obama came to Asia twice last year; the same reason that American ...

By U.S. Mission Thailand | 26 January, 2015 | Topics: News

Marking the Tenth Anniversary of the Indian Ocean Tsunami

John Kerry Secretary of State Washington, DC I’ll never forget hearing the news of the tsunami that struck in the Indian Ocean 10 years ago. The images were gut-wrenching: entire towns razed from Indonesia to Somalia; raging waters sweeping away people’s homes; hundreds of thousands killed and many more separated from their families. Today of ...

By U.S. Mission Thailand | 22 December, 2014 | Topics: News

Security Message for U.S. Citizens: Release of U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report on the CIA’s Rendition, Detention & Interroga

U.S. citizens in Thailand should be aware that release of declassified versions of the executive summary, findings, and conclusions of the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence’s report of the CIA’s Rendition, Detention and Interrogation program could prompt anti-U.S. protests and violence against U.S. interests, including private U.S. citizens. U.S. citizens should pay attention to ...

By U.S. Mission Thailand | 9 December, 2014 | Topics: Security & Emergency Messages

Message to U.S. Citizens: Final Opportunities to Return Voted Ballots

Embassies and consulates are not polling places. The majority of states require voted ballots to reach local election officials by the close of polls on Tuesday, November 4. U.S. citizens who want to participate in the 2014 U.S. elections should already have returned their absentee ballots to their local election officials. U.S. embassies and consulates ...

By U.S. Mission Thailand | 22 October, 2014 | Topics: Messages for U.S. Citizens

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