January 19, 2021

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January 19, 2021
The U.S. Takes Further Action Against Enablers of Venezuelan Oil Transactions
The U.S. has sanctioned three individuals and 11 entities for their ties to a network helping Nicolas Maduro and his illegitimate regime evade U.S. sanctions on Venezuela’s oil sector.
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January 19, 2021
Sanctions on Russian Entity and a Vessel Engaging in the Construction of Nord Stream 2
KVT-RUS is being sanctioned for knowingly selling, leasing, or providing to the Russian Federation goods, services, technology, information, or support for the construction of Russian energy export pipelines
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January 16, 2021
Championing America’s First Freedom
On National Religious Freedom Day, we renew our resolve to champion religious freedom as America’s first freedom and a universal human right around world.
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Mike Pompeo was sworn in as the 70th U.S. Secretary of State on April 26, 2018. The Secretary of State, appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, is the President's chief foreign affairs adviser. The Secretary carries out the President's foreign policies through the State Department, which includes the Foreign Service, Civil Service and U.S. Agency for International Development.
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