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2012


February
-02/07/12  The U.S.-Philippines Alliance: Deepening the Security and Trade Partnership;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Washington, DC
-02/02/12  U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo; Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Baer, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights; Washington, DC

2011


December
-12/15/11  Improving Governance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, African Affairs Subcommittee; Washington, DC
-12/15/11  The U.S.-Caribbean Shared Security Partnership: Responding to the Growth of Trafficking Narcotics in the Caribbean;  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/14/11  The State of Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Russia: U.S. Policy Options;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/14/11  U.S. Policy on Supporting Human Rights and the Rule of Law in Russia; Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas O. Melia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement Before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/08/11  Water and Power Hearing on Domestic and Global Water Supply Issues; Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power Hearing on Domestic and Global Water Supply Issues; Washington, DC
-12/02/11  Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region: Taking Stock of the Situation Today; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Statement before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
-12/02/11  Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region: Taking Stock of the Situation Today; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Testimony before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
-12/02/11  Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region: Taking Stock of the Situation Today; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Testimony before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
-12/01/11  U.S. Policy on Iran;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC


November
-11/30/11  Compact of Free Association with the Republic of Palau: Assessing the 15-year Review;  Deputy Assistant Secretary James Loi, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
-11/30/11  Preserving Progress in Iraq, Part III: Iraq's Police Development Program;  Deputy Assistant Secretary M. Brooke Darby, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-11/15/11  From Arab Spring to Coptic Winter: Sectarian Violence and the Struggle for Democratic Transition in Egypt;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Helsinki Commission Hearing ; Washington, DC
-11/09/11  U.S Policy on Syria;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/08/11  President Obama's Nominee To Be Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs;  Roberta S. Jacobson; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-11/02/11  Beyond the Reign of Zimbabwe's Mugabe: A Chance for Democracy or Prelude to Conflict;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-11/02/11  The State Department's Role in NATO Deterrence and Defense Posture Review (DDPR) and Future Arms Control;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee Hearing on "The Current Status and Future Direction for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and Posture"; Washington, DC
-11/02/11  Women and the Arab Spring;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
-11/02/11  Women and the Arab Spring; Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara C. Wittes, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC


October
-10/27/11  Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-10/27/11  The Trafficking in Persons Report 2011: Truth, Trends, and Tier Rankings;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-10/27/11  Trafficking in Persons in East Asia and the Pacific;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-10/26/11  Protecting the Persecuted: The Successes and Challenges of Safeguarding Refugees; Acting Assistant Secretary David M. Robinson, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission U.S. House or Representatives; Washington, DC
-10/26/11  Protecting the Persecuted: The Successes and Challenges of Safeguarding Refugees; Acting Assistant Secretary David M. Robinson, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission U.S. House or Representatives; Washington, DC
-10/25/11  Implementation of The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-10/19/11  U.S.-Andean Security Cooperation;  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; Washington, DC
-10/13/11  Addressing Potential Threats from Iran: Administration Perspectives on Implementing New Economic Sanctions One Year Later;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman; Statement Before the Senate Banking Committee Hearing; Washington, DC
-10/13/11  Emerging Threats and Security in the Western Hemisphere: Next Steps for U.S. Policy (as delivered);  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-10/13/11  Emerging Threats and Security in the Western Hemisphere: Next Steps for U.S. Policy (as prepared);  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-10/12/11  Nomination As Ambassador to the Russian Federation; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-10/04/11  A Comprehensive Assessment Toward U.S. Policy in Sudan;  Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman; Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Hearing; Washington, DC
-10/04/11  Is Merida Antiquated? Part Two: Updating U.S. Policy to Counter Threats of Insurgency and Narco-Terrorism (as delivered);  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management; Washington, DC
-10/04/11  Merida Part II: Insurgency and Terrorism in Mexico (as prepared);  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Management; Washington, DC
-10/04/11  Why Taiwan Matters, Part II;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC


September
-09/14/11  The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act: Renewing the Commitment to Victims of Human Trafficking;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Washington, DC
-09/08/11  Afghanistan: Right Sizing the Development Footprint; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance; Washington, DC
-08/03/11  Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa; Before the Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC
-08/03/11  Responding to Drought and Famine in the Horn of Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC


July
-07/28/11  International Parental Child Abduction;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-07/28/11  U.S. Foreign Policy and the OSCE: From Astana to Vilnius;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC
-07/27/11  Axis of Abuse: U.S. Human Rights Policy Toward Iran and Syria - Part 1;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
-07/27/11  Fulfilling Our Treaty Obligations and Protecting Americans Abroad;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Statement Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Washington, DC
-07/27/11  U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Iran and Syria;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
-07/26/11  AFRICOM: Promoting Partnership for Global Security in Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-07/26/11  USAID and U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM); Before the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-07/21/11  Nominee for United States Ambassador to the Republic of Korea;  Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks Sung Kim; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/19/11  U.S. Policy in Yemen;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Janet Sanderson, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/19/11  U.S. Policy in Yemen;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-07/15/11  Promises We Keep Online: Internet Freedom in the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Region; Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Baer, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) ; Washington, DC
-07/15/11  Two New Sudans: A Roadmap Forward;  Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman; U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing; Washington, DC
-07/12/11  Human Rights in Syria;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement before Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-07/07/11  Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Hearing on Somalia - Assessing the Consequences of the Failed State of Somalia;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Reuben Brigety, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Heath, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-07/07/11  Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Hearing on Somalia - Assessing the Consequences of the Failed State of Somalia;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Reuben Brigety, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Heath, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-06/28/11  Libya and War Powers;  Legal Advisor U.S. Department of State Harold Hongju Koh; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/23/11  The Way Forward in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/16/11  Compact of Free Association with the Republic of Palau: Assessing the 15-year Review;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Frankie Reed; Statement before Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources; Washington, DC
-06/16/11  Toward Two Sudans;  Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman; Before the House Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health; Washington, DC
-06/15/11  Confronting Global Piracy;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-06/13/11  Best Practices and Next Steps: A New Decade in the Fight Against Human Trafficking;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and HumanTestimony of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/02/11  Block Burmese JADE Act and Recent Policy Developments;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/02/11  European and Eurasian Energy: Developing Capabilities for Security and Prosperity;  Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/02/11  Implementation of the North Korean Human Rights Act; Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Robert R. King; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/02/11  Religious Freedom, Democracy and Human Rights in Asia: Status of Implementation of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002; Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Baer, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-06/01/11  Preserving Progress: Transitioning Authority and Implementing the Strategic Framework in Iraq; Ambassador Iraq Transition Coordinator Patricia Haslach; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC


May
-05/24/11  Nominee for Deputy Secretary of State;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/23/11  Labor Trafficking in Troubled Economic Times: Protecting American Jobs and Migrant Human Rights;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
-05/18/11  Administration Priorities for Europe in the 112th Congress;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/12/11  Assessing the Situation in Libya;  Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg; Written Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/12/11  Export Control Reform;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-05/11/11  Human Rights and Democratic Reform in Iran;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-05/11/11  Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (As Prepared);  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, United States
-05/05/11  Counterterrorism Cooperation With Europe and Eurasia;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia; Washington, DC
-05/05/11  Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East, Part 2;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee; Washington, DC


April
-04/14/11  FY2012 Budget Request for U.S. Policies on Africa;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/14/11  The State Department's Counterterrorism Office: Budget, Reorganization, Policies;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-04/13/11  Priorities for U.S. Assistance in the Western Hemisphere;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC 

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-04/13/11  U.S. Policy Toward the People's Republic of China (P.R.C.); Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the U.S.-China Economic & Security Review Commission; Washington, DC
-04/07/11  Combating Human Trafficking in Asia;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Ambassador-Designate, U.S. Senior Official For APEC;  Senior Official Kurt Tong, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Is America's Overseas Broadcasting Undermining our National Interest and the Fight Against Tyrannical Regimes?; Deputy Assistant Secretary Jennifer Park Stout, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; Washington, DC
-04/06/11  Nominee for United States Ambassador to Vietnam;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Shear, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-04/05/11  Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC


March
-03/31/11  A Shared Responsibility: Counternarcotics and Citizen Security in the Americas;  Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-03/31/11  Asia Overview: Protecting American Interests in China and Asia;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
-03/31/11  Assessing the Situation in Libya;  Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-03/31/11  Libya: Defining U.S. National Security Interests;  Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-03/17/11  American Strategy in a New Middle East;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Statement before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-03/15/11  Assuring the Freedom of Americans on the High Seas: The United States Response to Piracy; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Amend, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; Washington, DC
-03/10/11  FY 2012 Budget Request;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs ; Washington, DC
-03/10/11  Information Sharing in the Era of WikiLeaks: Balancing Security and Collaboration;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Washington, DC
-03/10/11  Overview of U.S. Relations with Europe and Eurasia;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia; Washington, DC
-03/10/11  Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/02/11  FY2012 State Department Budget;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Committee on State and Foreign Operations; Washington, DC
-03/02/11  FY2012 State and USAID Budget Request;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-03/01/11  FY2012 State and USAID Budget Request;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC


February
-02/17/11  U.S. Policy Toward Latin America;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-02/15/11  Does the U.S. Have a Policy Toward Latin America? Assessing the Impact to U.S. Interests and Allies;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-02/10/11  Recent Developments in Egypt and Lebanon: Implications for Broader U.S Policy in the Middle East;  Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC


January
-01/27/11  Crackdown in Belarus: Responding to the Lukashenka Regime;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC

2010


December
-12/09/10  Ambassador-Designate to Brunei Darussalam; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/09/10  Ambassador-designate to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); Submitted to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC
-12/01/10  Implementing Tougher Sanctions on Iran: A Progress Report;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-12/01/10  The Obama Administration's Efforts To Implement the European Phased Adaptive Approach;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank A. Rose, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance; Testimony Before the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; Washington, DC


November
-11/18/10  Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law; Washington, DC
-11/18/10  Jamming the IED Assembly Line: Impeding the Flow of Ammonium Nitrate in South and Central Asia; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-11/17/10  Hearing of the Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment of the House Foreign Affairs Committee;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/17/10  Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment ;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC


September
-09/30/10  Cambodia's Small Debt: When Will the U.S. Forgive?;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Joe Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/30/10  Out of the Shadows: Global Human Trafficking;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-09/29/10  U.S. Policy in the Pacific Islands;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/23/10  Challenges to Water and Security in Southeast Asia;  Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Joe Yun; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/22/10  Confronting Religious Bigotry, Anti-Semitism, and Holocaust Denial; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Briefing Held by Congressman Keith Ellison; Washington, DC
-09/22/10  Statement of Karen B. Stewart Ambassador-Designate to the Lao People's Democratic Republic; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-09/22/10  Testimony of Ambassador-Designate Kristie Kenney to the Kingdom of Thailand; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-09/22/10  The Status of Papua, Indonesia;  Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Joe Yun; Washington, DC
-09/16/10  The Security Situation on the Korean Peninsula;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC


July
-07/29/10  Implementation of Iran Sanctions;  Special Advisor for Arms Control and International Security Robert J. Einhorn; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Washington, DC
-07/29/10  The New START Treaty;  Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-07/28/10  National Security, Interagency Collaboration, and Lessons from SOUTHCOM and AFRICOM; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs House Committee Oversight and Government Reform; Washington, DC
-07/27/10  Instability in Kyrgyzstan: The International Response;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement before the Helsinki Commission; Washington, DC
-07/27/10  U.S.-Japan Relations for the 21st Century;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-07/21/10  International Counternarcotics Policies: Do They Reduce Domestic Consumption or Advance Other Foreign Policy Goals;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy; Washington, DC
-07/20/10  New START Treaty Hearing; Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee by NNSA Administrator, Thomas P. D'Agostino; Washington, DC
-07/15/10  Agent Orange in Vietnam: Recent Developments In Remediation; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC


June
-06/22/10  Iran Policy in the Aftermath of UN Sanctions;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/17/10  New START Treaty Hearing; Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee by Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Energy; Washington, DC
-06/17/10  New START Treaty Hearing; Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee by Secretary Robert Gates, U.S. Department of Energy; Washington, DC
-06/17/10  New START and Implications for National Security Programs;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the New START; Washington, DC
-06/15/10  The New START Treaty;  Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Opening Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/10/10  Thailand: The Path Toward Reconciliation;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
-06/09/10  Women as Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil Society;  Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight; Washington, DC
-06/09/10  Women as Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil Society;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/08/10  Assessing the Strength of Hizballah;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Testimony before the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC


May
-05/27/10  U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: Next Steps for the Merida Initiative;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-05/25/10  The Great Lakes Region: Current Conditions and U.S. Policy;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health; Washington, DC
-05/20/10  Counternarcotics Contracts for Central and South America;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight; Washington, DC
-05/18/10  Drug Enforcement and the Rule of Law: Mexico and Colombia;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law; Washington, DC
-05/18/10  The New START Treaty;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-05/18/10  U.S.-Russian START Treaty;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee With Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates & Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Washington, DC
-05/12/10  A Critical Moment for the CPA, Darfur and the Region;  Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/06/10  Ongoing Efforts Within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Regarding Its Future;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David A. Balton, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC


April
-04/29/10  Hearing on Security and Stability in Pakistan: Developments in U.S. Policy and Funding;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-04/22/10  Legacies of War: Unexploded Ordnance in Laos;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
-04/22/10  Nuclear Posture Review;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing; Washington, DC
-04/22/10  Promoting Global Food Security: Next Steps for Congress and the Administration;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  Combating Anti-Semitism: Protecting Human Rights; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  Deployed Federal Citizens: Advancing Security and Opportunity Abroad;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  FY 2011 Budget Request for Security Assistance Programs;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  State Department's Security Assistance Programs;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and Force Structure;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  Unfinished Business in Southeast Europe: Opportunities and Challenges in the Western Balkans;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC


March
-03/25/10  Human Trafficking: International and National Implications;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Opening Statement to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-03/25/10  Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-03/24/10  U.S. Policy in sub-Saharan Africa;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/18/10  China-Taiwan: Recent Economic, Political and Military Developments Across the Strait and Implications for the United States;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Shear, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Washington, DC
-03/17/10  U.S.-Japan Relations: Enduring Ties, Recent Developments; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
-03/16/10  Ukraine and Its Relations With the United States; Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel A. Russell, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC
-03/10/10  Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy;  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith A. McHale; Before the SFRC Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues; Washington, DC
-03/10/10  International Worker Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy and the International Economy ;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade and International Organizations, Human Rights; Washington, DC
-03/10/10  U.S. Government Efforts To Counter Violent Extremism;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Testimony Before the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-03/10/10  U.S. Policy Toward the Americas in 2010 and Beyond;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-03/03/10  Regional Overview of East Asia and the Pacific;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
-03/02/10  Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law, Part II;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement before the Senate Judiciary Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee; Washington, DC


February
-02/25/10  FY2011 Budget for the Department of State;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Statement Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-02/25/10  Promoting Security Through Diplomacy and Development: The Fiscal Year 2011 International Affairs Budget ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-02/24/10  Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY2011 International Affairs Budget;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-02/24/10  In Our Own Backyard: Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the United States;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Prepared Testimony Before Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Washington, DC
-02/24/10  President's Proposed Budget Request for FY2011 for Department of State and Foreign Operations;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-02/23/10  Afghan Women and Girls: Building the Future of Afghanistan;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
-02/23/10  Examining the U.S.-Nigeria Relationship in a Time of Transition;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-02/04/10  Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States: Four Case Studies;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Washington, DC
-02/03/10  Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policy;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-02/02/10  Ambassador Designate to Singapore; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-02/02/10  Nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC


January
-01/27/10  Flight 253: Learning Lessons from an Averted Tragedy;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security; Washington, DC
-01/21/10  Principles of U.S. Engagement in the Asia-Pacific;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-01/20/10  Testimony on Yemen Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC
-01/20/10  Yemen: Confronting al Qaeda, Preventing State Failure;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-01/13/10  China: Recent Security Developments;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Shear, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington , DC

2009


December
-12/18/09  Use of Contractors To Train Afghan National Police;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Commission on Wartime Contracting; Washington, DC
-12/15/09  The Lisbon Treaty: Implications for Future Relations Between the European Union and the United States;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Europe of the House Foreign Affairs Committee ; Washington, DC
-12/10/09  Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  A Strategic and Economic Review of Aerospace Exports; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert S. Kovac, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Caribbean Basin Security Initiative;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Julissa Reynoso, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  Strengthening the Transatlantic Economy: Moving Beyond the Crisis;  Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert D. Hormats; Statement Before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/09/09  The New Afghanistan Strategy: The View from the Ground;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Afghanistan: Assessing The Road Ahead ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Afghanistan: The Results of the Strategic Review, Part I;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-12/02/09  Administration's Strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the United States Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-12/02/09  U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC


November
-11/19/09  The State of Political and Religious Freedom in the Middle East;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement before House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
-11/17/09  Examining U.S. Counterterrorism Priorities, Strategy Across Africa's Sahel Region;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Testimony Before Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-11/17/09  Opening Remarks for Hearing on Counterterrorism in Africa (Sahel Region) ;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/05/09  Ambassador-Designate to the Federated States of Micronesia; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-11/05/09  Nominee - Special Envoy for North Korea Human Rights Issues; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-11/05/09  United States Ambassador-Designate to Australia; Statement Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-11/05/09  United States Ambassador-Designate to New Zealand and Samoa;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-11/04/09  Statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee ;  Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern; Washington, DC


October
-10/28/09  A Regional Overview of the Middle East;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
-10/28/09  U.S. Foreign Policy and the OSCE: Shared Core Values;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC
-10/21/09  International Violence Against Women: Stories and Solutions;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight; Washington, DC
-10/21/09  U.S. Policy Toward Burma;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-10/14/09  The Future of APEC; Acting Senior Official for APEC Kurt Tong, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
-10/06/09  Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Administration Perspectives on Economic Sanctions and Other U.S. Policy Options;  Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg; Opening Statement before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-10/01/09  Violence Against Women: Global Costs and Consequences;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Oral Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC


September
-09/30/09  Opening Remarks for Hearing on Exploring U.S. Policy Options Toward Zimbabwe's Transition;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/30/09  U.S. Policy Toward Burma;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-09/29/09  Policy Responses to Developments in the Western Balkans;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart E. Jones, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC
-09/10/09  Iraq: Report From the Field; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-09/10/09  The Current State of our Negotiations on a New International Climate Agreement;  Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern; Statement to the House Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming; Washington, DC
-09/10/09  U.S.-China Relations: Maximizing The Effectiveness of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Shear, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, The Pacific and the Global Environment; Washington, DC


August
-08/04/09  Georgia: One Year After the August War;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee for Europe ; Washington, DC


July
-07/30/09  The U.S. Security Relationship with Russia and Its Impact on Transatlantic Security;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-07/30/09  Toward A Comprehensive Strategy For Sudan; Special Envoy Scott Gration, Sudan; Testimony Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  Confronting New Challenges Facing United Nations Peacekeeping Operations;  Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice; Opening Statement to the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  The Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan;  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  The Humanitarian Crisis in Pakistan;  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  Ushering in Change: A New Era for U.S. Regional Policy in the Pacific;  Director for Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Island Affairs Alcy R. Frelick, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before Asia, Pacific, Global Environment Subcommittee of House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  Written Testimony on Confronting New Challenges Facing United Nations Peacekeeping Operations;  Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice; Written Testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-07/28/09  U.S.-Russian Relations;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/23/09  President Obama's Nominee To Be United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/23/09  President Obama's Nominee to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall Islands; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/23/09  President Obama's Nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Japan; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/23/09  President Obama's Nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/23/09  President Obama's Nominee to be the U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-07/17/09  Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar; Washington, DC
-07/15/09  Maritime Issues and Sovereignty Disputes in East Asia; Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Washington, DC
-07/08/09  U.S.-UAE Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC


June
-06/25/09  Remarks before the Council on Foreign Relations;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; New York City, NY
-06/23/09  Drug Trafficking in West Africa;  Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/16/09  Strengthening the Transatlantic Alliance: An Overview of the Obama Administration's Policies in Europe;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Europe of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-06/11/09  North Korea: Back at the Brink?;  Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/10/09  President Obama's Nominee to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs;  Kurt M. Campbell; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/04/09  U.S.-Vietnam Cooperation on Issues Related to Agent Orange; Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel; Testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment ; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Washington, DC


May
-05/20/09  Developing a Coordinated and Sustainable U.S. Strategy Toward Somalia;  Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC
-05/20/09  FY 2010 Budget for the Department of State;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-05/20/09  Foreign Policy Priorities in the President's FY2010 International Affairs Budget ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/13/09  Building Capacity to Protect U.S. National Security: The Fiscal Year 2010 International Affairs Budget;  Deputy Secretary of State Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Statement Before House Foreign Affairs Committee ; Washington, DC
-05/13/09  Testimony as Nominee for Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs;  Under Secretary Judith A. McHale, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/13/09  Testimony before the U.S. Senate Subcommittees on African Affairs, and Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC


April
-04/30/09  Opening Remarks on the President's FY 2009 War Supplemental Request ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
-04/29/09  Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-04/23/09  National Security Through Diplomacy;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Remarks Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-04/22/09  New Beginnings: Foreign Policy Priorities in the Obama Administration;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC


March
-03/25/09  Christopher Hill Nominated to be U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Washington, DC
-03/24/09  Recent Developments in Lebanon; Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/18/09  Guns, Drugs and Violence: The Merida Initiative and the Challenge in Mexico;  Assistant Secretary of State David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-03/18/09  Mexico and the Merida Initiative; Deputy Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-03/10/09  The Merida Initiative;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, Related Programs of House Committee on Appropriations ; Washington, DC
-03/10/09  The Merida Initiative;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC


January
-01/13/09  Nomination Hearing To Be Secretary of State;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC


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