-- Africa
-07/22/11 Humanitarian Situation in the Horn of Africa; Deputy Assistant Secretary Reuben Brigety, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Washington, DC
-06/02/11 African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum and Efforts to Reauthorize the Act; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/25/11 Successes of the President's Malaria Initiative, Malaria's National Security Implications, and Championing in the Fight Against Malaria; New York, NY
-04/20/11 A Preview of the U.S.-AU High Level Meetings in Washington, April 20-21; U.S. Ambassador to the African Union Michael Battle; Washington, DC
-02/18/11 U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) The Commander's Perspective; Washington, DC
-10/22/10 Sudan Panel Discussion with USG Officials and NGO Experts; Maj Gen (Ret) J. Scott Gration, U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-09/14/10 U.S. Naval Operations in Africa and the Mediterranean; Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-07/29/10 AGOA at 10: New Strategies for a Changing World; William Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-07/14/10 USG Assistance to Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa; Dr. Reuben Brigety, Deputy Assistant Secretary, ureau of Population, Refugees and Migration; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-04/23/10 Forging a Dynamic Partnership Between Africa and the U.S.: Opportunities for Engagement and Development; Ambassador Michael Battle, U.S. Ambassador to the African Union; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-04/07/10 Inauguration of the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission: Perspectives on Mutual Cooperation; Robin Renee Sanders, U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-03/19/10 Combating Piracy and U.S. Policy in Somalia; Thomas M. Countryman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/24/10 Assistant Secretary Carson's Recent Two Week Tour of Africa; Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/11/10 Sudan: The Fifth Anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement; Scott Gration, Special Envoy for Sudan; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-10/30/09 Guinea: A Situation Update; William Fitzgerald, Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-09/23/09 Peacekeeping; Samantha Power, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs; Foreign Press Center; New York, New York
-09/22/09 The Administration's Policies and Priorities in Africa; Michelle Gavin, Senior Director for African Affairs; Foreign Press Center; New York, New York
-07/23/09 8th U.S - Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation (AGOA) Forum; Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-06/05/09 Global Response to President Obama's Speech in Cairo; Senior State Department Officials; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-05/12/09 Lessons Learned from a New Combatant Command - AFRICOM; Ambassador Mary C. Yates, Deputy to the Commander AFRICOM; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Audio
-03/26/09 Africa Partnership Station and Maritime Capacity Building in Africa; Rear Admiral William Loeffler, Naval Forces Europe and Africa, Director for Policy, Resources and Strategy; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Audio
-- East Asia and Pacific
-01/27/12 Asia-Pacific U.S. Military Overview; Washington, DC
-12/08/11 "100,000 Strong Initiative" to Send American Students to Study in China; Washington, DC
-11/22/11 Readout of President Obama's Recent Trip to Asia; Washington, DC
-09/27/11 Asia-Pacific U.S. Military Overview; Washington, DC
-09/21/11 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region; Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; New York, NY
-07/27/11 Secretary Clinton's Recent Trip to Asia; Assistant Secretary Jose W. Fernandez, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/19/11 Outcome of U.S.-China Governors Forum; Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis; Washington, DC
-04/15/11 Reopening of the Sendai Airport; New York, NY
-04/11/11 Security Challenges and Opportunities in the Asia-Pacific; New York, NY
-02/17/11 Asia-Pacific U.S. Military Overview; Washington, DC
-02/02/11 U.S. Foreign Policy Goals and Objectives in Southeast Asia for 2011; Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-01/25/11 Memorandum of Understanding: U.S.-China Governors Forum to Promote Subnational Cooperation; Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis; Washington, DC
-11/16/10 U.S. Educational and Cultural Exchange with China; Ann Stock, Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-11/04/10 President's Upcoming Trip to Asia and U.S. Foreign Policy after the Mid-Term Elections; Mike Hammer, National Security Council Spokesman; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-07/02/10 NNSA and the Vietnamese Ministry of Finance Agreement; William Kilmartin, Director of Megaports Initiative; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-05/12/10 Upcoming Clean Energy Trade Mission to China and Indonesia; Gary Locke , Secretary of Commerce ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-03/25/10 U.S. Military Overview of Asia-Pacific; Admiral Robert Willard, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; Remarks to...; Washington, DC
-01/27/10 Upcoming Visit to the Republic of Korea; Kurt M. Cambell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian & Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/07/10 Secretary Clinton's Visit to the Pacific; Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary for East Asian & Pacific Affairs ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-11/03/09 Preview of the APEC meetings in Singapore; Kurt Tong, U.S. Senior Official for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-09/23/09 Administration Policy and Priorities in Asia; Kurt Campbell, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center; New York, New York
-07/28/09 Asia-Pacific U.S. Military Overview; Adm. Timothy Keating, PACOM Commander; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-07/23/09 Preview of the First Joint Meeting of the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; Senior Administration Officials; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Background Briefing
-07/17/09 U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Sec. Clinton's Trip to Asia; Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary of Public Affairs, U.S. Dept. of State; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-07/14/09 U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance; Gen. Walter Sharp, Commander, U.S. Forces Korea; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-05/26/09 Treasury Secretary Holds a Round Table on His Upcoming Visit to China; Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Audio
-04/03/09 U.S. Policy Regarding North Korea; Ambassador Stephen W. Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-02/26/09 Review of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's First Trip to Japan, Indonesia, Korea, and China; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, D.C. -- Video
-- Europe
-12/01/11 U.S. Policy Towards the Balkans; Washington, DC
-11/28/11 The U.S. - E.U. Summit; Washington, DC
-06/06/11 Recent Developments in the Western Balkans; Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Washington, DC
-05/09/11 Upcoming Arctic Council Ministerial; Deputy Assistant Secretary David A. Balton, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/19/11 Secretary Clinton's Trip to Berlin for the Informal NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting; Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/03/11 U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission; Assistant Secretary Jose W. Fernandez, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/24/10 U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Command Europe Update; Admiral James Stavridis, Commander, U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-11/17/10 U.S.-Europe Relations and Upcoming Summits; Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-10/21/10 Overview of the U.S.-Russian Bilateral Presidential Commission's Counternarcotics Working Group; Gil Kerlikowske, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-10/12/10 Preview of the Upcoming NATO Ministerial; Jim Townsend Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-09/21/10 Overview of Upcoming NATO-Russia Council Meeting; Ambassador Ivo Daalder, Permanent Representative, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-09/14/10 U.S. Naval Operations in Africa and the Mediterranean; Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-07/22/10 The International Court of Justice's Advisory Opinion on Kosovo's Declaration of Independence; Harold Hongju Koh, Legal Adviser of the Department of State ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-04/30/10 Transatlantic Week; William E. Kennard, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/01/10 Secretary Clinton's Paris Speech on European Security; Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-11/06/09 Current U.S. - European Relations; Dr. Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs.; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-10/27/09 Transatlantic Economic Council; Michael Froman, U.S. Deputy National Security Advisor; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-09/29/09 A Discussion on U.S.-Russia Relations; Ian Kelly, Department of State Spokesman; Foreign Press Center; New York, NY
-06/23/09 Energy Sector Issues in Eurasia and Review of Recent Travel to Sweden, Russia, and Ukraine; Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-- Middle East and North Africa
-11/07/11 The Success of NATO Operations in Libya and the Vital Contributions of Partners Outside of NATO; Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ivo Daalder; Washington, DC
-08/19/11 The U.S. Government Response in Syria; Washington, DC
-04/27/11 Civil-Military Efforts in Afghanistan; Washington, DC
-04/01/11 U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to Libya; Washington, DC
-02/10/11 Treasury Action Pursuant to Section 311 of the USA Patriot Act; Washington, DC
-11/12/10 Formation of the Iraqi Government; Michael Corbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-09/14/10 U.S. Naval Operations in Africa and the Mediterranean; Admiral Mark P. Fitzgerald, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe/Africa; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-09/08/10 U.S. Iraq Transition; Michael Corbin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-07/21/10 U.S. Forces in Iraq - Status Update; Major General Stephen Lanza , Director for Strategic Effects and Spokesperson ; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-06/09/10 UN Security Council Resolution 1929 on Iran; Bill Burns, Under Secretary of Political Affairs ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-06/03/10 Upcoming Public Health Trade Mission to Saudi Arabia and Qatar; Francisco Sanchez, Under Secretary of Commerce for Trade; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/19/10 An Asessment of Iraq Before the March 7th Elections ; Christopher Hill, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/16/10 Secretary Clinton's Speech at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum; Tamara Wittes, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-11/13/09 U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East; Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-10/22/09 Multi-National Forces - Iraq Update; Brigadier General Stephen R. Lanza, Multi-National Forces - Iraq Director for Strategic Effects; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-06/05/09 Global Response to President Obama's Speech in Cairo; Senior State Department Officials; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-06/04/09 A Regional Discussion on President Obama's Cairo Speech; Senior State Department Official; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-06/02/09 "The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan" ; Dr. Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studied, Marine Corps University; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Audio
-04/14/09 "HARD LESSONS: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience"; Stuart Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC --Video
-04/08/09 Lebanon; David Hale, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/11/09 The New Mideast Map: Israeli Election and the Arab Split; Dr. David Pollock, Senior Fellow, The Washington Institute For Near East Policy; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-- South and Central Asia
-11/02/11 Progress and State of the Afghan Air Force as it Relates to Stability in Afghanistan; New York, NY
-09/23/11 U.S. Policy Priorities in South and Central Asia; Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New York, NY
-09/21/11 Preview of September 22 New Silk Road Ministerial; New York, NY
-08/18/11 Readout of Recent Trip to India; Special Representative for Global Intergovernmental Affairs Reta Jo Lewis; Washington, DC
-07/22/11 Read out on Secretary of State Clinton's Trip to India; Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/27/11 Civil-Military Efforts in Afghanistan; Washington, DC
-12/06/10 Afghanistan: Regimental Combat Team-7 Operational Update; Washington, DC
-12/06/10 U.S. Government Efforts to Counter IEDs; Washington, DC
-11/15/10 Readout of President Obama's Trip to India; USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah and Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr.; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-10/21/10 Pakistan Strategic Dialogue and Other Global Events and Issues; Philip J. Crowley, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Public Affairs ; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-08/12/10 An Update on the U.S. Response to Pakistan's Flooding Disaster; Dan Feldman, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Department of State; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-06/07/10 A Read-out of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue; Robert Blake Jr. , Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-05/10/10 Preview of the Washington Visit of Afghanistan President Karzai; Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC ΓΏ
-04/01/10 Readout on Recent Travels to India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Belgium; Robert O. Blake, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/18/10 U.S. Relations with India; Robert O. Blake, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Chicago Council on Global Affairs; Chicago, Illinois
-02/03/10 Readout on the January 28 London Conference on Afghanistan; Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/07/10 Role of the International Network of SRAPs; Daniel Feldman, Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP); Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-12/04/09 The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan; Gen. James Jones, National Security Adviser ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-11/18/09 Indian Prime Minister Singh's State Visit and U.S. - India Relations; Robert Blake, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-06/26/09 A Conversation About Pakistan; Nicholas Schmidle, Author and Reporter; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Audio
-06/02/09 "The Taliban and the Crisis of Afghanistan" ; Dr. Amin Tarzi, Director of Middle East Studied, Marine Corps University; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Audio
-03/27/09 President Obama's Afghanistan-Pakistan (AFPAK) Strategy; General James Jones, National Security Advisor; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Video
-- The Americas
-10/13/11 Free Trade Agreements with Colombia and Panama; Washington, DC
-09/29/11 Scene Setter for the Upcoming Americas Competitiveness Forum in Santo Doming, Dominican Republic; Washington, DC
-06/20/11 Preview of Secretary of State Clinton's Upcoming Travel to Guatemala and Jamaica; Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-05/09/11 Upcoming Arctic Council Ministerial; Deputy Assistant Secretary David A. Balton, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/17/11 President Obama's Upcoming Trip to Latin America; Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/19/10 Examining Relief Efforts in Haiti: Six Months After the Earthquake; Paul Weisenfeld, Haiti Task Team Coordinator, USAID; Foreign Press; Washington, DC
-06/04/10 Preview of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Trip to Latin America; Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-04/28/10 U.S. Southern Command Operational Update Briefing; Gen. Douglas Fraser, Commander, U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM); Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-03/30/10 International Donors' Conference Towards a New Future for Haiti; Cheryl Mills, Counselor and Chief of Staff to Secretary Clinton; Foreign Press Center; New York, NY
-03/19/10 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Trip to Mexico on March 23, 2010; Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-03/15/10 U.S. Participation at the World Urban Forum V, to be held in Brazil, March 22-26; Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/26/10 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's February 28 to March 5 Trip to Latin America; Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-02/12/10 Haiti Earthquake Relief - One Month Later; Rajiv Shah, USAID Administrator; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/19/10 Cooperation Among Haiti, the United States, and the United Nations in Relief Efforts; Esther Brimmer, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/15/10 Haiti: Daily Update Brief; Virginia Staab, Deputy Public Affairs Spokesperson, WHA; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/15/10 U.S. Air Force Efforts to Provide Earthquake Relief in Haiti; U.S. Air Force Military Official; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/15/10 U.S. Coast Guard Efforts to Provide Earthquake Relief for Haiti; Rear Admiral Paul. F. Zukunft, U.S. Coast Guard, Director of Response Policy; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/14/10 Haiti Update; Charles Luoma-Overstreet, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-01/13/10 Haiti: Situation Brief and Relief Efforts; Roberta Jacobson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-12/10/09 U.S. Policy in Latin America; Arturo Valenzuela, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere ; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-11/20/09 FPC Background Briefing on Honduras; Senior State Department Official; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
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