-- Defense and National Security

--04/07/08  The NATO Summit; Dan Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs ; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--03/31/08  Military Commissions; Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority, Department of Defense, Office of Military Commissions; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/11/08  Missile Defense; John Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--02/11/08  Update on Detainee Military Commissions; Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority, Department of Defense, Office of Military Commissions; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/30/08  US-Visit Transition to 10-Fingerprint Collection; Robert A. Mocny, Director, US-Visit Program, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--12/05/07  Issues Facing AFRICOM and the Unique Nature of Her Diplomatic Role as Deputy to the Commander in a U.S. Military Geographic Command; Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities, U.S. Africa Command; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/20/07  U.S. National Security Strategy; Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/20/07  US-VISIT Transition to 10-Fingerprint Collection; Robert A. Mocny, Director, US-VISIT Program, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/18/07  Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); Goran Lennmarker, President, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/03/07  U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Operational Update and Understanding the Asymmetric Conflict; Brigadier General Robert Holmes, USAF, CENTCOM Deputy Director for Operations; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/18/07  National Guard Update; Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum , Commander of the U.S. National Guard; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/27/07  NATO Issues and How It Relates to Afghanistan; Lt. Gen. Karl W. Eikenberry, NATO Deputy Chairman; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/10/07  U.S. Army's New and Improved IOTV Body Armor; Lt.Col. Robert Myles, PEO Soldier's Product Manager for Soldier Survivability; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/21/07  The Role of the U.S. Army Reserve in Humanitarian Assistance, Military-to-Military Training, and Civil Affairs Missions; Lieutenant General Jack C. Stultz, Chief of the U.S. Army Reserve and Commander of the U.S. Army Reserve Command; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/29/07  The Upcoming Trial of Omar Khadr at Guantanamo Bay; John B. Bellinger III, Legal Adviser of the Department of State; Remarks to...; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/24/07  CENTCOM's 27-Nation Area of Responsibility As Well As Its Past, Present and Future; U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Holmes, Deputy Director of Operations, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM); Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--04/25/07  Key Issues at the NATO Ministerial; Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/28/07  Missile Defense and Europe; Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. Obering, Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/22/07  U.S. Missile Defense Plans for Europe; Dan Fried , Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/20/06  Review of 2006 for the Department of Homeland Security and Priorities for 2007; Paul Rosenzweig, DHS Counselor to Ass't Secretary for Policy and Acting Ass't Secretary for International Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/19/06  The Military Commission Act of 2006; John B. Bellinger III, State Department Legal Advisor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/20/06  Background Briefing on the Meeting of NATO's Foreign Ministers; Two Senior U.S. Officials; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; New York, NY -- Official Transcript
--09/07/06  Department of Defense Directive on Detainee Operations, the Release of the Army Field Manual for Human Intelligence Collection and an Update on Military Commissions; Cully Stimson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/07/06  Update on Detainee Issues and Military Commissions Legislation; John Bellinger III, State Department Legal Advisor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/09/06  G8 Summit and Related Issues; Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/24/06  Secretary Rice's Participation in NATO Ministerial and Visits ; Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/13/06  U.S. Immigration Policy and National Security; Emilio Gonzalez, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--02/21/06  The Long Global War Against Violent Extremism, Current Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, and NATO Issues; Brigadier General Mark T. Kimmitt, Deputy Director, Plans and Strategy, (J5), U.S. Central Command; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/15/06  Update on U.S. Detainee Policy and Criminal Prosecutions in Iraq; John B. Bellinger III, State Department Legal Advisor; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/06/06  The Release to Congress of the US Military's Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) Report; Ryan Henry, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/14/05  Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld's Upcoming Trip to Asia; Senior Defense Department Official; Foreign Press Center Background Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/31/05  Update on Military Commissions; Brigadier General Thomas L. Hemingway, Legal Adviser to the Appointing Authority, Office of Military Commissions, OGC, DOD; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/11/05  Update on Guantanamo Bay Detainees; Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ambassador-at-Large, Office of War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Los Angeles, California -- No Transcript Available
--07/21/05  U.S. Detention Policies and Procedures; Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes, U.S. Department State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--07/14/05  Update from the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--06/03/05  Annual Session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Washington, DC, July 1-5; Senior Assembly Officials; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/29/04   Land Border and Maritime Security; Robert C. Bonner; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; New York, New York
--08/25/04  Investigation Results: Military Intelligence Activities at Abu Ghraib; General Paul Kern, The Appointing Authority for the Investigation; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/16/04  U.S. Global Force Posture Review; Senior Administration Officials from the Departments of State and Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/23/04  Future of the Alliance Policy Initiative; Richard P. Lawless, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Asia-Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/20/04  NATO, Iraq, U.S.-European Relations and Other Current International Issues; William Cohen, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/30/04  Accession of Seven New Nations and Other NATO Issues; Senior Administration Official; Foreign Press Center Background Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/08/04  New Initiatives with African Countries; General Charles Wald, Deputy Commander for the European Command (EUCOM), USAF; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/27/04  New Developments in the U.S. Approach to Landmines; Lincoln Bloomfield, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/13/04  Guantanamo Detainees and Other War Crimes Issues; Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/10/03  Update on Asian-Pacific Issues; Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Transcript from the Department of Defense Web Site
--08/26/03  The State of American Aviation; Admiral James M. Loy, Administrator, Transportation Security Administration; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC --Official Transcript
--05/07/03  NATO's Expansion and Future ; Senior Administration Official; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/03/03  Coalition Targeting Procedures; Major General Stanley A. McChrystal, Vice Director for Operations, J-3, Joint Staff, Department of Defense ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--02/13/03  The Recent Trip of Secretary Rumsfeld to Italy and Germany and International Support for the Global War on Terrorism; J.D. Crouch, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/30/03  Department of Defense Media Support Plan; Bryan Whitman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--01/23/03  White House Publication "What Does Disarmament Look Like? "; Senior Administration Official; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/22/03  Defense Department Update for Foreign Media; Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/17/03  National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NEERS) ; Kris Kobach, Counsel to the Attorney General, Department of Justice ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/26/02  The Secretary of Defense's Recent Trips to Santiago, Chile, to Attend The Defense Ministerial of the Americas and to The NATO Summit held in Prague, Czech Republic, and Other Defense Issues; Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC Official Transcript.
--11/14/02  The NATO Summit in Prague, November 21-22, 2002; Senior Administration Official; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--09/05/02  Homeland Security; Richard A. Falkenrath, Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, Senior Director for Policy and Plans, Office of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--09/04/02  Pentagon Renovation Progress Following the September 11 Attack; Lee Evey, Manager of the Pentagon Renovation Program; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--07/31/02  NSC Briefing for Foreign Media; Sean McCormack, National Security Council Spokesman; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--05/29/02  International Institute for Strategic Studies Conference on East Asia Security; Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--05/23/02  The Work of the OSCE in Russia, Central Asia and the Balkans; Amb. Stephan Minikes, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--04/29/02  NATO Enlargement: The Road to Prague; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--04/24/02  Upcoming Visit to Korea, Japan and the Philippines ; General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--04/18/02  The New Unified Command Plan; General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--02/01/02  Guantanamo Bay: A First-Hand View of Camp X-Ray; Senator Daniel Inouye (D- Hawaii); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/31/02  The War on Terrorism from the Air Force Perspective: Operations Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) and Noble Eagle (Homeland Security); General John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/11/02  Homeland Security: Strategies and Challenges; Frank J. Cilluffo, Special Assistant to the President, White House Office of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/04/02  Department of Defense Update for Foreign Media; Victoria Clarke, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/13/01  Department of Defense Update for Foreign Media; Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, Deputy Spokesman, Department of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--08/14/01  Army Security Assistance Programs and National Security; Major General Bruce K. Scott, Commanding General, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--07/24/01  Missile Defense and Other Security Issues; John R. Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)