-- U.S. Politics and Government

--04/01/08  The Nuts and Bolts of Covering the 2008 National Conventions; Jerry Gallegos, Superintendent, House Press Gallery; Foreign Press Center ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/27/08  The Race for the Delegates and Super Delegates; Michael Barone, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--02/05/08  Super Tuesday Program at the Washington Foreign Press Center; Foreign Press Center Briefings; Washington, DC
--12/18/07  Preview of the 2008 Presidential Election; Ari Fleischer, Former Bush-Cheney 2000 & White House Spokesman; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--12/10/07  2008 Elections - The Big Picture - 576 Hours Until Iowa; Chuck Todd, Political Director, NBC News; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/04/07  Foreign Relations and Its Impact on the American Voter; Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official transcript
--11/29/07  Arab Americans and the Middle East Policy in the 2008 U.S. Elections; Dr. James Zogby, President of the Arab American Institute; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/18/07  2008 Elections: Campaign 101; Mike Allen, Chief Correspondent, Politico; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/07/07  Campaign 2008: Covering the First in the Nation - Iowa Caucuses - What You Need to Know Before You Land at the Des Moines International Airport; Brad Zaun, Iowa State Senator; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/18/07  Campaign Finance and the 2008 Presidential Election; Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, Counsel for Campaign Finance Reform Project, New York University School of Law; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--04/13/07  2008 Presidential Campaign Finance Overview; Ben Ginsberg, Partner, Patton Boggs and NBC News Contributor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/08/07  The Current Field of Democratic Candidates for President; David Epstein, Professor of Political Science, Columbia University; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--12/05/06  Preview of the 110th Congress; Vic Fazio, Former Congressman (D); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/03/06  Countdown to the 2006 Midterm Elections; Chuck Todd, National Journal Columnist and Editor-In-Chief of The Hotline; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/25/06  Preview of the 2006 Midterm Elections; John Zogby, CEO, Zogby International; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/27/06  Preview of the 2006 Midterm Elections; Charlie Cook, Founder & Publisher of the Cook Political Report and National Journal Columnist; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/21/06  The 2006 Midterm Elections; Chuck Todd, National Journal Contributing Editor; Editor-in-Chief, The Hotline; and MSNBC Political Commentator; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/28/06  Development of Think Tanks and Their Role as Catalysts for Ideas and Actions in the U.S. Political System; James McGann, Director, Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/18/06  A Social Security Number: Do I Need One as a Foreign Journalist?; John Shallman, New York Regional Communications Director, Social Security Administration; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--02/03/05  President George W. Bush's State of the Union Message ; Dan Bartlett, Counselor to the President ; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/13/05  Presidential Inaugurations Past and Present: A Look at the History Behind the Pomp and Circumstance ; Donald R. Kennon, Chief Historian, United States Capitol Historical Society; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC --Official Transcript
--12/01/04  Issues and Opportunities Facing U.S. Local Governments: The Example of Denver, Colorado; John Hickenlooper, Mayor, Denver, Colorado; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/02/04  Election Day/Night Briefings/Analysis; Foreign Press Center Briefings; Washington, DC
--11/01/04  The U.S. Election in Historical Context; Meena Bose, Professor, U.S. Military Academy, West Point; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; New York, New York
--10/29/04  Elections 2004 - The Latest Presidential Polls; John Zogby, Pollster and CEO of Zogby International; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/28/04  Elections 2004 - The Women's Vote; Ethel Klein, EDK Associates; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; New York, New York
--10/27/04  Elections 2004 - Polling: The Mood of America; Peter Hart, Pollster for NBC News/"Wall Street Journal" and CEO of Peter D.Hart Research Associates; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/26/04  Elections 2004 - The U.S. Senate in the Balance; Jennifer E. Duffy, Managing Editor and Political Analyst for "The Cook Political Report"; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/26/04  Latest Polling Statistics in the Upcoming Presidential Election; Mickey Carroll, Director of Quinnipiac University's Polling Institute; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--10/26/04  Upcoming Presidential Elections; Maurice "Mickey" Carroll, Director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--10/25/04  The Upsurge in Voter Registration and Expectations for Turnout in the 2004 Elections; Curtis Gans, Director, Committee for the Study of the American Electorate; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/21/04  How America Votes in 2004: the View from a "Red State" and a "Blue State"; Linda Lamone, Administrator, Maryland State Board of Elections; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/21/04  The Rural Vote in America's Heartland; Jerry Hagstrom, Political and Agricultural Analyst and Report for the National Journal; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/20/04  Rock the Vote, the Youth Vote and the 2004 Presidential Election; Jay Strell, Director of Communications, Rock the Vote; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/12/04  What's at Stake in the November 2004 Elections; Mickey Edwards, Former U.S. Congressman and Member of the House Republican Leadership; Lecturer at Princeton U.; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/06/04  The Sleeping Giant: Still Asleep? ...The Role of the Electoral College in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election; Thomas H. Neale, Analyst in American National Government, Congressional Research Service (CRS); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/05/04  The 2004 Congressional Elections: Likely Outcome, Consequences for Governing; Thomas E. Mann, W. Averell Harriman Chair and Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/27/04  The Republican National Convention; David A. Norcross, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the 2004 Republican National Convention; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--08/12/04  The 2004 Election - The Undecided Vote; Charlie Cook, Editor and Publisher of "The Cook Report" and Political Analyst for the "National Journal"; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/20/04  Religion in American Life and Politics; Michael Novak, George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy and Public Policy, AEI; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/16/04  U.S. and Global Economy in an Election Year; Steve Forbes, Forbes Magazine Publisher and Editor-in Chief; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--07/13/04  Preview of the Democratic National Convention; Governor Bill Richardson, Permanent Convention Chair, Democratic National Convention; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/16/04  The U.S. Economy in the Election Year and Its Impact on Global Markets; Steve Forbes, Chief Executive Officer of Forbes and Editor-in-Chief of "Forbes" Magazine; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/23/04  The League of Women Voters and the Youth Vote; Kay Maxwell, National President, League of Women Voters; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/20/04  U.S. Mayors, Issues in an Election Year, Part II; Mayor David Miller, Elkhart, Indiana; Mayor Bill Baarsma, Tacoma, Washington; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/13/04  The Media Credentialling Process for the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, Summer 2004; Jerry Gallegos, Superintendent, House Press Gallery; Foreign Press Center ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/23/04  The Mayor's Views: Key Issues in The Election Year; Mayors James McClinton, Topeka; Neil Guiliano, Tempe; Loyd Neal, Corpus Christi; Alan Autry, Fresno; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/21/04  Roundtable Discussion on the President's State of the Union Address; Max Boot, Olin Senior Fellow in National Security Studies, Council of Foreign Relations; New York Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--01/07/04  The New Hampshire Primary; Elected Official from New Hampshire; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/10/03  Campaign Finance Reform; Jan W. Baran, Esq., Election Law and Campaign Finance Expert; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/24/03  The District of Columbia Primary; Mark Plotkin, Political Commentator and Analyst for WTOP Radio; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Offiical Transcript
--11/14/03  The Primary and Caucus System in U.S. Elections; Curtis Gans, Director of the Committee for the Study of the American Electorate; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/12/03  Overview of the 2004 Elections; Charles Cook, Editor and Publisher of the Cook Report and Political Analyst for the National Journal Group; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/17/03  Government 101 -- The U.S. System of Checks and Balances; James Thurber, Director for Congressional & Political Studies, American University; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/12/03  Campaign 2004: How to Cover the Iowa Caucuses: January 19, 2004; Susan Ramsey and Representatives of the Greater Des Moines Partnership ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/19/02  Foreign Policy and the New Congress; Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--12/09/02  American Governance; Eliot Spitzer, New York State Attorney General ; New York Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--11/07/02  2002 Mid-Term Election Results; Governor Marc Racicot, Chairman, Republican National Committee; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/30/02  Campaign 2002: One Week Out; Charles E. Cook, Jr., Editor and Publisher, The Cook Political Report ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/25/02  Campaign 2002: Polling; John Zogby, President and CEO, Zogby International; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/23/02  Campaign 2002: Agricultural Issues in Campaign 2002; Jerry Hagstrom, Contributing Editor, National Journal; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Briefing)
--01/29/02  The First Year of the Bush Administration: Preview of the State of the Union Message; Thomas Mann, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/04/01  A Pollster's View of Election 2000; John Zogby, President and CEO, Zogby International; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)