2007 Foreign Press Center Briefings

December
--12/18/07  Report from Bali and The Way Forward ; C. Boyden Gray, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--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
--12/13/07  Countering Terrorist Ideology; Dr. Michael Doran, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Support to Public Diplomacy, U.S. Department of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- 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
--12/10/07  New Strategic Initiatives and Multimedia Tools to Help Better Tell America's Story Around the World; Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--12/06/07  Preview of the U.S. Position at the December 2007 Bali Meeting on the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change; James L. Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- 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
--12/05/07  Power of Partnership; Dr. Thomas A. Kenyon, Principal Deputy Coordinator and Chief Medical Officer, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/05/07  U.S. Agency for International Development Activity in Iraq; Denise A. Herbol, Deputy Mission Director, U.S. Agency for International Development; Foreign Press Center Roundtable 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

November
--11/30/07  Election Process of the New Lebanese President; Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon; Foreign Press Center Digital Video Conference (DVC) Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/30/07  How to Cover the U.S. Military; Colonel Rick Kiernan; 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
--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
--11/16/07  The Merida Initiative: United States-Mexico-Central America Security Cooperation; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/14/07  The American Health Care System: Past, Present and Future; Dr. Paul Ginsburg, President of the Center for Studying Health System Change; Foreign Press Center Briefings; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/09/07  Secretary Paulson's Trip to Africa; Ahmed Saeed, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of the Treasury; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/08/07  The Way Forward in Burma; Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian & Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript

October
--10/30/07  The Middle East Peace Process; Senior U.S. Department of State Official; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND 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
--10/02/07  Update on Six-Party Talks; Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript

September
--09/27/07  U.S. Africa Policy with Focus on Sudan and the Horn of Africa; Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York
--09/27/07  Update on Recent Efforts in Public Diplomacy; Karen Hughes, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--09/24/07  Secretary Rice's Schedule and U.S. Priorities at the UN General Assembly; Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--09/21/07  Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change, Sept. 27-28, 2007; Paul Dobriansky, Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/20/07  Iraq: Next Steps After the Surge; Lieutenant Colonel Bob Bateman, U.S. Army Ranger; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC
--09/18/07  2008 Elections: Campaign 101; Mike Allen, Chief Correspondent, Politico; 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
--09/12/07  Roundtable on U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez's Upcoming Trip to Panama, Peru and Colombia ; Carlos M. Gutierrez , U.S. Secretary of Commerce ; Foreign Press Center Roundtable ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/06/07  Greek Wildfires; Ky Luu, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/06/07  U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance: Update on Hurricane Felix; Ky Luu, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript

August
--08/29/07  Pre-APEC Roundtable; Ambassador Susan C. Schwab, United States Trade Representative; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; 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
--08/01/07  Current Foreign Policy Issues; Tom Casey, Deputy Spokesman, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript

July
--07/26/07  Preview of Treasury Secretary Paulson's Trip to China; Ambassador Alan Holmer, Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/24/07  Upcoming Travel to El Salvador, Guatemala and Mexico; Anna Escobedo Cabral, U.S. Treasurer; 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

June
--06/27/07  Expanding Outreach to the Muslim World; Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/25/07  A Comprehensive Approach to Counternarcotics in Afghanistan; John P. Walters, Director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC  -- Official Transcript
--06/22/07  U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Update; Ryan Henry, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; 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
--06/21/07  U.S. Commitment to Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Alexander "Andy" Karsner, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy(EERE); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/20/07  The World's Refugees: An Overview and Discussion on Resettlement; Kelly Ryan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration; 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
--06/05/07  Craig Newmark and the Craigslist Foundation; Craig Newmark, Founder of Craigslist and Craigslist Foundation; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript

May
--05/31/07  Preview of Remarks to the Institutional Investors 4th Annula China Investment Forum; Clay Lowery, Acting Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Treasury; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- 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
--05/18/07  Preview of the Second Session of the Strategic Economic Dialogue with China; Ambassador Alan Holmer, Special Envoy for China and the Strategic Economic Dialogue; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/18/07  Scene Setter for the Sixth AGOA Forum; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC --Official Transcript
--05/02/07  Jimbo Wales and Wikipedia - American Business Leaders Series; Jimbo Wales, Founder of Wikipedia; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--05/01/07  International Trade: It Is Easier Now Than Ever; Israel Hernandez, Dept. of Commerce Assistant Secretary for Trade Promotion ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript

April
--04/30/07  U.S.-European Union: A Post-Summit Readout; Ambassador C. Boyden Gray, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/26/07  Preview of the Bush - Abe Meeting; Dennis Wilder, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asian Affairs, NSC; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- 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
--04/23/07  Challenges and Opportunities Facing the Transatlantic Community:Trade, Economics, Climate Change, and Global Cooperation; Kurt Volker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, NY -- Official Transcript
--04/23/07  Outcomes of the United Nations Geneva Conference on Displaced Iraqis; Ellen Sauerbrey, U.S. Department of State Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration;  Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/19/07  Syria and the Assad Regime: Another Missed Opportunity; J.Scott Carpenter , Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; 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
--04/17/07  U.S. - Japan Economic Relations; Senior U.S. Treasury Official; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC -- 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
--04/11/07  FBI's International Operations; Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent, Office of International Operations, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--04/04/07  Kosovo Final Status Issues; Ambassador Frank Wisner, Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Talks; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript

March
--03/30/07  President Bush's Meeting with Brazilian President Lula Da Silva at Camp David; Dan Fisk, Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council; 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
--03/23/07  Iraqi Refugees; Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/22/07  South and Central Asia Regional Update; Senior State Department Official; Foreign Press Center BACKGROUND Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/13/07  Business Development Mission to Saudi Arabia for the U.S. Saudi Arabian Business Council; Israel Hernandez , Assistant Secretary of for Trade Promotion, U.S. Department of Commerce ; Foreign Press Center Roundtable ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/06/07  Readout on North Korea Six-Party Talks U.S.-DPRK Working Group Meetings in New York; Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript

February
--02/28/07  The Zagat Survey, Company Origins, Overview and Objectives; Tim and Nina Zagat, Co-Founders, Zagat Survey; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- 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
--02/21/07  Ongoing Engagement of the U.S. Airforce in the Global War on Terror; General T. Michael Mosely on U.S. engagement on the Global War on Terror, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force ; New York Foreign Press Center Briefing ; New York, NY  -- Official Transcript
--02/09/07  U.S. To Establish New U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM); Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs; 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
--02/05/07  Current Developments in Sudan; Cameron Hume, Charge de'Affaires, U.S. Embassy, Khartoum, Sudan; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript

January
--01/31/07  Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez's Upcoming Trip to Mexico and Efforts to Promote Free Trade, Economic Growth and Security in the Western Hemisphere; Carlos M. Gutierrez , Secretary of Commerce ; Foreign Press Center Roundtable ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/25/07  U.S. Policy on the Future of Cuba After Fidel Castro ; Caleb McCarry, Cuba Transition Coordinator; Foreign Press Center Roundtable ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/25/07  The President's Plan on Reducing Gasoline Usage and Strengthening America's Energy Security; James L. Connaughton, Chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/17/07  The U.S. Economy: Wall Street Forecasts for the Year Ahead; John Lonksi, Chief, Economist, Moody's Investor Service; Foreign Press Center; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--01/16/07  Update on Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative; Bob Jacksta, Executive Director of Passenger Security and Facilitation, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, DHS; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official transcript
--01/12/07  Upcoming Visit to U.S.-Mexico Border Region to Identify Ways of Improving Trade Efficiency Along the Border; David Bohigian, Assistant Secretary of Commerce; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/09/07  U.S.-EU Economic Issues; C. Boyden Gray, U.S. Ambassador to the European Union; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript