2012 (Also available in Spanish.)
September
-09/20/12 Maritime Territorial Disputes and Sovereignty Issues in Asia; Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/13/12 Assessing U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping Operations in Africa; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-09/10/12 The Continued Free Association with the Republic of Palau Act of 2012; Deputy Assistant Secretary Edgard Kagan, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs ; Washington, DC
August
-08/01/12 Implementation of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report; Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony Before the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights; Washington, DC
July
-07/24/12 U.S. Engagement in Central Asia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia; Washington, DC
-07/19/12 Human Rights Situation in Bangladesh; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Testimony: Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission U.S. Congress; Washington, DC
-07/18/12 Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of the Marshall Islands; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/28/12 Economic Statecraft: Embracing Africa's Market Potential; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/27/12 Ambassador-Designate to Burma; Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma Derek Mitchell; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; Washington, DC
-06/21/12 New START Implementation; Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/21/12 Russia's WTO Accession: Administration's Views on the Implications for the U.S.; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance; Washington, DC
-06/20/12 Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization and Granting Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Statement before the Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-06/07/12 The Path to Freedom: Countering Repression and Strengthening Civil Society in Cuba; Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
-06/06/12 U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance; Deputy Assistant Secretary James P. Zumwalt, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
May
-05/23/12 The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39): The U.S. National Security and Strategic Imperatives for Ratification; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; The House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 Countering Narcotics Threats in West Africa; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 President Obama's Nominee to be Ambassador to Mongolia; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 President Obama's Nominee to be the Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf Residents; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; Washington, DC
-05/10/12 NATO: Chicago and Beyond; Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/08/12 Building Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific Region; Senior Official for APEC Hans G. Klemm; Statement Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security; Washington, DC
April
-04/26/12 The Chicago Summit and U.S. Policy; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tina Kaidanow, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia; Washington, DC
-04/26/12 The North-South Sudan Conflict 2012; Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-04/26/12 U.S. Policy Toward Burma; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 LRA, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, Aqim, and Other Sources of Instability in Africa; Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; The House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 Remarks as Prepared to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 The LRA, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, AQIM, and Other Sources of Instability in Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 The LRA, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, AQIM, and Other Sources of Instability in Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Statement Submitted; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 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 Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
-04/24/12 U.S. Policy To Counter the Lord's Resistance Army; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sub-; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 Examining the U.S Policy Responses to Entrenched African Leadership; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee African Affairs Subcommittee; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 Examining the U.S. Policy Responses to Entrenched African Leadership; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee African Affairs Subcommittee; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 The Asia Pacific: Trade Opportunities for Agriculture and Food Producers from the Great Plains to the Pacific Northwest; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 The State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism: Budget, Programs, and Policies; Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcomittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Washington, DC
-04/17/12 The Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012; Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight; Washington, DC
-04/17/12 The Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC
March
-03/29/12 Assessing China's Role and Influence in Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/29/12 Security Challenges in Latin America; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the House Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
-03/27/12 Creating Jobs: Economic Opportunities in Europe and Eurasia; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe; Washington, DC
-03/27/12 Testimony Before the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform; Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Washington, DC
-03/20/12 Testimony of Ambassador Susan E. Rice, House Subcommittee on Appropriations for State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; New York, NY
-03/14/12 Managing Interagency Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts: Are We Effectively Securing Nuclear Materials Around the World?; Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/13/12 Nominee for Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-03/07/12 The State Department's Rewards Programs: Performance and Potential; Deputy Assistant Secretary M. Brooke Darby, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-03/01/12 Syria: The Crisis and Its Implications; Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Opening Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
February
-02/29/12 Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities Amidst Economic Challenges: The Foreign Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 2013; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee ; Washington, DC
-02/29/12 Budget Hearing for the Department of State and USAID; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Statement Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-02/28/12 National Security & Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY 2013 International Affairs Budget; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-02/28/12 State Department and USAID Budget Request; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-02/16/12 Examining the European Debt Crisis and its Implications; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; Testimony before the Senate Banking Committee; Washington, DC
-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
-02/02/12 U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; House Foreign Affairs 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 Robert O. Blake, Jr., 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 Joseph 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
-10/25/11 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
-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 Joseph 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 Robert O. Blake, Jr., 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
-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 Robert O. Blake, Jr., 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 Robert O. Blake, Jr., 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 Robert O. Blake, Jr., 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 Robert O. Blake, Jr., 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 Joseph 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 Joseph 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 Joseph 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 Robert O. Blake, Jr., 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 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 Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., 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
