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Under Secretary for Political Affairs
Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs
Releases
Remarks, Testimony
2007
 - October-December 2007
 - July-September 2007
 - April-June 2007
 - January-March 2007
  

2007

October-December 2007
--12/20/07  Remarks With Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Bernier; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--12/13/07  U.S. Embassy Brasilia Press Conference; Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Brasilia, Brazil
--12/04/07  Senate Passage of the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--11/16/07  The Merida Initiative: U.S.-Mexico-Central America Security Cooperation; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center On-The-Record Briefing; Washington, DC
--11/15/07  Merida Initiative; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee On Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
--11/15/07  The Merida Initiative: Confronting Transnational Narcotics Trafficking and Organized Crime in Mexico
--11/14/07  Merida Initiative; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
--11/14/07  Policy Podcast: U.S. - Canada Relations; Washington, DC
--10/30/07  Deputy Secretary Negroponte Interview With Televisa; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State ; Mexico City, Mexico
--10/30/07  Interview of Deputy Secretary of State by Jorge Fernandez Menendez of Cadena Tres; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Mexico City, Mexico
--10/30/07  Round Table of Deputy Secretary With Journalists; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Mexico City, Mexico
--10/28/07  Borders and Law Enforcement; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Remarks at the Monterrey Conference Dinner; Monterrey, Mexico
--10/24/07  Ask the White House on Cuba Policy; Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; Ask the White House; Washington, DC
--10/24/07  OTR Briefing with Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and A/S for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas A. Shannon On Cuba Policy; Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; Washington, DC
--10/24/07  Remarks by the President on Cuba Policy; President George W. Bush; Benjamin Franklin Room, Department of State; Washington, DC
--10/22/07  Promoting Peace and Prosperity in Colombia; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks to the Council of the Americas; New York City
--10/22/07  The Mexico/Central America Security Cooperation Package; Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; On-The-Record Briefing Via Conference Call; Washington, DC
--10/17/07  U.S. - Brazil Relations: Forging a Strategic Partnership; Christopher McMullen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to the Brazil – U.S. Business Council; Washington, DC
--10/09/07  Remarks at the Organization of American States, Hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--10/09/07  Roundtable With Trade and Economic Journalists; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--10/01/07  Remarks at the Rollout for Partnership for Democratic Governance; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; United Nations; New York City
--10/01/07  Interview With the New York Post Editorial Board; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York City

July-September 2007
--09/25/07  Interview With the Fox News Editorial Board; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York City
--09/24/07  Interview with Mark Haines and Erin Burnett of CNBC; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York Stock Exchange; New York City
--09/20/07  The Americas: Dynamic Change in the 21st Century; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks at the Miami Herald Americas Conference; Miami, Florida
--09/18/07  Remarks at the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America (AACCLA) 40th Annual Meeting; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Washington, DC
--08/23/07  The United States and Colombia: Building Peace and Prosperity in our Hemisphere; Reuben Jeffrey III, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; Hotel Tequendama ; Bogota, Colombia
--08/21/07  Briefing On U.S. Assistance to Earthquake and Hurricane Victims In the Western Hemisphere Region; Ky Luu, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; Washington, DC
--08/21/07  President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Harper of Canada, and President Calderon of Mexico; Fairmont Le Chateau Montebello; Montebello, Canada
--08/20/07  Press Gaggle on the President's Bilateral Meetings with Mexico and Canada; Dan Fisk, Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council; Curling Rink, Fairmont Le Château Montebello; Montebello, Canada
--08/08/07  Remarks At the Signing Ceremony for U.S.-Chile Equal Opportunity Scholarship Program; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
--07/24/07  Deportees in Latin America and the Caribbean; Charles S. Shapiro, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee on International Relations; U.S. House of Representatives
--07/18/07  Addressing Transnational Threats in Central America: Partnership and Shared Responsibility; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Opening Remarks at the First U.S.-SICA Dialogue on Security; Guatemala City, Guatemala
--07/12/07  Inaugural Organization of American States-African Union Democracy Bridge; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Remarks at the inauguration ceremony; Washington, DC
--07/12/07  Remarks at the U.S.-Brazil Innovation Summit; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Brasilia, Brazil
--07/11/07  Press Briefing in Montevideo, Uruguay; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Sheraton Hotel; Montevideo, Uruguay
--07/11/07  Remarks At the Organization of American States/African Union Democracy Bridge Forum; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/10/07  Roundtable With Chilean Media; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; U.S. Embassy; Santiago, Chile
--07/09/07  President Bush Participates in a Conversation on the Americas ; George W. Bush, President; Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary; Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Arlington, VA
--07/09/07  Remarks at the White House Conference on the Americas; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Hyatt Regency Hotel; Crystal City, Virginia
--07/06/07  Special Briefing on Upcoming White House Conference on the Americas; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--07/05/07  Policy Podcast: Western Hemisphere; Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC

April-June 2007
--07/15/07  Latin America: We Need These Trade Deals; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Op-Ed; The Miami Herald
--06/19/07  Commerce Secretary Gutierrez's Remarks to the CARICOM Conference on the Caribbean; Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; Washington, DC
--06/14/07  Remarks About CARICOM; Tom Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--06/08/07  Interview With the NBC News Editorial Board; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York, New York
--06/08/07  Interview With the New York Daily News Editorial Board; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York, New York
--06/08/07  Interview With the Wall Street Journal Editorial Board; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York, New York
--06/07/07  Remarks at the Centennial Dinner for the Economic Club of New York; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York, New York
--06/04/07  Remarks With Panamanian President Martin Torrijos; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Before Her Meeting With Panamanian President Martin Torrijos; Panama City, Panama
--06/04/07  Further Remarks at the Organization of American States General Assembly Plenary Session; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Panama City, Panama
--06/04/07  Interview With Alexandra Ciniglio of CNN Español; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Panama City, Panama
--06/04/07  Remarks En Route Panama City, Panama; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route Panama City, Panama
--06/04/07  Remarks at Organization of American States General Assembly Plenary Session; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Panama City, Panama
--06/01/07  Press Availability With Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Madrid, Spain
--06/01/07  Briefing En Route Madrid, Spain; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route Madrid, Spain
--06/01/07  Interview On TVE with Lorenzo Mila; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Madrid, Spain
--05/29/07  Secretary Rice's Briefing En Route Berlin, Germany
--05/24/07  Interview With Mary Anne Ostrom of the San Jose Mercury News; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Four Seasons Hotel; East Palo Alto, California
--05/23/07  Interview With Greta Van Susteren of Fox News; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Simi Valley, California
--05/22/07  Latin America: Helping Colombia is in our National Interest; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Op-Ed; The Miami Herald
--05/09/07  Interview With Caracol TV; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Bogotá, Colombia
--05/09/07  Press Availability With Ecuadorian Media Outlets; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Press Availability With Ecuadorian Media Outlets: Newspapers El Comercio, El Universo, La Hora, and Expreso, and Vistazo Magazine; Quito, Ecuador
--05/09/07  Remarks at the Business Council; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/08/07  Interview With Adriana Vargas of RCN TV; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Bogotá, Colombia
--05/08/07  Interview With Carlos Fernando Galan of El Tiempo; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Bogotá, Colombia
--05/08/07  President Bush Welcomes President Preval of Haiti to the White House ; Washington, DC
--05/02/07  Building the Americas Consensus; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks at the 37th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas; Washington, DC
--05/02/07  Remarks at 37th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Washington, DC
--04/24/07  Counternarcotics Strategy in Colombia; Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary for Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--04/24/07  U.S. - Colombia Relations; Charles S. Shapiro, Acting Assistant Secretary for Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--04/23/07  Remarks by President Bush and President Garcia of Peru; Oval Office; Washington, DC
--04/19/07  Remarks at the Young Global Leaders Policy Roundtable; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; East Auditorium; Washington, DC
--04/19/07  Interview With Tom Bevan of RealClear Politics; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--04/16/07  Meeting With Members of the Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--04/10/07  Remarks at the Edward R. Murrow Journalism Program ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--04/04/07  Remarks With Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis of Haiti; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--04/02/07  Remarks At The National Conference of Editorial Writers; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--03/22/07  Remarks to the Council of the Americas; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC

January-March 2007
--03/31/07  President Bush Welcomes President Lula of Brazil to Camp David ; George W. Bush, President of the United States of America; Released by the White House; Camp David
--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
--03/30/07  Remarks from the Signing Ceremonies Between the U.S., Brazil, and Guinea-Bissau and the U.S. and Brazil; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
--03/26/07  Interview With Rolando Oscar Haza of WJAN-CA's "A Mano Limpa"; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Jerusalem
--03/14/07  President Bush and President Calderón Participate in a Joint Press Availability; President George W. Bush; Fiesta Americana Mérido; Mérida, Mexico
--03/14/07  President Bush Meets with Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarship (TIES) Recipients ; President George W. Bush; Hyatt Regency Mérida; Mérida, Mexico
--03/13/07  President Bush and President Calderón of Mexico Exchange Dinner Toasts; President George W. Bush; Hacienda Xcanatún; Mérida, Mexico
--03/13/07  President Bush and President Calderón of Mexico Exchange Luncheon Toasts; President George W. Bush; Hacienda Temozón; Mérida, Mexico
--03/13/07  President Bush and President Calderón Participate in Arrival Ceremony; President George W. Bush; Hacienda Temezon; Temozón Sur, Mexico
--03/13/07  Interview With Joaquin Lopez-Doriga of Televisa; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Merida, Mexico
--03/12/07  President Bush and President Berger of Guatemala Participate in Joint Press Availability; President George W. Bush; The National Palace; Guatemala City, Guatemala
--03/12/07  President Bush and President Berger of Guatemala Participate in Arrival Ceremony; President George W. Bush, President Oscar Berger of Guatemala; Patio de la Paz, The National Palace; Guatemala City, Guatemala
--03/12/07  President Bush Visits Labradores Mayas; President George W. Bush; Iximché, Guatemala
--03/11/07  Press Gaggle by Special Assistant Fisk and Assistant Secretary Shannon; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs ; United States Embassy, Bogotá, Colombia; And aboard Air Force One, En route Guatemala City, Guatemala
--03/11/07  President Bush Participates in Roundtable on Afro-Colombian Outreach; President George W. Bush; Casa de Nariño; Bogotá, Colombia
--03/11/07  President Bush and President Uribe of Colombia Participate in a Joint Press Availability ; President George W. Bush; Casa de Nariño; Bogotá, Colombia
--03/11/07  President Bush and President Uribe of Columbia Exchange Toasts; President George W. Bush; Casa de Nariño; Bogotá, Colombia
--03/10/07  President Bush and President Vázquez of Uruguay Participate in Joint Press Availability; President George W. Bush; Visitors Center; Anchorena Park, Uruguay
--03/09/07  President Bush Participates in a Community Roundtable in Brazil; President George W. Bush; Meninos do Morumbi; São Paulo, Brazil
--03/09/07  President Bush Participates in a Joint Press Availability with President Lula of Brazil; President George W. Bush; Hilton São Paulo Morumbi; São Paulo, Brazil
--03/09/07  President Bush and President Lula of Brazil Discuss Biofuel Technology ; George W. Bush, President of the United States of America; Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary; Petrobras Transporte S.A. Facility, São Paulo, Brazil
--03/07/07  Assistant Secretary Shannon Hosts "Ask the White House"; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--03/07/07  Briefing on the President's Trip to Latin America ; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Press Roundtable; Washington, DC
--03/07/07  Interview of the President by Enrique Gratas, Univision; George W. Bush, President of the United States; Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary; The Map Room
--03/07/07  Interview of the President by Juan Carlos Lopez, CNN En Español ; George W. Bush, President of the United States; Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary; The Map Room
--03/07/07  Interview of the President by Natalia Orozco, RCN TV of Colombia; George W. Bush, President of the United States; Released by the White House Office of the Press Secretary; The Map Room
--03/06/07  Roundtable Interview of the President by Foreign Print Journalists; President George W. Bush; Roosevelt Room ; Washington, DC
--03/01/07  Vision and Foreign Assistance Priorities for the Western Hemisphere; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the House of Representatives Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
--02/27/07  U.S. and Nicaragua: Partnering Through Total Economic Engagement; Daniel S. Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; Remarks as Prepared for Delivery; Managua, Nicaragua
--02/22/07  Briefing on the Secretary's Travel to Canada ; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--02/13/07  Press Conference Following Travel to Brazil and Argentina; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC
--02/09/07  Press Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; PAS Conference Room, U.S. Embassy; Buenos Aires, Argentina
--02/09/07  Remarks at the Argentine Council on International Relations (CARI); R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Buenos Aires, Argentina
--02/08/07  Interview With Estado de Sao Paulo; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Brasilia, Brazil; Washington, DC
--02/07/07  Colombia: U.S. Support for Colombia’s “Strategy for Strengthening Democracy and Social Development”; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--02/06/07  Interview with “Jornal de Globo” ; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Sao Paulo, Brazil
--02/06/07  Press Roundtable in Sao Paulo, Brazil; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Sao Paulo, Brazil
--02/06/07  Remarks at the Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado (FAAP); R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Sao Paulo, Brazil
--02/05/07  Roundtable With Latin American Journalists on Travel to Brazil and Argentina; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC
--02/01/07  Briefing on the Haiti Core Group Meeting; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; On-the-Record Briefing; Washington, DC
--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
--01/26/07  Coffee Break at the State Department: Assistant Secretary Shannon; Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
--01/23/07  Remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--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

  
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