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Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
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Remarks
2008
 - October-December
 - July-September
 - April-June
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2008 Remarks About Near Eastern Affairs

October-December
--10/31/08  Briefing on the U.S-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs ; Washington, DC
--10/16/08  Remarks at the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Baltimore, Maryland 
--10/15/08  President Bush Participates in Video Teleconference with Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team Leaders and Brigade Combat Commanders; President Bush; Released by the White House, Office of the Press Secretary; Washington, DC
--10/14/08  Remarks at the Palestinian Business and Investment Forum; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Washington, DC
--10/09/08  On-The-Record Briefing: U.S.-Libya Relations; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs ; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
--10/06/08  Remarks at the Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Dean Acheson Auditorium; Washington, DC

July-September
--09/29/08  Remarks with UAE Foreign Minister Abdallah bin Zayid Al Nuhayyan Before Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
--09/27/08  Remarks With Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari Before Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
--09/27/08  Remarks With OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Before Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
--09/26/08  Quartet Press Availability; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; United Nations Headquarters; New York City
--09/26/08  Remarks At the United Nations Security Council 5983rd Meeting On the Situation in the Middle East; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; United Nations Headquarters; New York
--09/25/08  President Bush Meets With Lebanese President Sleiman; President Bush, President Sleiman;  The White House, Oval Office; Washington, DC
--09/25/08  President Bush Meets With President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority; President Bush, President Abbas; The White House, Oval Office; Washington, DC
--09/25/08  Remarks at the Middle East Policy Forum; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; George Washington University; Washington, DC
--09/24/08  Remarks With Qatar Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jasim bin Jabir Al Thani Before Their Meeting ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York City
--09/22/08  Remarks With Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit Before Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York City
--09/19/08  President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Nasser Al-Sabah of Kuwait; President Bush, Prime Minister Nasser Al-Sabah; The White House Oval Office; Washington, DC
--09/18/08  Remarks on the Situation in the Middle East, Including the Palestinian Question, the Attack in Yemen and Other Matters; Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks to the media following a Security Council Stakeout; New York City
--09/17/08  Attack on Embassy Sana'a; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--09/17/08  Statement on Terrorist Bombing on U.S. Embassy Sana'a; Rosemary DiCarlo, U.S. Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs; Remarks to the media following a Security Council Stakeout; New York City
--09/12/08  Briefing on Developments in the Iraqi Refugee Admissions and Assistance Programs; James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues Ambassador ; Washington, DC 
--09/11/08  Remarks on Burma and Iran; Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks to the media following a Security Council Stakeout; New York, New York
--09/11/08  Statement on Iran Sanctions and the 1737 Committee; Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks in the Security Council; New York, New York
--09/10/08  Briefing on a Treasury Designation Under Executive Order 13382; Patricia McNerney, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation; Washington, DC
--09/07/08  Remarks with Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Foreign Ministry; Rabat, Morocco
--09/06/08  Interview With Zain Verjee of CNN; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Tripoli, Libya
--09/06/08  Remarks En Route to Algiers, Algeria; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Algiers, Algeria
--09/06/08  Remarks after Meeting with Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Algiers, Algeria
--09/06/08  Remarks after Meeting with Tunisian President Ben Ali; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Tunis, Tunisia
--09/06/08  Roundtable with Travel Press; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Ambassador's Residence; Algiers, Algeria
--09/05/08  Interview With Erin Burnett of CNBC; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Tripoli, Libya
--09/05/08  Remarks En Route Tripoli, Libya with Traveling Press; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route Tripoli, Libya
--09/03/08  Briefing On the History of Libya's WMD Effort and Dismantlement Program and Libya's Renunciation of Terrorism; Paula A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation ; Washington, DC
--09/02/08  Anbar Province Sets the Example for All of Iraq; Ma'amoun Sami Rasheed , Governor of Anbar Province; Via Digital Videoconference; Anbar Province, Iraq
--09/02/08  Special Briefing On U.S.-Libya Relations;  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs ; Washington, DC
--08/26/08  Remarks With Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Inbal Hotel; Jerusalem
--08/25/08  Remarks En Route Tel Aviv, Israel; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route Tel Aviv, Israel 
--08/21/08  Remarks With Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Baghdad, Iraq
--08/15/08  Briefing on the U.S-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement;  C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Washington, DC
--08/07/08  Remarks on Iraq, Pakistan, Iran and Zimbabwe; Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks to the media following a Security Council Stakeout; New York City
--08/06/08  Interview With Mike Allen of The Politico and Yahoo! News; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--08/06/08  Statement on Behalf of Multinational Force in Iraq, (MNF-I); Amb. Alejandro Wolff, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks to the Security Council; New York City 
--07/31/08  President Bush Discusses Iraq; President Bush; Released by the White House, Office of the Press Secretary; Washington, DC 
--07/30/08  Remarks Before Meeting With Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/29/08  Policy Podcast: Democracy Promotion in the Middle East
--07/29/08  Remarks With Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini After Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/22/08  Statement on the Situation in the Middle East; Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Remarks to the Security Council; New York City
--07/18/08  Interview With CNN's Wolf Blitzer; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/09/08  U.S. Policy Toward Iran; William J. Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Opening Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC 
--07/02/08  Remarks on Zimbabwe, Iraq, North Korea, Burma, and Iran; Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks to the media following a Security Council Stakeout; New York City

April-June
--06/27/08  Update on IDP and USAID Mission Activities in Iraq; Denise Herbol , USAID Iraq Deputy Mission Director; Washington, DC
--06/25/08  President Bush Meets with President Talabani of Iraq; President Bush, President Talabani; White House Oval Office; Washington, DC
--06/24/08  Statement by Ambassador Ryan Crocker on the Death in Baghdad of State Department Employee Steven Farley; Baghdad, Iraq
--06/24/08  Condolences for Our Colleagues in Iraq; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Berlin, Germany
--06/24/08  Remarks at Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and Rule of Law; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Berlin, Germany
--06/16/08  Remarks After meeting With Lebanese Parliamentary Speaker Nabih Berri; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Ain el-Tineh; Beirut, Lebanon
--06/16/08  Remarks After Meeting With Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Fouad Siniora; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Grand Serail; Beirut, Lebanon
--06/16/08  Remarks After Meeting With Lebanese Parliament Member Saad Hariri; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Beirut, Lebanon
--06/16/08  Remarks After Meeting With Lebanese President Michel Suleiman; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Baabda Palace; Beirut, Lebanon
--06/14/08  Remarks to the Traveling Press; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En route Tel Aviv, Israel
--06/15/08  Remarks With Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Jerusalem
--06/15/08  Remarks With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Ramallah
--06/15/08  Roundtable with Traveling Press; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Jerusalem
--06/05/08  Briefing on Recent Developments In Iraq; Amb. Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Washington, DC
--06/03/08  Remarks At the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Walter E. Washington Convention Center; Washington, DC
--06/03/08  Latest Developments in the Iraqi Refugee Admissions Program; James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues Ambassador; On-The-Record Briefing; Washington, DC
--05/29/08  Remarks at The Iraq Compact Conference; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Stockholm, Sweden
--05/25/08  President Bush Congratulates Michel Sleiman on Election as President of Lebanon; Released by the White House, Office of the Press Secretary; Washington, DC
--05/21/08  Briefing on Lebanon and Other Middle East Issues; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs ; Washington, DC
--05/21/08  United States Welcomes the Doha Agreement on Lebanon; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/18/08  Press Briefing by Secretary Rice Aboard Air Force One; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland
--05/04/08  Joint Press Availability with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Jerusalem
--05/04/08  Joint Press Availability with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Ramallah
--05/03/08  Moving Forward on the Tracks of the Annapolis Conference; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route Tel Aviv, Israel
--05/02/08  Remarks After The Quartet Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; London, England
--05/01/08  Meetings in London; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route to London, England
--04/29/08  Remarks With U.S. Business Leaders and the U.S.-Palestinian Partnership After Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
--04/24/08  President Bush Meets with President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority; Released by the White House, Office of the Press Secretary; Washington, DC
--04/21/08  Remarks With Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid Al Khalifa; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Manama, Bahrain
--04/20/08  Moving Forward in Iraq; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Remarks en route Baghdad, Iraq ; Baghdad, Iraq
--04/20/08  Remarks With Iraqi President Jalal Talabani; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Baghdad, Iraq
--04/20/08  Remarks With U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Roundtable with Press; Baghdad, Iraq
--04/20/08  Remarks at the Embassy of the United States, Baghdad, Iraq; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Baghdad, Iraq
--04/19/08  Trip Briefing; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route Shannon, Ireland
--04/18/08  Remarks at Ceremony Commemorating 25th Anniversary of Embassy Beriut Bombing; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Awkar, Lebanon
--04/18/08  Remarks at Commemorative Ceremony on the 25th Anniversary of the Bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon; Robert S. Dillon, Fomer Ambassador to Lebanon (1981-1983); Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
--04/17/08  On-the-Record Briefing by Secretary Rice; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--04/14/08  Interview With Valorie Lawson of WSFA; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Montgomery, Alabama
--04/11/08  Policy Podcast: Interview of Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs C. David Welch
--04/10/08  Update from U.S. Embassy in Iraq; Philip Reeker, Counselor to Ambassador Ryan Crocker; U.S. Embassy Baghdad
--04/09/08  Briefing on the Latest Developments in the Iraqi Refugee Admissions Program; Amb. James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues ; Washington, DC

January-March
--03/31/08  Remarks With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Amman, Jordan
--03/25/08  President Bush Meets with His Majesty King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa of Bahrain; White House Oval Office; Washington, DC
--03/23/08  Remarks by Vice President Cheney and Palestinian Authority President Abbas; Muqata, Ramallah
--03/23/08  Remarks by Vice President Cheney and President Peres of Israel in Press Availability; Presidential Residence; Jerusalem
--03/22/08  Remarks by Vice President Cheney and Prime Minister Olmert of Israel in Press Availability; Prime Minister's Residence; Jerusalem
--03/19/08  President Bush Discusses Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terror ; The Pentagon; Washington, DC
--03/18/08  Remarks by Vice President Cheney and Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani After Meeting; KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's Private Office; Irbil, Iraq
--03/18/08  Vice President Cheney's Remarks in Rally with Troops; Holt Memorial Stadium; Balad Air Force Base, Iraq
--03/17/08  Remarks by Vice President Cheney and Prime Minister Maliki of Iraq in Photo Opportunity; Maliki Residence; Baghdad, Iraq
--03/17/08  Remarks by Vice President Cheney and Sayyed Abdul-Aziz Al-Hakim, Chairman of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq; Hakim Compound; Baghdad, Iraq
--03/17/08  Remarks by Vice President Cheney, General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker in Press Availability; U.S. Embassy; Baghdad, Iraq
--03/10/08  Reception in Honor of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to Introduce Sada Cumber, U.S. Special Envoy to the OIC ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
--03/07/08  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to Host Reception in Honor of the Member States of the Organization of the Islamic Conference
--03/06/08  Condolences on Attack against Rabbinical Students ; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--03/06/08  Emergency Supplemental Request for Iraq and Afghanistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State ; Statement Before the House Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
--03/06/08  Recent USAID Developments in Iraq; James Kunder, Acting Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--03/04/08  Joint Press Availability with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Cairo, Egypt
--03/04/08  Press Availability with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Ramallah
--03/03/08  Briefing en Route Brussels; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Brussels, Belgium
--02/28/08  Press Availability in Tokyo; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Tokyo, Japan
--02/21/08  U.S. Policy and Developments in the Middle East; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--02/14/08  Anniversary of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's Assassination; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--02/13/08  What We Need Next in Iraq; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Op-Ed With Secretary of Defense Robert Gates; The Washington Post
--02/11/08  U.S.-Palestinian Partnership; Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance; Remarks on Current Activities on the U,S.-Palestinian Partnership; Washington, DC
--02/04/08  Briefing on Developments in the Iraqi Refugee and Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) Admissions Programs; Washington, DC
--01/29/08  Remarks on the Situation in the Middle East and Kenya; Amb. Alejandro D. Wolff, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks to the media following a Security Council Stakeout; New York City
--01/16/08  Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Leader Louis Lantner on Progress in Iraq
--01/15/08  Remarks With Saudi Arabia Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Conference Palace Hotel; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
--01/15/08  Remarks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Baghdad, Iraq
--01/09/08  President Bush Meets With Israeli President Peres; President's Residence; Jerusalem
--01/09/08  Remarks by President Bush in Arrival Ceremony; President Bush; Ben Gurion International Airport; Tel Aviv, Israel
--01/09/08  Remarks on Sudan and Lebanon; Amb. Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN; Remarks to the media following a Security Council Stakeout; New York City
--01/08/08  Briefing on Reconstruction Progress in Iraq; Kristin Hagerstrom, Ramadi Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team Leader; Washington, DC
--01/08/08  President Bush Participates in Video Teleconference with Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team Leaders and Brigade Combat Commanders; Washington, DC
--01/07/08  Print Roundtable ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--01/07/08  Interview With Gil Tamary of Israel's Channel 10; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--01/07/08  Interview With Lukeman Ahmed of BBC Arabic Television; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC null
--01/03/08  President's Radio Address; President Bush; Washington, DC

  
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