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| Congressional Testimony2008 On June 18, 2008, two members of the OIG inspection team that produced the Rule of Law Review for Afghanistan, (ISP-I-08-09, published January 2008) appeared as witnesses in a hearing before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs. The hearing focused on the rule of law and the GAO's recent report on police training in Afghanistan. Frank Ward (Deputy AIG-Inspections) and Erich Hart (OIG General Counsel and member of the inspection team), testified about the team's findings and recommendations. After OIG and GAO concluded their testimony as the first panel, a second panel comprised of DOS-INL, DoD, USAID, and DOJ testified. Chairman John Tierney (D-MA), quoted from OIG's report and testimony during the second panel and furthermore complimented OIG's report and participation during the hearing. --06/18/08 Oversight of U.S. Efforts to Train and Equip Police and Enhance the Justice System in Afghanistan; David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee; Washington, DC --06/18/08 The Caucasus: Frozen Conflicts and Closed Borders; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --06/12/08 Agreement Between the United States and Russia for Cooperation in the Field of Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy; John C. Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --06/12/08 U.S.-Japan Relations: Partnership and Progress; Alexander A. Arvizu, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --06/10/08 An Overview of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia; Glyn Davies, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs of the House Committee on Natural Resources; Washington, DC --06/09/08 An Overview of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and Palau; Glyn Davies, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs of the House Committee on Natural Resources; Washington, DC --06/05/08 China in Africa: Implications for U.S. Policy; Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, James Swan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; Washington, DC --06/05/08 The Merida Initiative: Examining U.S. Efforts to Combat Transnational Criminal Organizations; David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism of the House Homeland Security Committee; Washington, DC --05/20/08 Burma in the Aftermath of Cyclone Nargis: Death, Displacement, and Humanitarian Aid; Scot Marciel, Ambassador to ASEAN and Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs ; Washington, DC --05/20/08 Pakistan's Fata Challenge: Securing One of the World's Most Dangerous Areas; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --05/15/08 U.S.-China Relations in the Era of Globalization; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Opening Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --05/15/08 U.S.-Vietnam Cooperation on Issues Related to Agent Orange; Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --05/14/08 U.S. Response to the Global Food Crisis: New Approaches; Henrietta H. Fore, Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator; Opening statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --05/08/08 Central America and the Merida Initiative; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC --05/08/08 Looking Forward to the Medvedev Administration in Russia; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC --05/07/08 Remarks on Nuclear Terrorism Convention, the Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf, and the Amendment to the Convention on Physical Protection of Nuclear Material; Patricia A. McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and Nonproliferation ; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --04/28/08 Nominee to Become Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Ambassador William J. Burns; Opening Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --04/24/08 Iran's Nuclear Ambitions; Patricia McNerney, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security and Nonproliferation; Testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security; Washington, DC --04/23/08 A New Beginning for the U.S.-South Korea Strategic Alliance; Alexander A. Arvizu, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific ; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment ; Washington, DC --04/23/08 The Bucharest Summit and the Way Forward for NATO; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe; Washington, DC --04/23/08 The Crisis in Tibet: Finding the Path to Peace; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State ; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sub-Committee on Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC --04/16/08 Challenges Combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing ; David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks Before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Oceans; Washington, DC --04/15/08 Building Partnership Capacity and Development of the Interagency Process; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC --04/09/08 President's FY 2009 International Affairs Budget Request; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Statement Before the Senate Appropriations Committee; Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs --04/03/08 Sustainable International Fisheries; David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries; Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Washington, DC --04/02/08 Hearing on Science Diplomacy; Nina Fedoroff, Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State and the Administrator of USAID; Testimony Before the House Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education; Washington, DC --04/02/08 International Science and Technology Cooperation; Jeff Miotke, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Space, and Health; Before the Subcommittee on Research, Science Education, House Committee on Science and Technology; United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC --04/02/08 Making Science Diplomacy More Effective; Nina V. Fedoroff, Ph.D., Science and Technology Adviser to the Secretary of State and the Administrator of USAID; Testimony Before the House Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education; Hearing on Science Diplomacy --03/18/08 Shaping China's Global Choices Through Diplomacy; Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the U.S. - China Economic and Security Review Commission; Washington, DC --03/12/08 President's 2009 International Affairs Budget; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs ; Washington, DC --03/12/08 Hearing on Agencies in Peril: Are We Doing Enough to Protect Federal IT and Secure Sensitive Information?; Susan Swart, Chief Information Officer, Bureau of Information Resource Management; Testimony Before the Senate Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Washington, DC --03/12/08 The Balkans After the Independence of Kosovo and on the Eve of NATO Enlargement; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC --03/12/08 U.S.-Vietnam Bilateral Relations; Christopher R, Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations --03/11/08 Evaluating U.S. Policy Objectives and Options on the Horn of Africa; Jendayi E. Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa; Washington, DC --03/11/08 NATO: Enlargement and Effectiveness; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; 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 --03/05/08 Poaching American Security: Impacts of Illegal Wildlife Trade; Claudia A. McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Statement before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources; Washington, DC --03/05/08 With Castro Stepping Down, What's Next for Cuba and the Western Hemisphere? ; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs ; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere of House of Representatives; Washington, DC --03/04/08 FY 2009 Budget Hearing for Foreign Assistance; Henrietta H. Fore, U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance and Administrator of USAID; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC --03/04/08 Kosovo: The Balkans' Moment of Truth?; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --02/28/08 Recent Developments in Pakistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary; The Deputy Secretary's Written Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --02/28/08 U.S. Policy Options in Post-Election Pakistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Written Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --02/27/08 Climate Change and Vulnerable Societies: A Post-Bali Overview; Harlan L. Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative; Written Statement Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC --02/27/08 FY 2009 Budget Hearing for Foreign Assistance; Henrietta H. Fore, U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance and Administrator of USAID; Testimony before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies of the House Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC --02/14/08 The United States and Cambodia: Bilateral Relations and Bilateral Debt; Scot Marciel,Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs ; Tesimony Before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment House Foreign Affairs Committee ; Washington, DC --02/14/08 U.S. Policy in Afghanistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC --02/13/08 International Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 2009; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --02/13/08 President's FY 2009 International Affairs Budget Request; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --02/07/08 Taking Stock: Combating Anti-Semitism in the OSCE Region; Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism; Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC --02/07/08 The Immediate and Underlying Causes and Consequences of Flawed Democracy in Kenya; Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Testimony Before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC --02/06/08 Status of the Six-Party Talks for the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --02/06/08 The Political Crisis in Kenya: A Call for Justice and Peaceful Resolution; James Swan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Africa and Global Health Subcommittee Hearing; Washington, DC --01/31/08 Afghanistan: A Plan to Turn the Tide; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secreatary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks Before the Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC 2007 --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 and Central America; David T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate; Washington, DC --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 U.S.-Greece Relations and Regional Issues; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Testimony on U.S.-Greek Relations Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe; Washington, DC --11/13/07 International Climate Change Negotiations; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Written Testimony Submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --11/13/07 International Climate Change Negotiations; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs; Oral Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --11/07/07 Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Opening Statement Before House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --11/06/07 Human Rights Concerns in Vietnam; Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC --11/05/07 Twenty-First Century Security in the OSCE Region; David J. Kramer, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC --10/31/07 Trafficking in China; Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Congressional Human Rights Caucus Briefing; Washington, DC --10/30/07 Nominee to be Under Secretary of State for Management; Patrick F. Kennedy, Nominee for Under Secretary of State for Management; Opening Statement Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --10/30/07 Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations: Learning from the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Experience; John E. Herbst, Coordinator for Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization; Statement Before House Armed Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; Washington, DC --10/25/07 The State Department and the Iraq War; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Washington, DC --10/24/07 Exploring the U.S. Role in Consolidating Peace and Democracy in the Great Lakes Region; Jendayi E. Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Remarks to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs ; Washington, DC --10/24/07 U.S. Policy in the Middle East; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --10/04/07 Counternarcotics Strategy and Police Training in Afghanistan; Thomas A. Schweich, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee; Washington, DC --10/04/07 Counternarcotics Strategy and Police Training in Afghanistan; Thomas A. Schweich, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee; Washington, DC --10/03/07 America's Role in Addressing Outstanding Holocaust Issues; J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues; Testimony Before House Foreign Affairs Committee European Subcommittee; Washington, DC --10/03/07 America's Role in Addressing Outstanding Holocaust Issues; J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues; Testimony Before House Foreign Affairs Committee European Subcommittee; Washington, DC --10/03/07 Burma's Saffron Revolution; Scot Marciel, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committe --10/03/07 Testimony on Darfur before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Jendayi E. Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Testimony on Darfur before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Washington, DC --10/02/07 Hearing on Private Security Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan; Ambassador David M. Satterfield, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq; Statement Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Washington, DC --10/02/07 "Ethiopia and the State of Democracy: Effects on Human Rights and Humanitarian Conditions in the Ogaden and Somalia"; Jendayi E. Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Africa and Global Health Subcommittee Hearing; Washington, DC --09/27/07 The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Written Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --09/26/07 President's FY 2008 Supplemental Request for the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Statement for the Record on Blackwater Before the Senate Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC --09/20/07 U.S. Assistance in East Asia and the Pacific: An Overview; Glyn Davies, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; House Committee on Foreign Affairs --09/10/07 Report to U.S. House of Representatives on the Situation in Iraq: Ambassador Crocker; Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq; Joint Hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services; Washington, DC --09/10/07 Report to U.S. House of Representatives on the Situation in Iraq: General Petraeus; General David H. Petraeus, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq; Joint Hearing of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Armed Services; Washington, DC --08/01/07 Exploring the U.S. Africa Command and a New Strategic Relationship with Africa; Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa; Washington, DC --08/01/07 The Impact of Coup-Related Sanctions on Thailand and Fiji: Helpful or Harmful to U.S. Relations?; Glyn T. Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; Washington, DC --07/31/07 Nuclear Energy and Nonproliferation Challenges; Dr. Andrew Semmel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --07/26/07 Exports Controls: Are We Protecting Security and Facilitating Exports?; Stephen D. Mull, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Washington, DC --07/26/07 Testimony on the Construction Workers Camp at the New Embassy Compound (NEC), Baghdad; House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign affairs; Washington, DC --07/25/07 An Overview of the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Are Changes Needed? ; C. Steven McGann, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washigton, DC --07/25/07 Statement on U.S.-Pakistan Relations; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Committee On Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC --07/24/07 Confirmation Hearing; Henrietta Holsman Fore , Acting Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance and Acting Administrator of USAID; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; 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 --07/17/07 Democracy in Sub-Saharan Africa; Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC --07/12/07 U.S. and Pakistan Relations and Cooperation: Key to Regional Stability; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC --07/11/07 Hearing on: "The Kyoto Protocol: An Update"; Dr. Harlan L. Watson, Senior Climate Negotiator and Special Representative; Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, United States House of Representatives ; Washington, DC --06/22/07 The Future of NATO: How Valuable an Asset?"; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC --06/21/07 Russia and U.S.-Russia Relations; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Remarks before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --06/13/07 The United States-South Korea FTA: The Foreign Policy Implications; Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, ; Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade --06/12/07 Hearing on Foreign Assistance Reform; Henrietta H. Fore, Acting U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance and Acting Administrator of USAID; Testimony before Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC --06/12/07 President's Nominee to be the Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; Reuben Jeffery III, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; Washington, DC --06/07/07 Nigeria at a Crossroads: Elections, Legitimacy and a Way Forward; Jendayi E. Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health; Washington, DC --06/06/07 U.S. Policy Challenges in North Africa; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --05/24/07 Russia: In Transition or Intransigent?; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the Helsinki Commission; Washington, DC --05/22/07 Nominee to be Ambassador to Malaysia; James R. Keith, Ambassador-Designate To Malaysia ; Statement to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC --05/22/07 Nominee to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Hans G. Klemm, Ambassador-Designate to The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste; Statement before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC --05/22/07 Nominee to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia; Miriam K. Hughes, Ambassador Designate to Micronesia ; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; Washington, DC --05/22/07 Nominee to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia; Cameron Hume, Ambassador-Designate to Indonesia; Statement to the U.S. Senate Committee On Foreign Relations; Washington, DC --05/21/07 Africa's Water Crises and the U.S. Response; Claudia McMurray, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Testimony Before the Foreign Affair's Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health House of Representatives; Washington, DC --05/10/07 Resources for Transformational Diplomacy; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; Washington, DC --05/09/07 U.S. Efforts To End Modern-Day Slavery; Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC --05/03/07 Do the United States and Europe Need a Missile Defense System?; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Washington, DC --05/01/07 Review of the State Department's 2006 Country Reports; Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Written Submission for the Record to the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight; Washington, DC --05/01/07 The Future of Political, Economic and Security Relations with China; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; 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 President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator ; Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC --04/24/07 Testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Mark Dybul, Ambassador, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator ; 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 --04/19/07 Testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Washington, DC --04/17/07 The Outlook for the Independence of Kosovo; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of Political Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC --04/11/07 Darfur: A 'Plan B' to Stop Genocide?; Andrew S. Natsios, President's Special Envoy to Sudan; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --04/11/07 Opening Statement on Sudan Before The Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Andrew Natsios, Special Envoy To Sudan; Washington, DC --03/29/07 United States Policy Toward Iran; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --03/28/07 Testimony on FY 2008 Foreign Assistance Budget ; Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance and Administrator of USAID; Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies of the Senate Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC --03/27/07 Statement on the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget for International Organizations and Peacekeeping; Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs; Statement before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC --03/27/07 U.S.-China Relations; Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; Washington, DC --03/26/07 Iraqi Volunteers; Iraqi Refugees: What Is America's Obligation?; Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC --03/22/07 Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health; Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Washington, DC --03/21/07 International Affairs FY 2008 Budget; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC --03/21/07 Minimizing Potential Threats from Iran: Assessing the Effectiveness of Current U.S. Sanctions on Iran; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Washington, DC --03/20/07 Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Chad and the Central African Republic: The Regional Impact of the Darfur Crisis; James Swan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Washington, DC --03/15/07 U.S. Policy Toward South Pacific Island Nations, including Australia and New Zealand; Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC --03/15/07 U.S.-Turkish Relations and the Challenges Ahead; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe ; Washington, DC --03/15/07 U.S.-Turkish Relations and the Challenges Ahead ; General Joseph Ralston (USAF, retired), Special Envoy Countering the Kurdistan Worker's Party ; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe; Washington, DC --03/14/07 Extrajudicial Killings in the Philippines: Strategies to End the Violence; Eric G. John, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC --03/13/07 The Status of Negotiations Between the Dalai Lama's Representatives and the Chinese Government; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs and Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --03/06/07 United States Policy Toward Iran; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; 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 --02/28/07 North Korea and the Current Status of Six-Party Agreement; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --02/08/07 International Affairs Budget for FY 2008; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --02/08/07 Testimony on Sudan Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Andrew Natsios, President's Special Envoy to Sudan; Washington, DC --02/07/07 International Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 2008; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC --02/06/07 Establishing a Comprehensive Stabilization, Reconstruction and Counterterrorism Strategy for Somalia; Dr. Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa on Somalia; Washington, DC --02/02/07 The State of U.S.-China Diplomacy; Thomas J. Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Remarks Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (delivered by John Norris, Director of the Office of Chinese and Mongolian Affairs on Mr. Christensen's behalf); Washington, DC --01/11/07 Iraq: A New Way Forward; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC --01/11/07 Annual Threat Assessment and U.S. National Security Challenges; John D. Negroponte, Director of National Intelligence; Statement for the Record to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Washington, DC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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