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Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs
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Remarks
2005
 - October-December
 - July-September
 - April-June
 - January-March
  

2005 Remarks About Near Eastern Affairs

October-December
--12/18/05  Address to the Nation on Iraq; President George W. Bush; The Oval Office; Washington, DC
--12/15/05  Iraqi Out-Of-Country Voters; President George W. Bush; The Oval Office; Washington, DC
--12/14/05  Iraqi Elections and the War on Terror; President George W. Bush; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Washington, DC
--12/12/05  The War on Terror and Upcoming Iraqi Elections; President George W. Bush; Park Hyatt Philadelphia; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
--12/07/05  The War on Terror and Rebuilding Iraq; President George W. Bush; Omni Shoreham Hotel; Washington, DC
--11/30/05  President Outlines Strategy for Victory in Iraq; President George W. Bush; United States Naval Academy; Annapolis, Maryland
--10/28/05  Interview by Michael Hirsch of Newsweek; Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Washington, DC
--10/24/05  Interview by Al Arabiya; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--10/21/05  Recent Developments in the Middle East; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
--10/20/05  President Welcomes Palestinian President Abbas to the White House; President Bush, Palestinian President Abbas; The Rose Garden; Washington, DC
--10/18/05  Iraq: Post Referendum Update; Ambassador James Jeffrey, Sr., Adviser for Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC

July-September
--09/14/05  President Meets With Prime Minister Sharon of Israel at United Nations; UN Headquarters; New York City
--09/13/05  President Welcomes President Talabani of Iraq to the White House; President George W. Bush; The East Room; Washington, DC
--09/12/05  Completion of Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--09/12/05  U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad on Reconstruction Efforts
--09/04/05  Politics Breaks Out In Iraq; Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Op-Ed; The Washington Post
--08/24/05  Gaza Disengagement Update; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--08/23/05  President Discusses Iraqi Constitution With Press Pool; President Bush; Tamarack Resort; Donnelly, Idaho
--08/16/05  Interview on CNN; Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq
--08/16/05  Interview on CNN International; Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq
--08/16/05  Interview on Fox & Friends; Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq
--08/16/05  U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad On MSNBC
--08/11/05  President Meets with Defense and Foreign Policy Teams ; President George W. Bush; Bush Ranch; Crawford, Texas
--07/28/05  Interview on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/19/05  Remarks from Secretary Rice's Travel to Africa and Middle East
--07/06/05  Remarks from Deputy Secretary Zoellick's Travel to Sudan, Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq

April-June
--06/28/05  Iraq and the Global War on Terror; President George W. Bush; Address to the Nation; Fort Bragg, North Carolina
--06/28/05  Interview on Fox & Friends; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York, New York
--06/28/05  Interview on ABC's Good Morning America; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York, New York
--06/28/05  Interview on NBC's Today Show; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; New York, New York
--06/24/05  Remarks With Iraqi Prime Minister Jaafari at the White House; President George W. Bush; The East Room; Washington, DC
--06/17/05  Remarks from Secretary Rice's Travel to Middle East and Europe
--06/16/05  Secretary Rice Travelling to the Middle East and Europe; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/16/05  Iranian Elections; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--06/16/05  Remarks After Her Press Conference; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/13/05  Interview With Chris Matthews of MSNBC's Hardball; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/09/05  Interview on PBS's Charlie Rose; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--06/07/05  Remarks at the American Turkish Council's Annual Meeting; Robert Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State; Mandarin Oriental Hotel; Washington, DC
--06/07/05  Priorities for U.S. Policy in Iraq; Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador-designate to Iraq; Statement Submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--06/06/05  Interview With Voice of America Persian Service; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; London, United Kingdom
--06/02/05  Remarks With European Union Presidency Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and EU High Representative Javier Solana; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
--06/01/05  Remarks With Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari After Their Meeting ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/27/05  Remarks at the Commonwealth Club; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Davies Symphony Hall; San Francisco, CA
--05/26/05  President Bush Meets With Palestinian President Abbas; President George W. Bush; The Rose Garden, The White House; Washington, DC
--05/26/05  Interview With Al Hunt, Janine Zacharia and Matt Winkler of Bloomberg News; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/25/05  Interview With Peter Mackler and Christophe de Roquefeuil of Agence France-Presse; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/24/05  Business Women as Reform Leaders; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Global Affairs; Keynote Address at Arab Businesswomen Summit; Tunis, Tunisia
--05/24/05  Saudi Arabia, the United States, and Political Reform in the Arab World; Philip Zelikow, Counselor of the Department; Remarks at Conference on U.S.-Saudi Relations; Washington, DC
--05/23/05  Remarks at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's Annual Policy Conference; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington Convention Center; Washington, DC
--05/20/05  Remarks With His Excellency Barham Salih, Minister of Planning of the Republic of Iraq; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
--05/19/05  Palestinian Refugees; Richard L. Greene, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration; Statement at the UNRWA Donors Conference; Amman, Jordan
--05/19/05  Remarks from First Lady Laura Bush's Trip to the Middle East
--05/19/05  Remarks with the Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheik Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Sabah After Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/19/05  United States' Policy Toward Iran; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--05/18/05  Swearing-In Ceremony for the Director and Deputy Director of National Intelligence; President George W. Bush; New Executive Office Building Courtyard; Washington, DC
--05/18/05  New Hope for Prosperity Through Economic and Political Reform in the Broader Middle East and North Africa; E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs; Broader Middle East and North Africa Trade and Development Finance Conference; Amman, Jordan
--05/18/05  Remarks from Deputy Secretary Zoellick's Travel to Iraq and Jordan
--05/17/05  Remarks with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw After Meeting ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--05/16/05  UN Oil-for-Food Program; Grerald C. Anderson, Director, Office of Peacekeeping, Sanctions and Counterterrorism, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Statement before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; Washington, DC
--05/15/05  Remarks from Secretary Rice's Travel to Iraq
--05/12/05  On Respect for the Holy Koran; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Remarks before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State,; Foreign Operations and Related Programs
--05/10/05  Ministers Named to Remaining Iraq Cabinet Positions; Tom Casey, Acting Spokesman; Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing; Washington, DC
--05/09/05  Remarks With Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, and European Union President Jean Asselborn After Their Quartet Meeting ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Moscow, Russia
--05/03/05  Swearing-in of New Iraq Government; Richard Boucher, Spokesman; Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing; Washington, DC
--04/28/05  Iraqi Transitional Government; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Santiago, Chile
--04/28/05  President Congratulates New Iraqi Leaders; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--04/25/05  Joint Statement by President Bush and Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah; Crawford, Texas
--04/25/05  Press Briefing With National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley on the President's Visit With the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Crawford Middle School ; Crawford, Texas
--04/21/05  First Director of National Intelligence Confirmed; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--04/20/05  The Middle East and the United Nations; Philo L. Dibble, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia; Washington, DC
--04/14/05  Remarks on the Appointment of James Wolfensohn as Special Envoy for Gaza Disengagement ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
--04/12/05  Terrorism and Iraq; President George W. Bush; Remarks to Troops; Fort Hood, Texas
--04/11/05  Remarks With Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon; President George W. Bush; Prairie Chapel Ranch; Crawford, Texas
--04/11/05  Remarks from Deputy Secretary Zoellick's Travel to Norway, Middle East, and Sudan
--04/06/05  President Congratulates Iraq's Transitional National Assembly; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--04/05/05  Remarks on President Bush's Intention to Nominate Zalmay Khalilzad as Ambassador to Iraq; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
--04/02/05  President's Radio Address on U.S. Intelligence Capabilities; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC

January-March
--03/31/05  America's Intelligence Capabilities and Weapons of Mass Destruction; President George W. Bush; Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building; Washington, DC
--03/29/05  Freedom and Democracy in Iraq; President George W. Bush; The Rose Garden, The White House; Washington, DC
--03/27/05  The Role of Information and Communications Technologies and Promoting UAE-U.S. Dialogue; Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy; American University in Dubai; Dubai, UAE
--03/25/05  The Role of Information and Communications Technologies and Promoting Yemen-U.S. Dialogue; Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy; University of Science and Technology; Sanaa, Yemen
--03/23/05  The Role of Information and Communications Technologies and Promoting Qatar-U.S. Dialogue; Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy; Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar ; Doha, Qatar
--03/19/05  President's Radio Address on Iraq; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--03/16/05  President Congratulates Iraqis on Assembly; President George W. Bush; Press Conference; Washington, DC
--03/08/05  Remarks With Mrs. Laura Bush and Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky at the Conference of Women Leaders on the Occasion of International Women's Day; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Benjamin Franklin Room ; Washington, DC
--02/28/05  Statements from Secretary Rice's Trip to London Meeting on Supporting the Palestinian Authority
--02/16/05  Death of Former Prime Minister of Lebanon; William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Statement at Foreign Affairs Ministry; Beirut, Lebanon
--02/16/05  Press Conference Following Meeting With Patriarch Mar Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir; William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs; Bkerki, Lebanon
--02/03/05  Secretary Rice's Remarks from Travel to the Middle East
--01/31/05  Economic Integration; David M. Hale, U.S. Charge d'Affaires; Remarks to American Chamber of Commerce in Jordan Executive Luncheon; Hyatt Hotel, Amman, Jordan
--01/30/05  Interview on CNN's Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--01/30/05  Interview on CBS' Face the Nation With Bob Schieffer; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--01/30/05  Remarks Outside the CBS Studio; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--01/30/05  Interview on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulos and Peter Jennings; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--01/30/05  Interview on Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--01/30/05  Congratulating Iraqis on Election; President George W. Bush; The Cross Hall, The White House; Washington, DC
--01/29/05  President's Radio Address on Iraq; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--01/28/05  President Thanks Secretary of State Rice at Swearing-In Ceremony
--01/23/05  Ambassador John Negroponte on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos
--01/23/05  Ambassador John Negroponte on CBS's Face the Nation with Bob Schieffer
--01/23/05  Ambassador John Negroponte on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer
--01/23/05  Ambassador John Negroponte on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace
--01/23/05  Ambassador John Negroponte on NBC's Meet The Press With Tim Russert
--01/13/05  Interview on The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--01/12/05  Status of the Out-of-Country Voting Program for Iraqi Citizens in the United States and the Accelerating Pace of Preparations for Elections in Iraq; Ambassador Michael Kozak , Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Special Briefing; Washington, DC
--01/09/05  Interview on CNN's Late Edition with Wolf Blitzer; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--01/09/05  Palestinian Elections; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--01/02/05  Interview on NBC's Meet the Press With Tim Russert; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC

  
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