2008

--07/17/08  Venezuela: Looking Ahead; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
--07/02/08  Policy Podcast: Merida Initiative
--07/01/08  The Merida Initiative: Our Partnership Moves Forward; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--06/23/08  EU Lifts Restrictive Measures on Cuba; Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Roundtable with Spanish Press; Washington, DC
--06/10/08  U.S. Diplomacy in the Americas; Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks at a Breakfast Discussion Hosted by the Center for Hemispheric Policy; Coral Gables, Florida 
--05/20/08  A Day of Solidarity With the Cuban People; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; 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
--04/18/08  Discussion on the Security and Prosperity Partnership; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America and Council of the Americas; Washington, DC
--04/03/08  Building an Enduring Engagement in Latin America ; Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Americas Society, Council of the Americas; New York, NY
--03/14/08  Press Availabilty in Santiago, Chile; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Ambassador’s Residence; Santiago, Chile
--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
--02/12/08  Policy Podcast: Update on Western Hemisphere Affairs; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs ; Interview With Department Spokesman Sean McCormack; Washington, DC
--02/07/08  U.S. Obligations under the Merida Initiative; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--01/30/08  Roundtable With Journalists on Secretary Rice's Trip to Colombia in Support of the Colombia Free Trade Agreement; Thomas Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--01/23/08  Advance Briefing of the Secretary’s Trip to Colombia
--01/22/08  The Western Hemisphere: 2007 in Review and Looking Ahead to 2008; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC