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Special Briefings: 2012


May
-05/24/12  Briefing on the Release of the 2011 Human Rights Reports;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC
-05/21/12  Humanitarian Assistance to Yemen;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Clements, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-05/18/12  Press Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on Food Security; Washington, DC
-05/17/12  Background Briefing on Burma; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-05/11/12  Senior Administration Officials on Bahrain; Via Teleconference
-05/04/12  Backgrounder with Senior State Department of Officials; Beijing, China
-05/03/12  Background Briefing by Senior State Department Official; Diaoyutai; Beijing, China
-05/03/12  United States Ambassador to China Gary Locke Briefs the Press;  Ambassador Gary Locke, China; Diaoyutai; Beijing, China
-05/02/12  Background Briefing With Senior State Department Officials on Chen Guangcheng; Beijing, China
-05/02/12  Briefing on the Russian Ministry of Defense Conference on Missile Defense in Moscow;  Special Envoy for Strategic Stability and Missile Defense Ellen Tauscher; Via Teleconference


April
-04/26/12  Background Briefing on the U.S. Military Realignment in Japan; The Pentagon; Arlington, VA
-04/26/12  Humanitarian Assistance to People Affected by the Conflict in Syria;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Clements, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-04/23/12  U.S.-Iraq Joint Coordinating Committee on Energy;  Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Carlos Pascual; Washington, DC
-04/19/12  Briefing on Recent Developments in Sudan and South Sudan; via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-04/04/12  Background Briefing on Burma; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-04/02/12  Humanitarian Situation in Sudan and South Sudan; Deputy Assistant Secretary Catherine Wiesner, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC


March
-03/31/12  Background Briefing With Senior State Department Officials; En Route to Istanbul, Turkey
-03/30/12  Senior State Department Officials En Route to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; En Route to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
-03/20/12  Implementation of Section 1245 of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA); Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-03/08/12  Background Briefing on Libya; Senior Administration Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Via Teleconference
-03/08/12  Press Briefing in Spanish; Acting Assistant Secretary Michael A. Hammer, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/07/12  Background Briefing on the 2012 International Women of Courage Awards and other Women's History Month activities; Senior Administration Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-03/01/12  U.S. Department of State Spanish Twitter Briefing; Washington, DC


February
-02/29/12  Background Briefing on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea; Senior Administration Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-02/25/12  Background Briefing by Senior State Department Official En Route Algiers; En Route Algiers
-02/24/12  Background Briefing by Senior State Department Official in Tunis, Tunisia; Tunis, Tunisia
-02/23/12  Briefing on Bilateral Meeting with Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Khar of Pakistan; London, United Kingdom
-02/23/12  Senior State Department Official Previewing the Friends of Syrian People Conference in Tunis; London, United Kingdom
-02/22/12  Senior State Department Official Previewing Conference on Somalia; Office of the Spokesperson; On Plane en route to London
-02/17/12  Background Briefing Previewing Secretary Clinton's Participation in the First G-20 Ministers of Foreign Affairs Informal Meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico; Washington, DC
-02/17/12  On the Secretary's Global Business Conference;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Via Teleconference
-02/16/12  Briefing on Global Climate Change and Clean Air Initiative; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-02/13/12  Background Briefing on 2013 State Department-USAID Budget; Washington, DC
-02/13/12  Briefing on the 2013 State Department and USAID Budget;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Washington, DC
-02/08/12  Rightsizing U.S. Mission Iraq;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-02/07/12  Briefing on Recent Developments at Camp Ashraf; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-02/04/12  Background Briefing; Bayerischer Hof; Munich, Germany
-02/03/12  Background Briefing En Route to Munich, Germany; En Route; Munich, Germany
-02/03/12  Briefing On Her Role As The Newly-Appointed Chair of the Kimberley Process (KP) for 2012;  Chair of the Kimberley Process (KP) Gillian A. Milovanovic; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC


January
-01/27/12  Twitter Briefing - January 27, 2012; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Questions from Twitter for 21st Century Statecraft Month; Washington, DC
-01/25/12  Briefing on Issues of Ongoing Concern in Sudan and South Sudan;  Special Envoy for Sudan Ambassador Princeton Lyman; Via Teleconference
-01/24/12  Briefing on U.S. Efforts in the Humanitarian Crisis in the Horn of Africa; Acting Assistant Secretary David M. Robinson, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-01/20/12  Twitter Briefing - January 20, 2012; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Questions from Twitter for 21st Century Statecraft Month; Washington, DC
-01/18/12  Briefing on the Keystone XL Pipeline;  Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-01/15/12  Background Briefing En Route Liberia; Senior Administration Official, Office of the Spokesperson; ERT Monrovia, Liberia
-01/13/12  Recent Developments on Burma;  Senior Department Official; Washington, DC
-01/13/12  Twitter Briefing - January 13, 2012; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Questions from Twitter for 21st Century Statecraft Month; Washington, DC
-01/06/12  Spokesperson Victoria Nuland Takes Questions From Twitter for 21st Century Statecraft Month; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-01/05/12  Briefing on Establishment of the Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights;  Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Maria Otero; Washington, DC
-01/04/12  Establishment of the Bureau of Counterterrorism;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC

2011


December
-12/29/11  Briefing On the Situation at Camp Ashraf; Washington, DC
-12/29/11  Special Joint Press Briefing On U.S. Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/23/11  Outcomes Related to the 7th Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference;  Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/22/11  Briefing on New Rewards for Justice Reward Offer; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-12/19/11  Briefing on the Release of the Tenth Edition of the "To Walk the Earth in Safety" Report;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/13/11  International Engagement Conference on South Sudan; USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah; Washington, DC
-12/13/11  United Nations Climate Change Conference in Durban, South Africa;  Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/08/11  Briefing on the Establishment of the Office of the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment;  Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; Washington, DC
-12/07/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Meetings at NATO; Hotel Amigo; Brussels, Belgium
-12/07/11  Background Briefing on Secretary's Meetings in Brussels; Hotel Amigo; Brussels, Belgium
-12/06/11  Background Briefing on Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention Review Conference; Intercontinental Hotel; Geneva, Switzerland
-12/06/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day and the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People; Via Teleconference
-12/06/11  Background Briefing on Syria; Intercontinental Hotel; Geneva, Switzerland
-12/06/11  Background Briefing on the Secretary's Travel to Lithuania; En Route Geneva
-12/06/11  Briefing on the Rollout of Virtual Embassy Tehran;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman; Washington, DC
-12/05/11  Background Briefing on the Secretary's Travel to Lithuania; En Route Vilnius
-12/05/11  Background Briefing: Readout on the Secretary's Meetings With UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and with Afghan President Karzai; Bonn, Germany
-12/05/11  Background Briefing: the Bonn Conference on Afghanistan and Meeting With European Partners; En Route Bonn
-12/02/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Meetings in Burma; Rangoon, Burma
-12/01/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Meeting With Aung San Suu Kyi; Rangoon, Burma
-12/01/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Meeting With Burmese President; Nay Pyi Taw, Burma


November
-11/29/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Travel to Burma; En Route Busan, South Korea
-11/28/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Participation In the Fourth High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness; Washington, DC
-11/22/11  Background Briefing on the Establishment of the Department of State's Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations; Washington, DC
-11/21/11  Background Briefing on the Recently Announced Sanctions on Iran; Via teleconference; Washington, DC
-11/16/11  Briefing on the Creation of the Energy Resources Bureau at the State Department;  Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Carlos Pascual; Washington, DC
-11/16/11  Briefing on the New Bureau of Energy Resources within the Department of State;  Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Carlos Pascual; Via Teleconference
-11/16/11  U.S. Position on the Convention on Conventional Weapons Negotiations on Cluster Munitions Protocol;  Legal Advisor U.S. Department of State Harold Hongju Koh; Via Teleconference
-11/14/11  Background Briefing with Senior Administration Officials; En Route Manila
-11/14/11  Remarks on His Recent Travel to the Republic of Maldives and The 17th South Asian Association for Regional;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/10/11  Briefing on Alternative Routes for the Keystone XL Pipeline;  Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/10/11  Readout of Secretary Clinton's Bilateral Meetings with Chinese, Japanese, and Australian Foreign Ministers at APEC; Honolulu, Hawaii
-11/08/11  Background Briefing: Preview of Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Speech at the National Institutes of Health; via Teleconference
-11/08/11  The Growing Demand for U.S. Visas in China and Brazil; via Teleconference
-11/07/11  Background Briefing: Preview of Secretary Clinton's Keynote Address at the National Democratic Institute's Democracy Awards Dinner;  Senior Official Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-11/03/11  Special Briefing on U.S. Support for the Democratic Transitions Underway in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya; Washington, DC
-11/02/11  Background Briefing: Senior State Department Official on Afghan Meeting in Istanbul; Via Teleconference


October
-10/31/11  Background Briefing: Secretary Clinton's Participation In the London Conference on Cyberspace; Department Senior Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-10/31/11  Background Briefing: Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Trip To Istanbul; Via Teleconference
-10/22/11  Background Briefing in Tashkent;  Senior Official of the Department; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
-10/22/11  Background Briefing on the Secretary's Events in Islamabad;  Senior Official of the Department; Islamabad, Pakistan
-10/21/11  Briefing On NATO Operations in Libya;  Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ivo Daalder; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-10/19/11  Background Briefing: Senior State Department Official on North Korea; U.S. Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afghanistan
-10/19/11  Background Briefing: Senior State Department Officials on Afghanistan; U.S. Embassy Kabul; Kabul, Afghanistan
-10/19/11  Background Brieifing: Senior State Department Officials En Route to Muscat, Oman; En Route to Muscat, Oman
-10/17/11  Background Briefing; En route Malta
-10/17/11  Special Briefing on Burma;  Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma Derek Mitchell; Washington, DC
-10/07/11  Briefing on Next Steps in the Keystone XL Pipeline Permit Process;  Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
-10/05/11  Senior Administration Official On Preview of Pathways to Prosperity Ministerial Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; En Route; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic


September
-09/26/11  Background Briefing on China, Lebanon, and Georgia; New York City
-09/26/11  Background Briefing: Secretary's Bilateral Meetings on Colombia, Vietnam, and the Ukraine; New York City
-09/23/11  Background Briefing on Middle East Peace; Office of the Spokesperson; New York City
-09/23/11  Background Briefing: Preview Meeting of the Group of Central American Friends;  Senior Official of the Department, Office of the Spokesperson; Waldorf-Astoria; New York, New York
-09/23/11  Background Briefing: Preview of High-Level Meeting on Somalia; Senior Senior Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-09/22/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Bilateral Briefings;  Senior Official Senior Department Official; New York City, New York
-09/22/11  Background Briefing on the U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Briefing via teleconference; New York City
-09/21/11  Background Briefing: Notification to Congress on the Sale of Arms to Taiwan; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-09/21/11  Background Briefing: Preview of High-Level Meeting on Nuclear Safety; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-09/21/11  Background Briefing: Preview of the Global Counterterrorism Forum; Office of the Spokesperson; New York City
-09/20/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal; Waldorf Astoria; New York City
-09/19/11  Background Briefing on a Preview of the Open Government Partnership;  Senior Department Official; Waldorf Astoria; New York City
-09/19/11  Background Briefing on the Secretary's Meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov And Broader Israeli-Palestinian Issues; Waldorf Astoria; New York City
-09/19/11  Background Briefing on the Subject of Taiwan;  Senior Department Official; Waldorf Astoria; New York City
-09/19/11  Briefing on the Secretary's Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba;  Senior Department Official; Waldorf Astoria; New York City
-09/19/11  Secretary Clinton's Meetings with Turkish Foreign Minister Davutoglu and Kosovar President Jahjaga and Prime Minister Thaci;  Senior Official of State, Office of the Spokesperson; Waldorf Astoria; New York, New York
-09/18/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
-09/18/11  Preview of the Haiti Ministerial Meeting and the Panel Discussion on Women and Agriculture: Improving Global Food Security; Waldorf-Astoria; New York City
-09/15/11  Background Briefing on Women in the Global Economy; San Francisco, CA
-09/15/11  Background Briefing on the Australian-United States Ministerial Consultations; San Francisco, CA
-09/14/11  Background Briefing on U.S.-Australian Ministerial and the APEC Women and the Economy Summit; Office of the Spokesperson; En route to San Francisco, CA
-09/14/11  Briefing on Travel to Libya;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Via Teleconference; Tripoli, Libya
-09/09/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Speech "A Smart Power Approach to Counterterrorism"; Conference Call
-09/01/11  Background Briefing on Libya;  Senior Official Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Chief of Mission Residence; Paris, France


August
-08/31/11  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Trip to Paris; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-08/26/11  Proposed Keystone XL Project Final Environmental Impact Statement and Details on the Upcoming Public Meetings;  Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-08/25/11  Background Briefing on UN Sanctions Committee Actions on Libyan Assets; Via Teleconference
-08/02/11  Background Briefing on Somalia and Delivery of Humanitarian Assistance;  Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-08/02/11  On the Record Briefing: U.S. Representative to the Transitional National Council Chris Stevens on Libya; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC


July
-07/25/11  Background Briefing in Hong Kong; Hong Kong
-07/25/11  Background Briefing in Hong Kong; Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong
-07/23/11  Briefing on the ASEAN Regional Forum;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Bali, Indonesia
-07/22/11  Background Briefing on North and South Korea, China; Department Senior Official, Office of the Spokesperson; Bali, Indonesia
-07/22/11  Briefing in Bali, Indonesia;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Bali, Indonesia
-07/22/11  Briefing in Bali, Indonesia;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Bali, Indonesia
-07/22/11  Briefing on the Next Steps in Keystone XL Permitting Process; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel A. Clune, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-07/20/11  Background Briefing on India; Chennai, India
-07/19/11  Current Situation in the Horn of Africa;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/17/11  Background Briefing With Senior State Department Officials;  Official Senior Department Official; Athens, Greece
-07/15/11  Background Briefing by Senior State Department Officials On Libya Contact Group Meeting; Istanbul, Turkey
-07/14/11  Background Briefing En Route Istanbul, Turkey; En Route, Turkey
-07/13/11  Background Briefing on the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Adoptions Agreement; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-07/12/11  Briefing on Diplomacy and Jobs;  Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Robert D. Hormats; Washington, DC
-07/11/11  Background Briefing on Quartet Working Dinner; Via Teleconference
-07/07/11  Briefing on the New Republic of South Sudan;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/01/11  Briefing On the Current Situation in Sudan;  Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman; Washington, DC


June
-06/29/11  Briefing En Route Budapest, Hungary;  Senior Official Senior Department Official; Budapest, Hungary
-06/24/11  Briefing on His Upcoming Trip to the Pacific Islands;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/24/11  Briefing on the Upcoming Community of Democracies Meeting in Vilnius, Lithuania;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC
-06/24/11  The 2011 Global Trafficking in Persons Report;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-06/21/11  Background Briefing: Senior Administration Official on an Update of the Middle East Peace Process; Office of the Spokesperson; Via Teleconference; Washington, United States
-06/20/11  Briefing on the Secretary's Upcoming Trip to Guatemala and Jamaica;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/20/11  Senior Administration Officials on the Upcoming U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee Meeting; Via Teleconference; Washington
-06/17/11  Briefing on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Resolution at UN Human Rights Council;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-06/17/11  Briefing on Syria;  Senior Administration Official; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-06/15/11  Senior State Department Officials on Internet Freedom Programs; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
-06/13/11  Background Briefing En Route to Washington, D.C.; En Route to Washington, DC
-06/11/11  Background Briefing En Route Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
-06/09/11  Background Briefing by a Senior State Department Official; Office of the Spokesperson; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
-06/09/11  On-The-Record Briefing on U.S. Assistance to Afghanistan;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-06/08/11  Background Briefing Senior Government Officials En Route to Abu Dhabi, UAE; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
-06/08/11  Briefing En Route Abu Dhabi, UAE; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson; Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
-06/01/11  Briefing on the AGOA Forum;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC


May
-05/25/11  Briefing on National Missing Children's Day;  Special Advisor for Children's Issues Susan S. Jacobs; Via Teleconference
-05/24/11  Briefing on the Latest Sanctions on Iran; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-05/24/11  Briefs the Press on Iran Sanctions;  Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg; Washington, DC
-05/23/11  Briefing to the Press on Violence in Abyei;  Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman; Washington, DC
-05/18/11  U.S. Engagement and Recent Visits to Sudan;  Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman; Washington, DC
-05/13/11  Senior State Department Official on the Diversity Visa Program; Office of the Spokesman; Via Teleconference
-05/09/11  Senior Administration Officials on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue; Teleconference Briefing; Washington, DC
-05/05/11  Briefing on the Upcoming U.S.-China S&ED;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC


April
-04/29/11  On the Record Briefing;  Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan; Washington, DC
-04/28/11  The Recent Elections in Nigeria;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/27/11  Briefing On the Political Situation in Libya;  Ambassador Gene Cretz, Libya; Washington, DC
-04/26/11  Briefing on Recent Developments in the Middle East and Other Issues;  Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan; Washington, DC
-04/25/11  Current U.S. Humanitarian Assistance Efforts in Libya;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Reuben Brigety, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Washington, DC 

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-04/18/11  NATO's Berlin Ministerial;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Washington, DC


March
-03/31/11  Situation in Cote d'Ivoire;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/27/11  Background Briefing on the North Atlantic Council's Meeting on Libya; Via Teleconference
-03/25/11  Current Events in Libya; Washington, DC
-03/24/11  Background Briefing on North Atlantic Council (NAC) Discussions on Libya; Washington, DC
-03/17/11  The Situation in Japan;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Washington, DC
-03/16/11  Special Press Briefing: Japan Situation Update;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-03/14/11  Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Senior Officials Meeting; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-03/14/11  Special Briefing on U.S. Humanitarian Assistance for People Affected by the Crisis in Libya;  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Washington, DC
-03/11/11  Earthquake in Japan;  Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Janice L. Jacobs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-03/08/11  Briefing On the 2011 International Women of Courage Awards;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
-03/07/11  Readout of the North Atlantic Council Meetings on Libya;  Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ivo Daalder; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC


February
-02/27/11  Briefing on Plane Before Departure for Geneva, Switzerland;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Andrews Air Force Base; Washington, DC
-02/25/11  The Suspension of United States Embassy Operations in Libya;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Washington, DC
-02/23/11  Historically Black Colleges and Universities Foreign Policy Briefing; Washington, DC
-02/21/11  Background Briefing on Diplomatic Immunity; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-02/18/11  Briefing on the United Nations Security Council Vote;  U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-02/16/11  Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Launch of Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society; Senior Advisor for Civil Society and Emerging Democracies Tomicah S. Tillemann; Washington, DC
-02/15/11  Background Briefing by Senior State Department Officials on the FY 2012 State Department Budget; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-02/14/11  Background Briefing on the FY 2012 Budget Request; Washington, DC
-02/14/11  The Department's 2012 Budget Request;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Washington, DC
-02/09/11  Conference Call To Discuss Egypt; Deputy Chief of Staff for Secretary of State Clinton Jake Sullivan; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-02/06/11  Briefing for the Traveling Press;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Flight from Munich to D.C.
-02/04/11  Special Briefing on the Current Situation in Cote d'Ivoire; U.S. Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire Phillip Carter III; Washington, DC
-02/01/11  New Interagency Initiatives To Combat Trafficking in Persons;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Washington, DC


January
-01/30/11  Briefing on Assistance to U.S. Citizens in Egypt; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-01/11/11  Briefing On the Southern Sudan Referendum;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-01/11/11  Briefing Upon Arrival in Yemen; Sana'a, Yemen
-01/10/11  Health Concerns in Haiti; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-01/10/11  Planning for Haiti's Current and Future Infrastructure Needs;  Special Coordinator for Haiti Thomas C. Adams; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-01/08/11  Joint Press Conference With U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration And Senator John Kerry;  Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration; Juba, Sudan
-01/07/11  Background Briefing on the Secretary's Upcoming Travel; Office of the Spokesman; Via Conference Call; Washington, DC
-01/07/11  Briefing on Haitian Food Security; Ambassador Deputy Coordinator Patricia Haslach; Via Teleconference ; Washington, DC
-01/07/11  Briefing on the One-Year Anniversary of the Earthquake in Haiti; USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah; Washington, DC

2010


December
-12/23/10  Briefing on New START With the Russian Federation Via Teleconference;  Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance; Washington, DC
-12/17/10  Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) Telephone Briefing;  Director Anne-Marie Slaughter; Washington, DC
-12/15/10  Briefing on Release of the First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR);  Director Anne-Marie Slaughter; Washington, DC
-12/15/10  Leveraging Networking Technologies to Impact Global Social Change; Foreign Press; New York, NY
-12/13/10  Recent Trip to Sudan;  Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/10/10  Status of Preparations for the Southern Sudan Referendum ;  Lead , Sudan Negotiation Support Unit Ambassador Princeton Lyman; Special Briefing via teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/09/10  Briefing on Assistant Secretary Fernandez's Recent Travel to Algeria, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia, and the North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity (NAPEO);  Assistant Secretary Jose W. Fernandez, Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/08/10  Daily Briefing at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ;  Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern; Cancun, Mexico
-12/07/10  WikiLeaks and Other Global Issues;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Foreign Press; New York, NY
-12/07/10  Daily Briefing at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ;  Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern; Cancun, Mexico
-12/06/10  Afghanistan: Regimental Combat Team-7 Operational Update; Washington, DC
-12/06/10  U.S. Government Efforts to Counter IEDs; Washington, DC
-12/06/10  Daily Briefing at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change ;  Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern; Cancun, Mexico
-12/03/10  Counter Piracy Update; Washington, DC


November
-11/29/10  Daily Briefing at the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change; Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing; Cancun, Mexico
-11/23/10  Status of Haiti's Upcoming Elections; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth H. Merten; Via Digital Videoconference; Washington, DC
-11/23/10  U.S. Support of the Southern Sudan Referendum; Office of the Spokesman; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-11/18/10  U.S. Government Strategy for Addressing the Cholera Outbreak in Haiti; Special Coordinator for Haiti Thomas C. Adams; Washington, DC
-11/08/10  Senior Administration Officials on Developments in Sudan;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Background Briefing via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-11/06/10  Press Briefing on the President's Visit to India; Air Force One en route Ramstein, Germany
-11/05/10  U.S. Assistance to Haiti Related to Hurricane Tomas and Cholera Outbreak; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/01/10  Briefing on International Adoption-Related Issues; Washington, DC


October
-10/29/10  Special Briefing on Trip to Afghanistan;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
-10/26/10  Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Travel to the Asia-Pacific Region;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-10/22/10  Current State Of Affairs In Sudan And Challenges Leading Up To January 2011 Referenda On Self-Determination For Southern Sudan And Abyei (Key Points);  Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-10/20/10  Briefing on Pending Major Arms Sale;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Political-Military Affairs; Washington, DC
-10/12/10  Briefing on U.S. Flood Relief Assistance to Pakistan; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; Washington, DC
-10/11/10  Background Briefing En Route Sarajevo; En Route Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
-10/05/10  The Obama Administration's Support for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria;  U.S. Ambassador M.D. Eric Goosby, Global AIDS Coordinator; Teleconference Briefing; Washington, DC
-10/03/10  Briefing on Europe Travel Alert Via Teleconference;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Washington, DC
-10/01/10  Background Briefing On the Upcoming Commerce Trade Mission in Iraq; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-10/01/10  Briefing on the U.S. Public Health Service STD Inoculation Study of 1946-1948 Via Teleconference;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC


September
-09/30/10  Briefing on Iran Sanctions Act Implementation;  Deputy Secretary of State James B. Steinberg; Washington, DC
-09/27/10  Special Briefing on Meetings in New York City;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; New York City
-09/27/10  Remarks to the Press;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; New York City
-09/27/10  Remarks to the Press;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Via Teleconference; New York City, DC
-09/27/10  Special Briefing: Readout on the Secretary's Meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Krishna;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Teleconference Briefing ; New York City , New York
-09/24/10  Briefing On the Range of UNGA Meetings Involving Middle East Issues;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; New York City
-09/24/10  Remarks to the Press from UNGA;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; New York City
-09/23/10  U.S.-Zimbabwe Bilateral Meeting;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Susan D. Page, Bureau of African Affairs; Via Teleconference
-09/22/10  Briefing on the P-5+1 Ministerial Meeting by a Senior Administration Official Via Teleconference; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-09/22/10  Developments in Central Asia;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New York City
-09/17/10  U.S. Goals and Priorities at UNGA;  Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/15/10  Briefing on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-09/15/10  Special Envoy to Sudan Gration on His Recent Visit to Juba and Khartoum;  Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration; Washington, DC
-09/14/10  Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Mitchell on Meetings with Israeli, Palestinian, and Egyptian Leaders; Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt
-09/13/10  Briefing En Route Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; En Route Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt
-09/02/10  Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell on Middle East Peace Talks; Washington, DC
-09/01/10  Briefing on U.S. Government's Continued Efforts to Disrupt and Dismantle Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC


August
-08/20/10  Briefing on Middle East Peace Process;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-08/18/10  Briefing On Upcoming World Humanitarian Day;  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Washington, DC
-08/06/10  Briefing On U.S. Relief to Pakistani Flood Victims; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-08/05/10  Briefing on the Release of Country Reports on Terrorism for 2009;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC
-08/04/10  Briefing On Pakistan Flooding; USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-08/03/10  Briefing On the Release of the "To Walk the Earth in Safety" Annual Report;  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Thomas J. Masiello; Washington, DC


July
-07/27/10  Briefing On the African Union Summit;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Via Teleconference; Kampala, Uganda
-07/23/10  Briefing on Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's Upcoming Travel;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-07/15/10  Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Travel;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/14/10  U.S.-Vietnam 15th Anniversary Reception;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Marriott Wardman Park; Washington, DC
-07/13/10  Special Briefing On Upcoming Kabul Conference;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
-07/12/10  Update on Efforts in Haiti;  Counselor Cheryl Mills; Washington, DC
-07/08/10  Background Briefing on U.S.-Russia Relations; Via Conference Call; Washington, DC
-07/05/10  Background Briefing on the Vice President's Trip to Iraq; Baghdad, Iraq


June
-06/29/10  Special Briefing on the Secretary's Upcoming Travel;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/28/10  Briefing by Senior Administration Officials on the President's National Space Policy Via Teleconference; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/18/10  World Refugee Day and Recent Travel to Australia, Thailand, and Laos;  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Washington, DC
-06/15/10  U.S. Engagement With the ICC and the Outcome of the Recently Concluded Review Conference;  Legal Advisor U.S. Department of State Harold Hongju Koh; Washington, DC
-06/04/10  Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Travel to Latin America and the Caribbean;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/02/10  Briefing on the International Criminal Court Conference in Kampala, Uganda;  Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J. Rapp; Via Teleconference; Kampala, Uganda
-06/02/10  Bureau of Consular Affairs Hurricane Preparedness Workshop; Via Teleconference


May
-05/28/10  Background Briefing on Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts with Regard to Iran and the Brazil/Turkey Agreement; Via Conference Call; Washington, DC
-05/28/10  Briefing on U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-05/24/10  Briefing on Trip to Indonesia;  Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero; Washington, DC
-05/19/10  Briefing on the Upcoming U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-05/14/10  Briefing on Secretary Hillary Clinton's Upcoming Visit to the 2010 Shanghai Expo; U.S. Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman; Washington, DC
-05/14/10  Briefing on the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC


April
-04/22/10  Celebration of 40th Anniversary of Earth Day;  Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero; Washington, DC
-04/16/10  On-the-Record-Briefing on Respective Trips to Afghanistan and Pakistan;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  Preview of the Energy and Climate Ministerial of the Americas;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  U.S.-South Africa Strategic Dialogue;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Susan D. Page, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/13/10  Press Briefing by Ben Rhodes, Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications; Gary Samore, Senior White House Coordinator for WMD Counterterorrism and Arms Control; and Laura Holgate, Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction; Washington Convention Center; Washington, DC
-04/12/10  Briefing by Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John Brennan; Washington Convention Center; Washington, DC
-04/12/10  Press Briefing by Jeff Bader, NSC Senior Director for Asian Affairs; The White House; Washington, DC
-04/11/10  Press Briefing on the President's Bilateral Meetings and the Upcoming Nuclear Security Summit; The White House; Washington, DC
-04/11/10  Remarks to the Press at Conclusion of Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) Drill;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Kabul, Afghanistan
-04/09/10  Press Briefing To Preview the Nuclear Security Summit; The White House; Washington, DC
-04/06/10  Announcement of the Release of the Nuclear Posture Review;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-04/06/10  Briefing on Release of the Nuclear Posture Review;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Washington, DC


March
-03/30/10  Briefing On Results of the Iraq National Elections Via Digital Satellite; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill; Washington, DC
-03/29/10  New START Treaty and the Obama Administration's Nonproliferation Agenda;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Washington, DC
-03/26/10  Announcement of the New START Treaty; James S. Brady Press Briefing Room; Washington, DC
-03/23/10  Background Briefing En Route To Mexico City, Mexico; En Route Mexico City, Mexico
-03/12/10  U.S. Policy in Somalia;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/11/10  Briefing on International Women of Courage Awardees;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
-03/11/10  Briefing on the Release of the 2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC
-03/10/10  Remarks at the Ninth Annual Vital Voices Global Leadership Awards;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Kennedy Center; Washington, DC
-03/09/10  Remarks to the Press;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/04/10  Recent Two-Week Trip to Chad, Sudan, Qatar and Rwanda;  Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration; Washington, DC
-03/03/10  Passport Day in the USA; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services Brenda S. Sprague; Washington, DC
-03/02/10  Briefing by Special Representative Holbrooke on his Recent Trip to Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Georgia and Germany;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
-03/01/10  Briefing on Release of the 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR);  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/01/10  Current Developments in Chile; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC


February
-02/23/10  The Future of NATO;  Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Ivo Daalder; Washington, DC
-02/18/10  Anti-Piracy Efforts; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman, Political-Military Affairs; Washington, DC
-02/17/10  Briefing On Upcoming Iraqi Elections and U.S.-Iraqi Relations; U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher R. Hill; Washington, DC
-02/12/10  Haiti Earthquake Relief - One Month Later; Washington, DC
-02/12/10  Situation in Haiti; U.S. Ambassador to Haiti Kenneth H. Merten; On-the-Record Briefing; Washington, DC
-02/10/10  Relief Efforts in Haiti; Press Briefing by Amb. Lucke and General Keen; U.S. Embassy, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
-02/05/10  Background Briefing on Northern Ireland;  Senior State Department Official; Washington, DC
-02/03/10  Briefing on Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
-02/03/10  Preview to Annual Meeting of the President's Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Washington, DC
-02/02/10  USAID Administrator Raj Shah and State Department Counselor Cheryl Mills On the Way Forward in Haiti;  Counselor Cheryl Mills; Washington, DC
-02/01/10  President's Proposal for the FY 2011 State Department Budget;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Washington, DC


January
-01/29/10  Background Briefing on Asian Security;  Senior Official Senior Department Official; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-01/25/10  Briefing on Yemen;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC
-01/25/10  On-the-Record Briefing En Route Montreal, Canada;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Montreal, Canada
-01/24/10  Teleconference Briefing on Relief Efforts in Haiti ;  Official Gordon Duguid, Bureau of Public Affairs; Via Teleconference from Haiti; Port-au-Prince, Haiti
-01/22/10  Briefing on Internet Freedom and 21st Century Statecraft;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC
-01/21/10  Teleconference Briefing on Relief Efforts in Haiti;  Spokesman Gordon Duguid; Via Teleconference from Haiti
-01/19/10  Briefing on the 50th Anniversary of U.S.-Japan Alliance;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-01/17/10  Press Briefing by Conference Call on Relief Efforts in Haiti; Washington, DC
-01/15/10  On-The-Record Briefing: Remarks to the Press By Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-01/15/10  On-The-Record-Briefing: State Department Counselor Cheryl Mills and USAID Administrator Raj Shah On the Situation in Haiti;  Counselor Cheryl Mills; Washington, DC
-01/15/10  On-the-Record Briefing on the Situation in Haiti;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/14/10  Briefing On the Situation in Haiti;  Counselor Cheryl Mills; Washington, DC
-01/14/10  Remarks to the Press;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-01/13/10  Briefing on the Situation in Haiti;  Counselor Cheryl Mills; Washington, DC
-01/13/10  Remarks on The Situation in Haiti;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Honolulu, Hawaii
-01/13/10  Remarks to the Press on the Earthquake in Haiti;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-01/11/10  Special Briefing on Sustaining Agriculture in Afghanistan; Nawa District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan
-01/07/10  Background Briefing Following Security Review;  Senior Department Official; Background Briefing by Senior State Department Officials following release of Security Review conducted after the failed Christmas terrorist attack; Washington, DC
-01/07/10  Remarks to the Press;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-01/07/10  U.S. Government Agriculture Sector Programs in Afghanistan and Upcoming Travel to the Region; Washington, DC
-01/06/10  Background Briefing on Plans to Elevate and Strengthen Development as One of the Three Pillars of the Nation's Foreign Policy;  Senior Department Official; Teleconference Background Briefing by Two Senior State Department Officials; Washington, DC
-01/06/10  On-the-Record Briefing Previewing Secretary Clinton's Speech on Development Via Teleconference;  Director Policy Planning Staff Anne-Marie Slaughter; Washington, DC

2009


December
-12/28/09  On-the-Record Briefing;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-12/23/09  On-the-Record Briefing;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/16/09  Briefing on Recent Travel to North Korea;  Special Representative for North Korea Policy Stephen W. Bosworth; Washington, DC
-12/11/09  Special Briefing by Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Arturo A. Valenzuela;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/07/09  Senior Administration Official On Special Representative Stephen Bosworth's Upcoming Trip to North Korea;  Senior Official Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesman; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/04/09  Background Briefing At NATO Headquarters;  Senior Official Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesman; NATO Headquarters; Brussels, Belgium
-12/04/09  Senior Administration Officials on Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's Trip to D.C.; Washington, DC
-12/03/09  Three Senior Administration Officials On Recent Developments in Honduras;  Senior Official Senior Department Official, Office of the Spokesman; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-12/01/09  Special Briefing On the U.S. Commitment to Fight AIDS and the Launch of PEPFAR's New Five-Year Strategy;  U.S. Ambassador M.D. Eric Goosby, Global AIDS Coordinator; Washington, DC


November
-11/30/09  Briefing on the Honduran Elections;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/27/09  Background Briefing With Senior Administration Officials on IAEA Board of Governors' Resolution on Iran; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-11/25/09  Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell ;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Washington, DC
-11/23/09  Remarks to the Press;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/23/09  Special Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Recent Trip to Afghanistan and Pakistan;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/20/09  Briefing by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs Michele Bond on National Adoption Day; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-11/10/09  Briefing on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Upcoming Trip to the Philippines;  Director of Maritime Southeast Asia Joe Yun; Washington, DC
-11/04/09  Briefing on U.S.-EU Energy Council;  Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-11/03/09  Briefing En Route Cairo;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Cairo, Egypt


October
-10/30/09  Recent Developments in Honduras;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-10/29/09  Briefing on the Situation in Honduras;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Via DVC from Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Tegucigalpa, Honduras
-10/26/09   Briefing on the Release of the 2009 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Washington, DC
-10/26/09  Annual Report on International Religious Freedom ;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
-10/26/09  Briefing on Progress Made in Civilian Hiring in Afghanistan;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Washington, DC
-10/23/09  On-the-Record Briefing;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
-10/19/09  Background Briefing on Sudan;  Senior Department Official; Washington, DC
-10/02/09  Briefing by Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer; Washington, DC
-10/02/09  Special Briefing by Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp; State Department Briefing Room; Washington, DC
-10/01/09  Background Briefing on P5+1 Talks in Geneva; Geneva, Switzerland


September
-09/30/09  Background Briefing by Senior U.S. Officials on P5+1 Talks; Geneva, Switzerland
-09/28/09  Readout on Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkey Meetings;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York City
-09/28/09  U.S. Policy Toward Burma;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/26/09  Briefing by Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/26/09  U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual and Mexican Ambassador to the United States Arturo Sarukhan; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/25/09  Briefing by Chief of Staff and Counselor Cheryl Mills on Food Security; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/25/09  Readout of Indian and Tajik Bilateral Meetings;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/24/09  Briefing by Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees and Migration Eric Schwartz and USAID Acting Administrator for Africa Earl Gast;  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/24/09  Briefing by Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs P.J. Crowley;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/23/09  Background Briefing on Burma;  Senior Department Official; Via Teleconference; New York, NY
-09/22/09  Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; New York Foreign Press Center; New York, NY
-09/21/09  Briefing on the Administration's UNGA Goals and Priorities;  Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York City
-09/21/09  Czech and Georgian Bilateral Meetings ;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/21/09  Korean Bilateral Meeting and Preview of the Japan Bilateral and Japan-Australia Trilateral Meetings at 2 p.m.;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/21/09  Turkmenistan Bilateral Meeting;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Robert O. Blake, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Waldorf-Astoria Hotel; New York, NY
-09/18/09  Special Briefing on September 17-18 Meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate;  Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern; Washington, DC
-09/11/09  Briefing on Recent Trip to South Asia;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Washington, DC
-09/03/09  Senior Administration Officials on Honduras; Via Teleconference


August
-08/28/09  Remarks to the Press ;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-08/25/09  Senior State Department Officials on Honduras;  Senior Department Official; Via Conference Call; Washington, DC
-08/21/09  On-The-Record Briefing;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Remarks to the Press; Washington, DC
-08/19/09  Refugee Issues;  Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Washington, DC
-08/18/09  Secretary Clinton's Meeting with Colombian Foreign Minister Jaime Bermúdez;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-08/14/09  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer on Gender-Based Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
-08/13/09  Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1874 on North Korea;  Coordinator for Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1874 Philip S. Goldberg; Washington, DC


July
-07/30/09  Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Trip to Africa;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  Special Briefing by Ian Kelly;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly; Washington, DC
-07/29/09  Special Briefing on July 2009 Trip to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Brussels ;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
-07/27/09  Briefing on the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue;  Director of the Office of China Affairs David Shear, Bureau of Public Affairs; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-07/17/09  Foreign Press Center Briefing by Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Philip J. Crowley ; Foreign Press Center Briefing Room; Washington, DC
-07/15/09  Background Briefing On North Korea; Bureau of Public Affairs; Background Briefing by Two Senior Administration Officials; Washington, DC
-07/15/09  Background Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Foreign Policy Speech at the Council on Foreign Relations; Bureau of Public Affairs; Background Briefing by Two Senior Administration Officials; Washington, DC
-07/15/09  Briefing on Secretary Clinton's Upcoming Trip to India and Thailand; Bureau of Public Affairs; Background Briefing by Two Senior Administration Officials; Washington, DC
-07/10/09  Briefing on Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Washington, DC
-07/08/09  Background Briefing on Interagency Delegation Meetings in China and Malaysia; Washington, DC
-07/05/09  Background Briefing on the Organization of American States Decision on Honduras; Background Briefing via teleconference; Washington, DC
-07/01/09  Background Briefing on the Situation in Honduras; Teleconference Background Briefing by Two Senior Department Officials; Washington, DC
-07/01/09  Special Briefing by Farah Pandith, Special Representative to Muslim Communities;  Farah Anwar Pandith; Special Representative to Muslim Communities; Washington, DC


June
-06/30/09  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer on Her Recent Visit to Afghanistan and the U.S. Commitment to Afghan Women;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
-06/28/09  Background Briefing on the Situation in Honduras; Teleconference Background Briefing by Two Senior Officials ; Washington, DC
-06/26/09  Background Briefing on U.S. Assistance to the Somalia Transitional Federal Government; Background Briefing by a Senior Department Official; Washington, DC
-06/23/09  Background Briefing on Upcoming OSCE Meeting in Corfu, Greece and G-8 Meeting in Trieste, Italy;  Senior Department Official; Background Briefing by a Senior Department Official; Washington, DC
-06/17/09  Current Status of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Recent Travels; Special Envoy Scott Gration, Sudan; Washington, DC
-06/16/09  Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell on His Recent Travel to the Region and Efforts Toward Achieving A Comprehensive Peace; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Washington, DC
-06/16/09  Release of the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Washington, DC
-06/10/09  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke On His Recent Travels to the Region; Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke; Washington, DC
-06/04/09  Remarks to the Press;  Department Spokesman Ian Kelly, Bureau of Public Affairs; On-The-Record Briefing; Washington, DC
-06/03/09  The OAS Ministerial in Honduras;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Briefing Via Teleconference; Washington, DC


May
-05/08/09  Promoting the Use of Renewable Energy Worldwide; Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC


April
-04/30/09  Special Press Briefing and Release: Country Reports on Terrorism 2008; Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ronald D. Schlicher, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC
-04/28/09  Special Briefing: Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate; Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/22/09  Digital Video Conference With Members of the U.S. Delegation of New Media Technology Representatives Currently Traveling in Iraq; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-04/06/09  Upcoming Summit of the Americas; White House Advisor for the Summit of the Americas Jeffrey S. Davidow; Washington, DC


March
-03/13/09  Preview of President Barack Obama's Meeting With Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva;  Assistant Secretary Jr. Thomas A. Shannon, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; On-The-Record Briefing; Washington, DC
-03/07/09  Acting Assistant Secretary Feltman Briefs on Meetings With Syrian Officials; Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Via Teleconference; Damascus, Syria


February
-02/27/09  Special Briefing: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Upcoming Travel to the Middle East and Europe; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC


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