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Congressional Testimony
2005
  

2005

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November
--11/14/05  U.S.- International Climate Change Approach: A Clean Technology Solution; Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary State for Democracy and Global Affairs; Before the Senate Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
--11/10/05  America's Dialogue With the World; Karen Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Statement before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--11/08/05  Hearing on Kosovo: A Way Forward?; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks as prepared before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
--11/02/05  Hearing on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative; Robert G. Joseph, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security; Prepared Remarks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--11/02/05  Hearing on U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks as Prepared for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC


October
--10/27/05  A Strategy for Central Asia ; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia of the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--10/27/05  U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy Update; Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton, Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation; Washington, DC
--10/25/05  The United States and the OSCE: A Partnership for Advancing Freedom; Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
--10/19/05  Iraq and U.S. Policy; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--10/18/05  Challenges and Opportunities in Moving Ahead on UN Reform; Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--10/06/05  The Six-Party Talks and the North Korean Nuclear Issue; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC


September
--09/29/05  Ocean Treaties; David Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC
--09/29/05  U.S. Relations With Japan; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Remarks to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--09/28/05  Statement on Lessons Learned from the September 14-16 United Nations High Level Event; Ambassador John R. Bolton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; Hearing Before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--09/28/05  Trade With Japan; A. Ellen Terpstra, Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture; Testimony Before the Full Committee of the House Committee on Ways and Means; Washington, DC
--09/28/05  U.S. Policy Toward Sudan; Robert B. Zoellick, Deputy Secretary of State; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--09/22/05  United States Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan; Nancy J. Powell, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--09/21/05  The United States and Southeast Asia: Developments, Trends, and Policy Choices; Eric G. John, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--09/15/05  Indonesia: Positive Trends and the Implications for U.S. Strategic Interests; Eric G. John, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
--09/14/05  Helsinki Commission Testimony; Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; Remarks before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe Helsinki Commission; Washington, DC
--09/13/05  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations Testimony; Tony Edson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Visa Services; Remarks before the U.S. House Committee on Government Reform; Washington, DC
--09/08/05  The U.S. and India: An Emerging Entente?; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Robert G. Joseph, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security; Remarks as Prepared for the House International Relations Committee ; Washington, DC


July
--07/27/05  Ukraine: Developments in the Aftermath of the Orange Revolution; Ambassador Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the House International Relations Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats; Washington, DC
--07/26/05  Energy Trends in China and India and Their Implications for the United States; E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs; Testimony Before the Committee of Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate; Washington, DC
--07/21/05  China's Human Rights Record and Falun Gong; Gretchen Birkle, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony Before the House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; Washington, DC
--07/21/05  On United Nations Reform; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Testimony as Prepared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--07/13/05  Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in the Middle East and South Asia; E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs; Testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs; Washington, DC
--07/12/05  Counternarcotics Programs; Nancy J. Powell, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs; Washington, DC


June
--06/29/05  "Improvements Needed to Strengthen U.S. Passport Fraud Detection Efforts"; Frank E. Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Passport Services; Remarks before the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee ; Washington, DC
--06/22/05  How the U.S. Passport Program Enhances Border Security; Frank E. Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs; Remarks to U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity; Washington, DC
--06/22/05  Situation in Afghanistan; Nancy J. Powell, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
--06/22/05  UN Reform; Philo L. Dibble, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee; Washington, DC
--06/21/05  U.S.-Vietnam Adoption Agreement; Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs; Remarks at the signing of an international adoption agreement between the U.S. and Vietnam; Washington, DC
--06/16/05  Stabilization and Reconstruction: Building Peace in a Hostile Environment; Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator for the Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization; As Delivered Statement to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
--06/16/05  Stabilization and Reconstruction: Building Peace in a Hostile Environment; Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator for the Office of Reconstruction and Stabilization; As Prepared Statement to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
--06/15/05  Nomination to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Ambassador Ronald Neumann; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
--06/14/05  Dealing With North Korea's Nuclear Programs; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--06/14/05  U.S. Policy Toward South Asia; Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs; Statement before the House International Relations Subcommittee for Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--06/09/05  "The State Department's Role in the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative"; Frank E. Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs; Remarks to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs; Washington, DC
--06/09/05  The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI): A Record of Success; Stephen G. Rademaker, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation; Washington, DC
--06/07/05  Emergence of China in the Asia-Pacific: Economic and Security Consequences for the U.S.; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; 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


May
--05/26/05  North East Asia: A Region of Vital Concern to the United States; Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--05/26/05  Testimony at Confirmation Hearing; Sean McCormack, Nominee for Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs; Opening Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism; Washington, DC
--05/25/05  Transparency and the Rule of Law in Latin America; Jonathan D. Farrar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--05/25/05  Update on the Northern Ireland Peace Process; The Honorable Mitchell B. Reiss, Special Envoy of the President and the Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Peace Process; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats; Washington, DC
--05/19/05  UN Management Reform; Mark P. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee; 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  Kosovo: Current and Future Status; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Statement before the House Committee on International Relations; Washington, DC
--05/18/05  UN Peacekeeping Reform; Philo L. Dibble, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, House International Relations Committee; 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
--05/12/05  The President's FY 2006 International Affairs Budget; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Statement before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, ; Foreign Operations and Related Programs
--05/12/05  Testimony on the Department of State's Border Security Program; Daniel B. Smith, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs; Remarks before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; Washington, DC
--05/11/05  Plan Colombia: Major Successes and New Challenges; Jonathan D. Farrar, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--05/11/05  Plan Colombia: Major Successes and New Challenges; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement Before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--05/05/05  Promoting Democracy Through Diplomacy; Paula J. Dobriansky; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--05/04/05  Challenges to Democratization in the Middle East and Central Asia; Michael Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony at a hearing entitled: 9/11 Recommendations Implementation Act Oversight, Part 1 -- Oppressors vs. Reformers in the Middle East and Central Asia; Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia of the House International Relations Committee


April
--04/28/05  The North Korean Human Rights Act: Issues and Implementation; Joseph R. DeTrani, Special Envoy for the Six-Party Talks; Statements to the House Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; Washington, DC
--04/28/05  The U.S. Approach to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference; Stephen G. Rademaker, Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control; Statement before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation; Washington, DC
--04/26/05  The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief and its Relationship to Tuberculosis and Malaria in the Developing World; Dr. Mark Dybul, Assistant U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; 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
--04/19/05  The UN Commission on Human Rights: Protector or Accomplice?; Mark P. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations; Washington, DC
--04/14/05  European Union Arms Exports to China; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs ; Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations and the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
--04/13/05  Testimony on the President's FY 2006 Budget Request for the Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--04/11/05  Chemical Weapons Demilitarization; Donald A. Mahley, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Arms Control Implementation; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
--04/11/05  Nomination as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations; The Honorable John R. Bolton, Nominee for Representative of the United States of America to the UN; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--04/06/05  Hearing on Peoples's Republic of China (P.R.C.) Anti-Secession Legislation; Randall G. Schriver, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--04/06/05  The Schneerson Collection and Historical Justice; Ambassador Edward B. ODonnell, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues; Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC


March
--03/17/05  Testimony on Tracking International Students in Higher Education; Stephen A. Edson, Managing Director, Office of Visa Services; Remarks before the Subcommittees on 21st Century Competitiveness & Select Education Committee on Education and the Workforce; Washington, DC
--03/16/05  Northern Ireland Human Rights: Update on the Cory Collusion Inquiry Reports; The Honorable Mitchell B. Reiss, Special Envoy of the President and the Secretary of State for the Northern Ireland Peace Process; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operation; Washington, DC
--03/10/05  Eliminating Terrorist Sanctuaries: The Role of Security Assistance; William P. Pope, Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation ; Washington, DC
--03/10/05  Indonesia in Transition: Recent Developments and Implications for U.S. Policy; Ambassador Marie T. Huhtala, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony before the House Committee on International Relations; Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--03/09/05  President's FY 2006 Budget Request; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the House Committee on Appropriations; Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies
--03/09/05  The State of Democracy in Latin America; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--03/03/05  Assistant Secretary Noriega's Statement Before the House of Representatives Committee on International Relations; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--03/02/05  U.S. Interests and Strategic Goals in East Asia and the Pacific; Evans J. R. Revere, Acting Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--03/02/05  Assistant Secretary Noriega's Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--03/02/05  Momentum for Progress in South Asia; Donald Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary ; Statement Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
--03/02/05  Testimony on the FY 2006 Budget Request for the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief; Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator; House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs; Washington, DC
--03/02/05  United States Interests and Goals in Nepal; Donald Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary ; Statement Before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations; Washington, DC


February
--02/17/05  President's FY 2006 International Affairs Budget Request; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Prepared Remarks Before the House International Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--02/17/05  President's FY 2005 Supplemental Budget Request; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks As Delivered Before the Senate Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
--02/16/05  President's FY 2006 International Affairs Budget Request; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Prepared Remarks Before the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, House Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
--02/16/05  President's FY 2006 International Affairs Budget Request; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Prepared Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--02/16/05  Security Threats to the United States; Thomas Fingar, Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research; Statement Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; Washington, DC
--02/10/05  Response of the U.S. Government and the International System to the Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunamis; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; Washington, DC
--02/10/05  U.S. Strategies for Relief and Reconstruction Assistance in Response to the Tsunami; Andrew S. Natsios, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator; Testimony before theSenate Committee on Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC


January
--01/26/05  Tsunami Tragedy: On the U.S. Government's Relief-to-Reconstruction Strategy; Alan Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Testimony before the International Relations Committee and the Appropriations, Committee on Foreign Operations; U.S. House of Representatives

  
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