2013
May
-05/21/13 The Growing Crisis in Africa's Sahel Region; Acting Assistant Secretary Donald Y. Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Opening Statement; Washington, DC
-05/21/13 Video Remarks: The Growing Crisis in Africa's Sahel Region; Acting Assistant Secretary Donald Y. Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Opening Statement; Washington, DC
-05/16/13 The FY 2014 Budget Request for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Acting Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
-05/15/13 U.S. Policy Toward Iran; Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman; Written Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
April
-04/25/13 Rebalance to Asia II: Security and Defense: Cooperation and Challenges; Acting Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/24/13 Export Control Reform: The Agenda Ahead; Acting Assistant Secretary Tom Kelly, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Export Control Reform; Washington, DC
-04/18/13 FY 2014 Budget Request for Foreign Operations; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; Washington, DC
-04/18/13 FY 2014 International Affairs Budget; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-04/17/13 FY 2014 Foreign Affairs Budget; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-04/11/13 Energy Opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean; Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Carlos Pascual; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-04/11/13 U.S. Policy Toward Syria; Acting Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Jones, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-04/10/13 Update on Efforts to Combat Piracy; Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation; Washington, DC
March
-03/21/13 Democracy and Human Rights In the Context of the Asia Rebalance; Acting Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/21/13 Democracy and Human Rights in the Context of the Asia Rebalance; Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Baer, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/20/13 Crisis in Syria: The U.S. Response; Ambassador Robert S. Ford, Syria; House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-03/20/13 Crisis in Syria: the U.S. Response; Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-03/19/13 The Syrian Humanitarian Crisis; Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, United States Senate; Washington, DC
-03/07/13 U.S. Policy Toward North Korea; Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies; Testimony Before the Senate Committee On Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
February
-02/28/13 Human Rights in Burma; Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma W. Patrick Murphy; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Washington, DC
-02/28/13 Human Rights in Burma; Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Washington, DC
-02/27/13 Islamist Militant Threats in Eurasia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Washington, DC
-02/26/13 The Asia Rebalance: Why South Asia Matters; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
-02/26/13 The Rebalance to Asia: Why South Asia Matters (Part 1); Acting Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
-02/14/13 The Crisis in Mali: U.S. Interests and the International Response; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs (As Prepared); Washington, DC
January
-01/24/13 Remarks Introducing Nominee for Secretary of State, Senator John Kerry at His Senate Foreign Relations Committee Confirmation Hearing; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Hart Office Building; Washington, DC
-01/24/13 Statement of Senator John F. Kerry, Nominee for Secretary of State; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-01/23/13 Testimony to the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-01/23/13 Testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
2012
December
-12/20/12 Benghazi Attack, Part II: The Report of the Accountability Review Board; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Opening Remarks Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
-12/20/12 Benghazi: The Attack and the Lessons Learned; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-12/19/12 Update on the Evolving Security Situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Implications for U.S. National Security; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
-12/11/12 The Devastating Crisis in Eastern Congo; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-12/05/12 Addressing Developments in Mali: Restoring Democracy and Reclaiming the North; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC
November
-11/28/12 International Human Trafficking and Forced Labor; Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Washington, DC
October
-10/10/12 Hearing on Benghazi Security Issues; Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Testimony Before the House Oversight Committee; Washington, DC
September
-09/20/12 Maritime Territorial Disputes and Sovereignty Issues in Asia; Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-09/13/12 Assessing U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping Operations in Africa; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-09/10/12 The Continued Free Association with the Republic of Palau Act of 2012; Deputy Assistant Secretary Edgard Kagan, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs ; Washington, DC
August
-08/01/12 Implementation of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry Report; Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony Before the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights; Washington, DC
July
-07/24/12 U.S. Engagement in Central Asia; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia; Washington, DC
-07/19/12 Human Rights Situation in Bangladesh; Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Testimony: Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission U.S. Congress; Washington, DC
-07/18/12 Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of the Marshall Islands; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
June
-06/28/12 Economic Statecraft: Embracing Africa's Market Potential; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-06/27/12 Ambassador-Designate to Burma; Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma Derek Mitchell; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ; Washington, DC
-06/21/12 New START Implementation; Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/21/12 Russia's WTO Accession: Administration's Views on the Implications for the U.S.; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Testimony before the Senate Committee on Finance; Washington, DC
-06/20/12 Russia's Accession to the World Trade Organization and Granting Russia Permanent Normal Trade Relations; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Statement before the Ways and Means Committee of the United States House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-06/07/12 The Path to Freedom: Countering Repression and Strengthening Civil Society in Cuba; Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
-06/06/12 U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance; Deputy Assistant Secretary James P. Zumwalt, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
May
-05/23/12 The Law of the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39): The U.S. National Security and Strategic Imperatives for Ratification; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; The House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 Countering Narcotics Threats in West Africa; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 President Obama's Nominee to be Ambassador to Mongolia; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 President Obama's Nominee to be the Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/16/12 Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf Residents; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; Washington, DC
-05/10/12 NATO: Chicago and Beyond; Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-05/08/12 Building Partnerships in the Asia-Pacific Region; Senior Official for APEC Hans G. Klemm; Statement Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security; Washington, DC
April
-04/26/12 The Chicago Summit and U.S. Policy; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Tina S. Kaidanow, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia; Washington, DC
-04/26/12 The North-South Sudan Conflict 2012; Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, DC
-04/26/12 U.S. Policy Toward Burma; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 LRA, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, Aqim, and Other Sources of Instability in Africa; Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; The House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 Remarks as Prepared to the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 The LRA, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, AQIM, and Other Sources of Instability in Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 The LRA, Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab, AQIM, and Other Sources of Instability in Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Statement Submitted; Washington, DC
-04/25/12 U.S. Policy Toward Burma; Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
-04/24/12 U.S. Policy To Counter the Lord's Resistance Army; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Sub-; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 Examining the U.S Policy Responses to Entrenched African Leadership; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee African Affairs Subcommittee; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 Examining the U.S. Policy Responses to Entrenched African Leadership; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee African Affairs Subcommittee; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 The Asia Pacific: Trade Opportunities for Agriculture and Food Producers from the Great Plains to the Pacific Northwest; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness; Washington, DC
-04/18/12 The State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism: Budget, Programs, and Policies; Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcomittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Washington, DC
-04/17/12 The Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform Act of 2012; Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight; Washington, DC
-04/17/12 The Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports to Africa Act; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC
March
-03/29/12 Assessing China's Role and Influence in Africa; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/29/12 Security Challenges in Latin America; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement Before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the House Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
-03/27/12 Creating Jobs: Economic Opportunities in Europe and Eurasia; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe; Washington, DC
-03/27/12 Testimony Before the House of Representatives Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform; Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Washington, DC
-03/20/12 Testimony of Ambassador Susan E. Rice, House Subcommittee on Appropriations for State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Susan E. Rice, U.S. Mission to the United Nations; New York, NY
-03/14/12 Managing Interagency Nuclear Nonproliferation Efforts: Are We Effectively Securing Nuclear Materials Around the World?; Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation; Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/13/12 Nominee for Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-03/07/12 The State Department's Rewards Programs: Performance and Potential; Deputy Assistant Secretary M. Brooke Darby, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
-03/01/12 Syria: The Crisis and Its Implications; Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Opening Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
February
-02/29/12 Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities Amidst Economic Challenges: The Foreign Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 2013; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee ; Washington, DC
-02/29/12 Budget Hearing for the Department of State and USAID; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Statement Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-02/28/12 National Security & Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY 2013 International Affairs Budget; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-02/28/12 State Department and USAID Budget Request; Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-02/16/12 Examining the European Debt Crisis and its Implications; Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; Testimony before the Senate Banking Committee; Washington, DC
-02/07/12 The U.S.-Philippines Alliance: Deepening the Security and Trade Partnership; Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Washington, DC
-02/02/12 U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto, Bureau of African Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; Washington, DC
-02/02/12 U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election Democratic Republic of the Congo; Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel Baer, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health and Human Rights; Washington, DC
