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Remarks, Briefings, Press Releases


2011
-05/13/11  Statement by the President on the Resignation of Middle East Envoy George Mitchell; Washington, DC
-05/09/11  United States Contributes $51.5 Million in Additional Assistance for Displaced Iraqis; Washington, DC
-05/05/11  Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East, Part 2;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee; Washington, DC
-04/26/11  Briefing on Recent Developments in the Middle East and Other Issues;  Director of Policy Planning Jake Sullivan; Washington, DC
-04/22/11  Statement by the President on Syria; Washington, DC
-04/14/11  Travel of Ambassador Melanne S. Verveer to the Middle East; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC Also available in Arabic
-04/12/11  Gala Dinner Celebrating the U.S.-Islamic World Forum;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium; Washington, DC (Also available in Arabic, Chinese, and French)
-04/04/11  Remarks With Israeli President Shimon Peres Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Blair House; Washington, DC
-03/28/11  President Obama Addresses the Nation on Libya; Washington, DC
-03/17/11  Remarks by Ambassador Susan E. Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, at the Security Council Stakeout on UN Security Council Resolution 1973;  Permanent Representative Susan E. Rice; New York, NY
-03/16/11  Illicit Arms Smuggling in the Middle East; Acting Deputy Department Spokesman Mark C. Toner; Washington, DC
-03/13/11  Ongoing Situation in Yemen;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-03/12/11  Joint Statement by the Quartet; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/12/11  Murders in the West Bank;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/21/11  Remarks at the Arab League, Cairo, Egypt;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Cairo, Egypt
-02/14/11  Interview With Abderrahim Foukara of Al Jazeera;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/14/11  Interview With Hisham Melhem of Al Arabiya;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/14/11  Interview With Michel Ghandour of Al Hurra;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/10/11  Loss of Locally Employed Staff Member Khairy Ramadan Aly in Cairo;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/30/11  Briefing on Assistance to U.S. Citizens in Egypt; Via Teleconference; Washington, DC
-01/30/11  Egypt: Public Service Announcement for American Citizens; Washington, DC
-01/30/11  Interview With Bob Schieffer of CBS's Face The Nation;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/30/11  Interview With Candy Crowley of CNN's State Of The Union;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/30/11  Interview With Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/30/11  Interview With Christiane Amanpour of ABC's This Week;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-01/30/11  Interview With David Gregory of NBC's Meet The Press;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC

2010
-12/15/10  Remarks by Special Envoy George Mitchell at a Press Event With Amr Moussa, Arab League Secretary-General;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Cairo, Egypt
-12/14/10  Remarks With Palestinian Chief Negotiator Saeb Erekat;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Ramallah, West Bank
-12/13/10  Remarks With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-12/13/10  United States Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell's Meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Washington, DC
-11/17/10  Israel Accepts UNIFIL Proposal for Withdrawal from Ghajar;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-11/10/10  Announcement of the Transfer of Budget Assistance Funds to the Palestinian Authority ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Via Satellite; Washington, DC
-10/01/10  Middle East Peace Talks;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Ramallah, West Bank
-09/29/10  Special Envoy George Mitchell Remarks With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Before Meeting ; Tel Aviv, Israel
-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
-09/21/10  Statement by the Quartet; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-09/20/10  Remarks to the Press;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; New York City
-09/16/10  Interview With Maher Shalabi of Palestine TV;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; David Citadel Hotel; Jerusalem
-09/16/10  Remarks With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Palestinian Presidential Compound; Ramallah
-09/15/10  Briefing on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-09/15/10  Remarks With Israeli President Shimon Peres Before their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Jerusalem
-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
-09/10/10  Eid-ul-Fitr;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-09/03/10  Interview With Amira Hanania Rishmawi of Palestine TV and Udi Segal of Israel Channel 2;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-09/02/10  Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell on Middle East Peace Talks; Washington, DC
-09/02/10  Remarks With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-08/31/10  Press Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace Senator George Mitchell; Washington, DC
-08/30/10  Media Arrangements for September 2 Direct Talks at Department of State; Washington, DC
-08/11/10  Remarks Before Meeting With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-07/17/10  Seeking Comprehensive Peace in the Middle East ;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Ramallah, Israel
-06/30/10  Remarks on Israel's Decision to Ease the Blockade on Goods Moving Into Gaza;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-06/22/10  Iran Policy in the Aftermath of UN Sanctions;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
-06/20/10  White House Statement on Israel's Announcement on Gaza; Washington, DC
-06/19/10  U.S. Assistance to Gaza;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Cairo, Egypt
-06/09/10  New UN Security Council Sanctions on Iran
-06/09/10  Remarks on U.N. Sanctions on Iran;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Charleston Hotel; Bogota, Colombia
-06/09/10  Statement by Foreign Ministers of P5+1 on the Adoption of UNSCR 1929 on Iran; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/03/10  Remarks on the Situation in Gaza Following the Flotilla Tragedy;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-05/09/10  Statement on Special Envoy George Mitchell's Trip; Washington, DC
-04/29/10  Remarks At the American Jewish Committee Annual Gala Dinner;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Grand Hyatt Hotel; Washington, DC
-04/24/10  Status of Middle East Peace Talks;  Assistant Secretary Philip J. Crowley, Bureau of Public Affairs; Washington, DC
-04/14/10  Secretary Clinton to Deliver Remarks at the Dedication of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace on April 15; Washington, DC
-03/19/10  Remarks With UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton, and Quartet Special Representative Tony Blair After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Osobnyak; Moscow, Russia
-03/19/10  Revised: Joint Statement by the Quartet; Washington, DC
-03/08/10  Statement by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-03/07/10  Iraqi National Elections;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-03/07/10  Joint Statement By Ambassador Christopher R. Hill and General Ray Odierno On Iraq's Parliamentary Election; Baghdad, Iraq
-02/17/10  Remarks on Middle East Peace Following Meeting With Syrian President Dr. Bashar al-Assad;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Damascus, Syria
-02/16/10  Remarks on Middle East Peace;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Beirut, Lebanon
-02/15/10  Ceasefire in Yemen;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/14/10  Remarks at the U.S.-Islamic World Forum;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Doha, Qatar

2009
-12/18/09  UN Again Calls on Iran to Address Serious Human Rights Violations;  Deputy Department Spokesman Robert Wood; 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
-10/08/09  Remarks Following a Meeting With Israeli President Shimon Peres and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-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
-09/17/09  Middle East Envoy Mitchell Meets With Egyptian President Mubarak and Foreign Minister Gheit;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Presidental Palace;  Cairo, Egypt
-09/16/09  Middle East Envoy Mitchell Meets With Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Ramallah
-09/15/09  Special Envoy Mitchell Meets With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-09/14/09  Middle East Envoy Mitchell Meets With Israeli President Shimon Peres; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-09/14/09  Middle East Envoy Mitchell Offers Condolences on Death of the Son of Columbia Astronaut Killed in F-16 Crash; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Tel Aviv, Israel
-08/26/09  Joint Statement by U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Israeli Prime Minister ; Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-08/26/09  Meeting With Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu;  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; London, United Kingdom
-07/27/09  Middle East Update; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-07/06/09  Joint Statement by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell and Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak; Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Spokesman; Washington, DC
-06/30/09  Joint Statement by U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Israeli Minister of Defense; 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
-06/14/09  Press Availability After Meeting With French FM Kouchner; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Paris, France
-06/13/09  Remarks After Meeting With Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Damascus, Syria
-06/12/09  Seeking Comprehensive Peace in the Middle East; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Beirut, Lebanon
-06/11/09  Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell Meeting With Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Cairo, Egypt
-06/09/09  Meetings With Israeli and Palestinian Leaders; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem and Ramallah
-06/08/09  Remarks With Visiting Middle East Democracy Activists Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-06/04/09  President Obama's Speech in Cairo: A New Beginning; Cairo University; Cairo, Egypt
-05/28/09  Remarks With Visiting Egyptian Democracy Activists Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-05/27/09  Press Availability With Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheit;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-05/20/09  FY 2010 Budget for the Department of State;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
-04/26/09  Remarks After Meeting With Lebanese President Michel Sleiman;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Beirut, Lebanon
-04/21/09  Remarks With Jordanian King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
-04/21/09  Remarks With Libyan National Security Adviser Dr. Mutassim Qadhafi Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-04/21/09  Remarks With Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdullah After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
-04/19/09  A Two-State Solution; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Cairo, Egypt
-04/17/09  Special Envoy George Mitchell Meets With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Ramallah, West Bank
-04/16/09  Remarks by Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell With Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman; Jerusalem
-04/16/09  Working Toward a Comprehensive Peace Settlement in the Middle East; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-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
-03/06/09  U.S.-Syria Relations; Acting Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Press Conference; Beirut, Lebanon
-03/03/09  Remarks With Israeli President Shimon Peres ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State; Jerusalem
-02/12/09  Anniversary of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri's Assassination;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
-02/03/09  Toward a Negotiated Agreement in the Middle East;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Remarks by Secretary Clinton and Special Envoy Mitchell After Their Meeting; Washington, DC
-01/30/09  Concern About Loss of Life and the Suffering in Gaza; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-01/29/09  Commitment to a Better Future for all Palestinians; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Remarks After Meeting With Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas; Ramallah
-01/28/09  Special Envoy Mitchell Meets With Egyptian President Mubarak; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Cairo, Egypt
-01/28/09  Special Envoy Mitchell Meets With Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Jerusalem
-01/28/09  United States Is Committed to Israel's Security; Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell; Tel Aviv
-01/22/09  Appointment of Special Envoy for the Middle East and Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State; Announcement of appointment; Washington, DC


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