Bureau of Political-Military Affairs Remarks

2008
--04/21/08  Defense Trade Issues; Frank Ruggiero, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Defense Trade and Regional Security; Interview by Vago Muradian of Defense News; Washington, DC
--04/11/08  10th Anniversary of the International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance; Maryruth Coleman, Chargé d'Affaires; Remarks at Decennial Honorary Session (10th Anniversary) for International Trust Fund for Demining and Mine Victims Assistance Board of Advisors; U.S. Embassy, Ljubljana, Slovenia
--02/29/08  Supporting Poland's Military Modernization; Ambassador Stephen Mull, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs; U.S. Embassy; Warsaw, Poland

2007
--11/21/07  U.S. Landmine Policy and the Ottawa Convention Ban on Anti-Personnel Landmines: Similar Path; Richard G. Kidd, Director, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement; Washington, DC
--09/11/07  Iraq National Mine Action Day; H. Murphey McCloy, Senior Mine Action Advisor to the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement (PM/WRA); Baghdad, Iraq
--07/26/07  Exports Controls: Are We Protecting Security and Facilitating Exports?; Stephen D. Mull, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political Military Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade; Washington, DC
--07/09/07  Briefing on the 10th Annual U.S.-Azerbaijan Security Dialogue
--06/22/07  Statement on the Outcome of the CCW Group of Government Experts Meeting; Ronald Bettauer, Deputy Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Head of Delegation; U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva; Geneva, Switzerland
--06/20/07  U.S. Intervention on Humanitarian Impacts of Cluster Munitions; Richard Kidd, Director, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement; Remarks as repared for the CCW Group of Governmental Experts ; Geneva, Switzerland
--03/07/07  Successfully Clearing Central America’s Landmines; Richard Kidd , Director, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement; Letter to the Editor, The Washington Times; Washington, DC

2006
--11/17/06  Statement to the Closing Plenary Session of the Third Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW); Ronald Bettauer, Deputy Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Head of Delegation; U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva; Geneva, Switzerland
--11/07/06  Opening Statement to the Third Review Conference of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons; Ronald Bettauer, Deputy Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Head of Delegation; Geneva, Switzerland
--11/06/06  Third Review Conference of the Convention on Conventional Weapons; Ronald Bettauer, Deputy Legal Advisor, U.S. Department of State, U.S. Head of Delegation; U.S. Mission to the United Nations in Geneva; Geneva, Switzerland
--11/02/06  The Australia-U.S. Security Relationship; John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Address to the Kokoda Dialogue Dinner; Canberra, Australia
--10/09/06  Interview with Defense News; John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; By Vago Muradian of Defense News; Washington, DC
--09/12/06  Meeting Global Maritime Challenges with Global Ideas; Michael Coulter, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks at the Johns Hopkins International Maritime Security Symposium; Laurel, Maryland
--07/03/06  Small Arms, Big Danger; John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Op-Ed ; The Baltimore Sun
--06/27/06  Remarks at UN Review Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons; Robert G. Joseph, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security; United Nations Conference to Review Progress Made in the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects; New York City
--02/28/06  U.S. Works To Add Allies in War on Terrorism; John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Interview on NPR News by Vicky O'Hara; Washington, DC
--02/02/06  Australia and America 2006: Two Different Countries Separated by a Common Ocean and Strategy; John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at Australia National University; Canberra, Australia
--01/11/06  Small Arms and Light Weapons; Steven Costner, Deputy Director, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Statement to the Preparatory Committee Meeting for the First Review Conference of the United Nations Program of Action for Small Arms and Light Weapons; New York City

2005
--12/13/05  The Mine Action Support Group (MASG); Richard Kidd, Director, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Remarks to the Mine Action Support Group (MASG) at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations; New York City, New York
--12/05/05  Harmonizing Mine Action into Development Programs; John Stevens, Foreign Affairs Officer; Remarks at the Linking Mine Action to Development: Second Dialogue Meeting, GICHD; Geneva, Switzerland
--11/30/05  The Changing Nature of the Political-Military Interface; John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks at the Joint Worldwide Planning Conference, Edelweiss Conference Center; Garmisch, Germany
--11/03/05  Address to the 18th Annual Global Trade Controls Conference; John Hillen, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks to the Conference; London, England
--10/06/05  Remarks for the National Conference for Landmine Action in Chicago, Illinois; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC 
--06/24/05  Protecting Global Aviation: Keeping Nicaraguan Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Out of the Hands of Terrorists; Ambassador Rose M. Likins, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Briefing at the Washington Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
--06/14/05  Reducing the Harm Inflicted by Persistent Landmines; James F. Lawrence, Deputy Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, Bureau of Political-Military Affairs; Prepared Statement of the U.S. at the Plenary of the Intersessional Standing Committee Meeting of the Anti-Personnel Mine Treaty; Geneva, Switzerland
--04/20/05  Reclaiming the Minefields; Rose M. Likins, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs; Letter to the Editor; TIME Magazine
--04/12/05  Small Arms and Light Weapons; Ambassador Robert G. Loftis, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs; Remarks to the Organization of American States Small Arms/Light Weapons Meeting; Washington, DC
--03/05/05  Post Nairobi Summit: Perspectives on Global Policies to End the Landmine Crisis; Richard G. Kidd, Director of the Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement; Prepared Remarks at the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) Panel Discussion; New York, New York
--03/03/05  Address to the Polus Center for Social and Economic Development; Rose M. Likins, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs; Prepared Remarks for the Polus Center 7th Annual Fundraiser Dinner; Northampton, Massachusetts