Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs

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July 2000
07/31/00: Ambassador Edward Walker, Press Conference, Middle East Summit at Camp David With Questions and Answers, Cairo, Egypt
07/27/00: President Clinton, Interview by Israeli Television on the Middle East Peace Summit at Camp David
07/27/00: Samuel Berger, Interview with Charlie Rose on the Middle East Peace Talks
07/25/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on "The News Hour With Jim Lehrer", Washington, DC
07/25/00: Secretary Albright, On-the-Record Briefing on the Middle East Peace Talks, Washington, DC
07/25/00: President Clinton, Statement on the Middle East Peace Talks at Camp David, The White House, Washington, DC
07/25/00: President Clinton, Prime Minister Barak, and Chairman Arafat, Trilateral Statement
07/24/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:53 a.m.)
07/23/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (7:30 p.m.)
07/23/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:20 a.m.)
07/21/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:00 p.m.)
07/21/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:05 a.m.)
07/20/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:05 p.m.)
07/20/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:05 p.m.)
07/20/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:48 A.M. EDT)
07/20/00: President Clinton, Remarks Upon Departure From Camp David Peace Summit, Thurmont, Maryland,
07/19/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:42 P.M. EDT)
07/19/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:10 A.M. EDT)
07/18/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:08 P.M. EDT)
07/18/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:20 P.M. EDT)
07/17/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (4:05 P.M. EDT)
07/17/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:45 A.M. EDT)
07/16/00: President Clinton, Excerpt of Interview with Michael Kramer of The New York Daily News, Camp David, Maryland
07/16/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:30 PM EDT)
07/16/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (10:55 A.M. EDT)
07/14/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (5:20 P.M. EDT)
07/14/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (12:05 P.M. EDT)
07/13/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing, The Camp David Peace Talks, Thurmont, Maryland (6:20 p.m.)
07/13/00: Richard Boucher, Press Briefing, The Camp David Peace Talks, Thurmont, Maryland (12:03 p.m.)
07/12/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (6:00 P.M. EDT)
07/12/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland (11:42 A.M. EDT)
07/11/00: President Clinton, Remarks at Photo Opportunity With Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Camp David, Maryland
07/11/00: Joe Lockhart, Press Briefing at Thurmont Elementary School, Thurmont, Maryland
07/11/00: President Clinton, Remarks Upon Departure for Camp David Peace Summit
07/09/00: Ambassador Dennis Ross, Interview on CNN's "Late Edition" (Camp David Summit)
07/05/00: Senior Administration Official, White House Background Briefing on Camp David Summit
07/05/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Israeli-Palestinian Meetings at Camp David Next Week; Secretary Albright's Participation in Meetings; Secretary Albright Unable to Attend G-8 Ministerial in Japan; Press Arrangements for Coverage of Meetings; Size and Members of Delegations/Arr; Chairman Arafat's on Declaring Palestinian State and Summit)
07/05/00: Taken Question: Iraq: Missile Program
June 2000
06/30/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Nothing New Scheduled for Summit; Secretary's report to the President; Secretary's Discussion with Chairman Arafat; Oslo Accords were Based on Mutuality, Not Unilateral Decision-Making; Raising of PHALCON Issue during Secretary's travel to Israel; No Official Confirmation from the Government of Israel that the Deputy Defense Minister will be travelling to Washington; No Talks with Sonny Callahan; Resolutions 242 and 338 are the cornerstones of the U.S. Approach to the Middle East)
06/28/00: Secretary Albright and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Press Remarks Following Their Meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem
06/28/00: Secretary Albright and Palestinian Chairman Yaser Arafat, Remarks Following Their Meeting in Ramallah, West Bank
06/28/00: Secretary Albright and Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy, Remarks Following Their Meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jerusalem
06/26/00: Vice President Gore and Leaders of the Iraqi National Congress, Joint Statement
06/20/00: Secretary Albright and His Majesty Mohammed VI, King of Morocco, Remarks at Luncheon, Washington, DC
06/20/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Prospects for a Camp David Style Working Summit/U.S. Discussions with the Palestinian Authority/Reported U.S. Proposal to Chairman Arafat To Delay Israeli Hand Over/Ambassador Dennis Ross' Travel/Effect of Israeli Political Crisis)
06/19/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on The Diane Rehm Show--WAMU-FM, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace)
06/18/00: President, United Nations Security Council, Statement on Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon, New York
06/18/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on CNN's "Both Sides" with the Reverend Jesse Jackson, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace Talks)
06/16/00: President Clinton, Memorandum to the Secretary of State, Suspension of Limitations Under the Jerusalem Embassy Act
06/16/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Andrews and Bolling Talks/Troop Withdrawal/Prisoner Exchanges/U.S. Political Prisoners in Israel/Timing of Dennis Ross' Trip/Iraq-No Fly Zones/Oil-For-Food Program)
06/16/00: Harold Hongju Koh, Statement, U.S. Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia (Human Rights Issues in Tunisia)
06/15/00: Richard Boucher, On-The-Record Briefing, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace Talks)
06/15/00: Richard Boucher, Daily Press Briefing Excerpt (Chairman Arafat Visit/Israeli-Palestinian Talks/Chairman Arafat and Prime Minister Barak Meeting/Andrews and Bolling Talks)
06/13/00: Secretary Albright, Press Stakeout, Sheraton Hotel, Damascus, Syria
06/12/00: Secretary Albright, Press Briefing, Department of State, Washington, DC (Middle East peace process)
06/09/00: Thomas Pickering, 17th National Convention of the America-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace Process and Iraq)
06/08/00: UN Security Council, Resolution 1302, Extension of Iraq Oil-for-Food Program, New York
06/07/00: Secretary Albright, Press Briefing Aboard Aircraft En Route Shannon, Ireland from Cairo, Egypt
06/07/00: Secretary Albright and Egyptian Foreign Minister Amre Moussa, Press Availability, Ittihadiya Palace, Cairo, Egypt (peace process)
06/06/00: President Clinton and King Abdullah of Jordan, Remarks at Photo Opportunity, Washington, DC (Middle East Peace Process)
06/05/00: Secretary Albright and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Press availability following meeting at the Prime Minister's Office, Jerusalem
06/05/00: Philip Reeker, Excerpt From Daily Press Briefing ("60 Minutes" Program About Iranian Defector/Iran Involvement in Pan Am 103 and Khobar Towers)
06/04/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on CNN's "Late Edition" With Wolf Blitzer, Washington, DC (Israeli-Palestinian peace talks)
06/01/00: Vice President Gore, White House Fact Sheet on Jordan's Participation in the Internet for Economic Development Initiative, Atlanta, Georgia
May 2000
05/31/00: Philip Reeker, Excerpt From Daily Press Briefing (Iran: Support for Terrorist Organizations)
05/30/00: Senior Official, Press Briefing, President Clinton's Meeting With Prime Minister Barak, Lisbon, Portugal
05/30/00: Richard Holbrooke, Statement on the Admission of Israel to the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) Regional Group at the United Nations, New York
05/24/00: Secretary Albright, Press availability following the North Atlantic Council Ministerial, Florence, Italy (Lebanon)
05/24/00: Robert Pelletreau, Press Conference, Tenth Anniversary of the Unification of Yemen May 22, Sanaa, Yemen
05/23/00: President Clinton, Letter to the U.S. Senate Regarding the U.S.-Jordan bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT)
05/22/00: Secretary Albright, Statement on Lebanon, Washington, DC
05/21/00: Samuel Berger, NSC, Remarks at Plenary Session of the Board of Governors, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Middle East Peace)
05/16/00: Dennis Ross, Interview on "CNN World View", CNN TV (Israeli, Palestinian conflict)
05/10/00: C. David Welch, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Operations (Peacekeeping As a Vital Foreign Policy Tool)
05/08/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Remarks Anti-Defamation League, Annual Leadership Conference, Washington, DC (The Peace Process and U.S.-Israeli Relations)
05/06/00: C. David Welch, Press Roundtable, Kuwait City, Kuwait
05/06/00: C. David Welch, Remarks to POW Committee, Kuwait City, Kuwait
05/05/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing (Escalation of Violence / Unilateral Israeli Withdrawal From Lebanon /Peace Process / Eilat Talks / Palestinian Talks / Albright-Shara Discussion)
05/04/00: Ronald Neumann, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs (U.S. Policy Toward Libya)
05/04/00: Samuel Berger, Op Ed from the Financial Times (Saddam is the Root of all Iraq's Problems)
05/04/00: Secretary Albright, Remarks at the 94th Anniversary Dinner of the American Jewish Committee, Union Station, Washington, DC
05/03/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing (Iraq No-Fly-Zone/Preventing Illegal Oil Exports/Oil-for-Food Program)
05/03/00: Richard Boucher, Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing (Trial of Iranian Jews)
April 2000
04/26/00: Ambassador James Cunningham, Statement on Kuwaiti Prisoners of War Issue
04/24/00: Congressman Tony Hall, Statement on his Visit to Iraq April 16-20, Washington, DC
04/24/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/21/00: Presidential Determination, Waiver of Statutory Provisions
04/21/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/20/00: Senior Administration Official, Briefing on President Clinton's Meeting with Chairman Arafat, Washington, DC
04/20/00: President Clinton, Remarks, Photo-Op With Chairman Yasser Arafat of Palestinian Authority, Washington, DC
04/20/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/17/00: Francis Ricciardone, Remarks at the American University, Center for Global Peace, Washington, DC (An American Diplomat's Perspectives on Kurds in the Global Arena)
04/14/00: Francis Ricciardone, Press Briefing After Meetings at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara, Turkey (Iraq)
04/14/00: Thomas Pickering, Centennial Celebration of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Washington, DC (Diplomacy And Archaeology: Past, Present And Future)
04/14/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Remarks After Meetings at Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ankara, Turkey
04/14/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/12/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/11/00: Briefing, Following Meeting of President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Barak
04/11/00: President Clinton and Prime Minister Barak, Remarks Before Their Meeting
04/10/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
04/04/00: White House press statement on the Visit of President Saleh of Yemen to the U.S.
04/03/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
March 2000
03/30/00: James Foley, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
03/28/00: James Foley, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing
03/27/00: James Foley, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Middle East peace process)
03/26/00: Joe Lockhart, Press briefing following President Clinton and President Assad's Meeting (peace process)
03/26/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on CNN's "Late Edition" With Wolf Blitzer, Geneva, Switzerland (Middle East peace process)
03/26/00: Secretary Albright, Interview by CBS' "Face the Nation," Washington, DC (Middle East peace talks)
03/26/00: White House Press Secretary, press statement (Israeli/Syrian peace talks)
03/24/00: Ambassador James Cunningham, UN Security Council, New York (Iraq)
03/24/00: Samuel Berger, National Security Council, press briefing aboard Air Force One, En route Geneva, Switzerland
03/24/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (Iraq)
03/23/00: David Welch and Beth Jones, Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee (U.S. Policy Toward Iraq)
03/23/00: Secretary Ablright and Swiss Foreign Minister Joseph Deiss, press stakeout, La Pastorale, Geneva, Switzerland
03/23/00: Alina Romanowski, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Testimony, House International Relations Committee (Military developments)
03/22/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (U.S. Policy Toward Iraq)
03/17/00: Secretary Albright, press briefing, American-Iranian Relations, Washington, DC
03/17/00: Secretary Albright, Remarks at Conference on American-Iranian Relations, Washington, DC
03/14/00: President Clinton, Statement on signing the Iran Nonproliferation Act of 2000
03/13/00: President Clinton, Letter to Congress regarding the National Emergency Act (Iran)
February 2000
02/29/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing (Presentation on Iraq)
02/24/00: Dennis Ross, Following Meeting With Foreign Minister Moussa, Cairo, Egypt (peace process)
02/24/00: Dennis Ross, Following Meeting With President Hosni Mubarak, Cairo, Egypt (peace process)
02/14/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Press Conference, American Embassy Sanaa, Yemen
02/12/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Press Conference, Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait
02/08/00: Secretary Albright, CNN Worldview and Press Stakeout Following Interview outside CNN Studios, Washington, DC
02/05/00: Edward Walker, Jr., Departure statement, at Mohammed V International Airport, Casablanca, Morocco
02/05/00: Dennis Ross, Interview on CNN, Tel Aviv, Israel (peace process)
02/01/00: Secretary Albright, press conference following the Multilateral Steering Group Meeting, Moscow, Russia (Middle East Peace)
02/01/00: Secretary Albright, remarks immediately following the statement by Acting President Vladimir Putin at the Multilateral Steering Group Meeting, Moscow, Russia (Middle East Peace)
02/01/00: Secretary Albright, statement at the Opening Plenary of the Multilateral Steering Group, Moscow, Russia (Middle East Peace)
01/29/00: President Clinton and Chairman Arafat, readout to the Press on their meeting
January 2000
01/29/00: James Rubin, press briefing, Davos,Switzerland
01/27/00: James Rubin, Excerpt from the Daily Press Briefing (peace talks)
01/19/00: President Clinton, Text of a Letter From The President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate (Continuation of Emergency Regarding Terrorists Who Threaten To Disrupt the Middle East Peace Process)
01/17/00: President Clinton, Remarks, Travel Pool Greater Washington, DC Boys and Girls Club of America
01/11/00: James Rubin, Daily Press Briefing Excerpt (Shepherdstown peace talks)
01/10/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 7, 1:30 p.m.)
01/10/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 7)
01/09/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 6)
01/07/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 5)
01/06/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 4)
01/06/00: James Rubin,
Telephone Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 4)
01/05/00: James Rubin,
Telephone Readout to the Press, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 3)
01/05/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 3)
01/04/00: James Rubin, Telephone Readout to the Press, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 2)
01/04/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 2)
01/04/00: Joe Lockhart, Readout to the Pool, Clarion Hotel, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
01/04/00: Joe Lockhart, Second Readout to the Pool, Clarion Hotel, Shepherdstown, West Virginia
01/03/00: James Rubin,
Telephone Readout to the Press, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 1)
01/03/00: James Rubin, Press Briefing, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, West Virginia (Day 1)
01/02/00: Secretary Albright, Interview on NBC's "Meet The Press," With Tim Russert and Andrea Mitchell, Washington, DC
Current: August 2000
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