-- Law Enforcement and International Narcotics

--11/19/08   Status of Four Domestic Eco-Terrorism Fugitives Who Are Wanted in Connection with "Operation Backfire"; Michael B. Ward, Deputy Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--10/27/08  Progress in Afghanistan: U.S. Releases New Poppy Cultivation Data; John Walters, Director, White House Office of Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--04/28/08  Emerging Transatlantic Drug Threats; John Walters, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--11/16/07  The Merida Initiative: United States-Mexico-Central America Security Cooperation; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/25/07  A Comprehensive Approach to Counternarcotics in Afghanistan; John P. Walters, Director of the White House Office of Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC  -- Official Transcript
--08/31/06  Progress in Efforts to Control Afghan Poppy Cultivation; Tom Schweich, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of International Narcotics & Law Enforcement Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/05/06  FBI' Work with Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence, Criminal Investigation, and Cyber Crime; John Miller, Assistant Director, Office of Public Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--04/27/06  Combatting the Global Drug Threat: Scene Setter for the 2006 International Drug Enforcement Conference; Michael Braun, Chief of Operations, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/11/06  Combating Global Terrorism and Crime; John Miller, Assistant Director for Public Affairs, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--04/10/06  Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan: Recent Progress and European Support for Institutional Stability; John Walters, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center Roundtable; Washington, DC --  Official Transcript
--03/01/06  The 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Anne W. Patterson, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--11/17/05  Progress Report on Anti-Drug Efforts in Colombia ; John Walters, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/15/05  The President's 2006 Narcotics Certifications; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--03/10/05  U.S. Perspectives on European Drug Policy and "Harm Reduction"; John Walters, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, The White House; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/04/05  2004 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/05/04  Four G8 Compact Countries Announce their Plans to Combat Corruption; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC  -- Official Transcript
--08/10/04  Recent Progress in Counternarcotics Efforts in Colombia and Mexico; John Walters, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/01/04  2003 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/17/04  Combating Global Terrorism and Crime; Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--12/09/03  Progress Against Trafficking in Persons; John Miller, Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell on Trafficking in Persons; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/29/03  Current Developments in Colombia in the Fight Against Drug Trafficking and Narcoterrorism; John Walters, ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--06/12/03  Contextual Briefing on 2003 Trafficking in Persons Report; John Miller, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--03/03/03  2002 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report; Paul Simons, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--02/21/03  State Department-hosted international conference, "Pathbreaking Strategies in the Global Fight Against Sex Trafficking," Washington, D.C., Feb. 23-26; John Miller, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Department of State ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--02/20/03  International Parental Child Abduction; Michelle Bernier-Toth, Director, Office of Children's Issues, Overseas Citizen Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs and; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript.
--08/13/02  A Balanced Counterdrug Policy Within Our Hemisphere; John P. Walters, Director, White House Office of National Drug Control Policy ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--08/06/02  Genocide and War in Central Africa: Pursuing the Criminals; Pierre Prosper, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--06/14/02  Drug Courts and Alternative Sentencing: A View from the Bench; Judge Jeffrey Rosinek, Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit Court, Miam-Dade County; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
--05/06/02  Issues Update; Pierre-Richard Prosper, U.S. Ambassador for War Crimes Issues; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--05/02/02  National Drug Control Strategy: Combating Narcoterrorism; John P. Walters, Director, Office of Drug Control Policy; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--03/22/02  Scene Setter for Upcoming Trip to Colombia; Asa Hutchinson, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Agency, Department of Justice; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/28/02  Narco Pollution: Illicit Drug Trade in the Andes; Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--09/07/01  Scene-Setter for Secretary Powell's Trip to Colombia; William R. Brownfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--06/29/01  Battling International Corruption: 3rd Annual Report on the Implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention; Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--02/14/01  Combatting International Crime: A Look Ahead; Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)