| | 2008 Foreign Press Center Briefings
December
--12/18/08 Asia-Pacific U.S. Military Overview; Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--12/16/08 Preview of the 111th Congress; James Thurber, Director, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, American University; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Video
--12/08/08 Scenesetter: Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas Ministerial in Panama, December 10, 2008; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--12/01/08 President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR); , ; Remarks to...; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
November
--11/25/08 Afghanistan National Security Forces Update; Major General Robert Cone, Commander, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A); Foreign Press Center Briefing via Digital Videoconference (DVC); Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Audio
--11/24/08 Alliance for Youth Movements Summit at Columbia University in New York, December 3-5, 2008; James K. Glassman, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--11/21/08 Release of the Report 'Global Trends -2025' by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Dr. Mathew Burrows, National Intelligence Council Counselor and Principal Organizer of Global Trends 2025; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--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
--11/10/08 Preview of U.S. Priorities for APEC; Ambassador Patricia Haslach, U.S. Senior Official for APEC, Bureau of East Asian & Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--11/05/08 2008 U.S. Election Results; Dr. James Zogby, President, Arab American Institute; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--11/05/08 Asia-Pacific U.S. Military Overview; Admiral Timothy Keating, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--11/04/08 Foreign Policy and the Next President; Stephen Flanagan, Senior Vice President, Henry A. Kissinger Chair in National Security, CSIS; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--11/04/08 Latest Trends in the 2008 Elections; John Zogby, Pollster, Zogby International; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Video
--11/04/08 Scene Setter - 2008 Presidential Elections; Jerry Hagstrom, Senior Editor, National Journal; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--11/04/08 The Economy and the Next President and the New Congress; Theodore H. Moran, Marcus Wallenberg Professor of International Business and Finance, Georgetown U.; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Video
--11/04/08 The New Congress; John Fortier, Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Video
--11/03/08 Election Eve: Overview of the 2008 Presidential Election; Allan J. Lichtman, Professor and Chair, Department of History, American University; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
October
--10/31/08 Election Preview 2008: What If We Had an Election and Everyone Came? Effect of Turnout on the Election; Doug Chapin, Project Director, Electiononline.org, The Pew Center on the States; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--10/30/08 The Electoral College and Battleground States; John Fortier, Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--10/29/08 Foreign Policy in the 2008 Presidential Election; Steven Cook, Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies; ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--10/28/08 Youth Vote in 2008; Karlos Barrios Marcelo, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) Research Associate; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - 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
--10/22/08 Update on the Global Financial Situation; Tony Fratto, White House Deputy Press Secretary; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Video
--10/20/08 Preview of the White House Summit on International Development on October 21; Henrietta Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/17/08 The Future of U.S. - India Relations; Evan Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing with Indian Media; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/14/08 The Presidential Elections: The Wall Street Perspective - McCain/Obama Economic Policies; Maury Harris, Chief U.S. Economist, UBS; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--10/10/08 Head of Global Currency Strategy, Merrill Lynch; Alex Patelis, Head of International Economics, Merrill Lynch; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--10/08/08 Stability Operations: A Road Map from Conflict to Peace - A Preview of the New Army Field Manual 3-07; Lieutenant General William Caldwell, Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Ft. Leavenworth ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
September
--09/30/08 U.S. Response to Global Financial Turmoil ; David H. McCormick, Under Secretary for International Affairs, U.S. Department of Treasury ; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--09/24/08 Discussion of the New York Leaders Meeting; Daniel Sullivan, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--09/16/08 Post-Convention, Pre-Debates: A Look at the Race to the White House in Key Battleground States; Stan Greenberg, Chairman and CEO, Greenberg Quinlan Rosner; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--09/10/08 International Partners and the War on Terrorism 2008; Ambassador at Large Dell L. Dailey, U.S. Department of State's Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--09/04/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - 2008 Presidential Election; Ben Ginsberg, Political Commentator MSNBC, CNN, FOX News; Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/04/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Foreign Policy; Senator Johnny Isakson, (R - Georgia); Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/03/08 Republican National Convention Briefig - Foreign Policy; Dr. Kori Schake, Deputy Foreign Policy Advisor, McCain 2008 Campaign; Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/03/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Domestic Issues; Former Governor George Pataki, New York; Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/03/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Domestic Issues and Vice- Presidential Nominee; Congressman Marsha Blackburn, (R - Tennessee); Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/03/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Foreign Policy; Senator Christopher (Kit) Bond, (R - Mo); Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota -- Listen to Audio
--09/03/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Foreign Policy; Congressman Pete Hoekstra, (R - Michigan); Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/02/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Convention Program; Adam Mendelsohn, Senior Strategy Advisor, McCain2008 Campaign; Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/02/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Foreign Policy; Senator Bob Corker, (R - Tenn.); Foreign Press Center; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/01/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Economic Policy; Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Conmerce; Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/01/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Politics; Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Commentator; Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
--09/01/08 Republican National Convention Briefing - Politics; Congressman Roy Blunt, (R - Missouri); Foreign Press Center Briefing; St. Paul, Minnesota
August
--08/27/08 Democratic National Convention Briefing - National Security; Senator Jack Reed, National Security Expert; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Denver, Colorado -- Official Transcript
--08/26/08 Democratic National Convention Briefing - Obama Campaign; Joe Lockhart, Former Press Secreatry, President Bill Clinton; Founder, Glover Park Group; Political Strategist; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Denver, Colorado -- Official Transcript
--08/25/08 Democratic National Convention Briefing - African American Policy; Senator Peter Groff, Colorado Senate President; Director, U. of Denver Center for African American Policy; ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Denver, Colorado -- Listen to Audio
--08/25/08 Democratic National Convention Briefing - Obama Campaign; Greg Craig, Senior Advisor, Senator Barack Obama; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Denver, Colorado --Listen to Audio
--08/25/08 Democratic National Convnention - Foreign Policy; Ambassador Wendy Sherman, Foreign Policy Advisor to Senator Barack Obama; Foreign Press Center; Denver, Colorado -- Listen to Audio
--08/20/08 Update on the Current USAID Activities in Lebanon; Thomas A. Staal, Acting U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director for Lebanon; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--08/19/08 Situation in Georgia and Implications for the Caucasus; Matthew Bryza, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--08/11/08 A Preview of the 2008 Americas Competitiveness Forum, August 17-19 in Atlanta, Ga; Carlos M. Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce; foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View video
--08/06/08 Overview of the Presidential Debates; Janet Brown, Executive Director, Commission on Presidential Debates; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
July
--07/31/08 No Safe Haven for Human Rights Violators; Julie L. Myers, Assistant Secretry, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript -- Listen to Audio
--07/22/08 Afghanistan National Security Forces Update; Major General Robert Cone, Commander, Combined Security Transition Command - Afghanistan (CSTC-A); Foreign Press Center DVC Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- Listen to Audio
--07/18/08 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Foreign Press Center; James Glassman, Under Secretary of State for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy; Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/18/08 Washington Foreign Press Center Celebrates 40 Years of Serving the Foreign Media; Stephen Hess, Brookings Institution, Moderator; Foreign Press Center Panel Discussion; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--07/17/08 Preview of the ASEAN Regional Forum and ASEAN-U.S. Ministerial Meeting; Scot Marciel, U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs & Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, East Asian & Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--07/15/08 Breast Cancer Stamp Program; Dr. Balazs "Ernie" Bodal, Founder of the Breast Cancer Postage Stamp Program, Lieutenant Colonel Chris Macedonia; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--07/15/08 U.S. Public Diplomacy and the War of Ideas; James K. Glassman, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--07/01/08 The 7th AGOA Forum ; Todd J. Moss, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--07/01/08 The Merida Initiative: Our Partnership Moves Forward; John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy ; Foreign Press Center ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
June
--06/24/08 Presidential Campaign Update: Overview of the Battleground States & The Key Issues; Kellyanne Conway, President & CEO, The Polling Company, Inc.; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--06/17/08 2008 Elections - The Latest Post-Primary Overview; Vaughn Ververs, Senior Political Editor, CBS News; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--06/04/08 The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report; Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--06/03/08 Implementation of the Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA); Stewart A. Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
May
--05/30/08 The 2008 Elections and the Hispanic Vote; Susan Minushkin, Deputy Director of the Pew Hispanic Center; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--05/29/08 Promoting Democracy Around the Globe; Patrick Merloe, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--05/29/08 The Importance of the Youth Vote; Karlo Marcelo, Researcher, Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript -- View Video
--05/27/08 Proliferation Security Initiative; John Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/21/08 Ambassador Cumber's Vision for Collaboration with the OIC; Ambassador Sada Cumber, Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC); Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Audio to Briefing
--05/21/08 NATO-ISAF Operations in Afghanistan; General Dan K. McNielll, Commander, NATO International Security Assistance Force (ISAF); Foreign Press Center Videoconference Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/20/08 A Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/20/08 Africa Partnership Station: U.S. Naval Operations in West & Central Africa; Captain John B. Nowell, Jr., Commodore of Africa Partnership Station 2008; ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--05/20/08 Palestine Investment Conference; Robert A. Kimmitt, Deputy Secreary of the Treasury; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript-- View Video
--05/12/08 U.S. Open Investment Policies: Invest in America Week; David Bohigian, Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Listen to Briefing
--05/01/08 Education for Global Development; David R. Arnold, President, American University in Cairo; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Listen to Audio
--05/01/08 The Global Marketplace; Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO, NYSE Euronext; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
April
--04/29/08 Market Based Solutions to Climate Change and Other Environmental Challenges; R. Andrew De Pass, Head, Sustainable Development Investment, CITI Alternative Investments; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--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
--04/24/08 US-VISIT Update; Robert Mocny, Director, US-VISIT Program, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Listen to Audio
--04/23/08 The Year Ahead in South and Central Asia; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--04/23/08 World Intellectual Property Day & Beyond: How the U.S. Government, Private Sector, and Academia Support International Outreach on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR); Wayne Paugh, Acting U.S. Coordinator for International Intellectual Property Enforcement; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Listen to Audio
--04/10/08 2008 Presidential Election Update; Dr. Frank I. Luntz, Pollster, Author and CEO of Luntz, Maslansky Strategic Research; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--04/10/08 Update from U.S. Embassy in Iraq; Philip Reeker, Counselor to Ambassador Ryan Crocker, U.S. Embassy Baghdad; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--04/07/08 The NATO Summit; Dan Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs ; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--04/01/08 The Nuts and Bolts of Covering the 2008 National Conventions; Jerry Gallegos, Superintendent, House Press Gallery; Foreign Press Center ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
March
--03/31/08 Military Commissions; Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority, Department of Defense, Office of Military Commissions; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/26/08 Roundtable with the Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference; Sada Cumber, Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference ; Foreign Press Center Roundtable ; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--03/19/08 Moving Forward in 2008: The U.S.-East Asia Relationship; Christopher Hill, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--03/14/08 International Women's Day; Recipients of the Second Annual International Women of Courage Award, ; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--03/11/08 Missile Defense; John Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--03/06/08 Recent USAID Developments in Iraq; James Kunder, Acting Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--03/03/08 U.S. Foreign Aid and Efforts in Combating Global Poverty; and Review of Announcements on Poverty Reduction During the President's Recent Trip to Africa ; Ambassador John Danilovich, CEO Millennium Challenge Corporation; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
February
--02/28/08 A Foreign Policy Discussion; Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--02/28/08 Toy Donation to Pakistani Children in Karachi and Lahore; Ann E. W. Stone, President, The Stone Group; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/27/08 Department of Treasury International Agenda; Robert M. Kimmitt, Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Treasury; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--02/27/08 The Race for the Delegates and Super Delegates; Michael Barone, Senior Writer, U.S. News & World Report; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--02/27/08 Update on Pending Free Trade Agreements with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia; Ambassador Susan Schwab, U.S. Trade Representative; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/26/08 The U.S. Economy: Wall Street Forecasts for the Year Ahead; David Resler, Chief Economist, Nomura Securities; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/22/08 Remarks on President Bush's Economic Agenda; Christopher A. Padilla, U.S. Commerce Under Secretary for International Trade; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/21/08 U.S. Policy and Developments in the Middle East; C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Video
--02/14/08 Air Forces Alternative Energy Initiatives ; Bill Anderson , Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environment, Installations and Logistics ; Foreign Press Center Briefing ; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--02/11/08 Election 2008 - The African American Vote; Hilary O. Shelton, Director of the NAACP's Washington Bureau; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - View Transcript
--02/11/08 Update on Detainee Military Commissions; Brigadier General Thomas W. Hartmann, Legal Adviser to the Convening Authority, Department of Defense, Office of Military Commissions; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/06/08 Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez's Upcoming Trip to Jordan; Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; Foreign Press Center Roundtable Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--02/05/08 Super Tuesday Program at the Washington Foreign Press Center; , ; Foreign Press Center Briefings; Washington, DC
January
--01/30/08 The MCC at Four - U.S. Efforts in Combating Global Poverty; Ambassador John J. Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Video
--01/30/08 US-Visit Transition to 10-Fingerprint Collection; Robert A. Mocny, Director, US-Visit Program, Department of Homeland Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
--01/23/08 Afghanistan Update; Major General David M. Rodriguez, Commander, 82nd Airborne Division, Coalition Joint Task Force - 82 Regional Command-East; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/22/08 50th Anniversary of the National Grammy Awards; Daryl P. Friedman, Vice President, Advocacy & Government Relations, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript
--01/22/08 The Western Hemisphere: 2007 in Review and Looking Ahead to 2008; Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC -- Official Transcript - Video
--01/16/08 Waterfalls Exhibit; Olafur Eliasson, Artist; Foreign Press Center Briefing; New York, New York -- Official Transcript
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