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2001 Foreign Press Center Briefings


December
--12/18/01  Demining in Afghanistan; Lincoln Bloomfield, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Miliary Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--12/12/01  National Security Council Briefing for Foreign Media; Sean McCormack, National Security Council Spokesman; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--12/05/01  Foreign Correspondents' Perspectives: Covering the War Against Terror from the U.S.; Stephen Hess, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; Foreign Press Center Panel Discussion; Washington, DC (Brookings Institution Transcript)
--12/04/01  Latest Developments in Tracking the Financial Assests of Terrorists; John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

November
--11/29/01  Weekly Briefing for Foreign Media; Philip Reeker, Deputy Spokesman, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/28/01  The OAS Response to Terrorism; Steven Monblatt (USA), Chairperson of the OAS Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/27/01  National Security Council Briefing for Foreign Media; Sean McCormack, National Security Council Spokesman; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/19/01  Report on Recent Visit to Afghanistan; Andrew Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/19/01  U.S. Foreign Policy in the Asia Pacific Region: An Overview; James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/16/01  Terrorism: U.S. Policies and Counterterrorism Measures; Amb. Francis Taylor, Coordinator for Counterterrism, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/15/01  Weekly Briefing for Foreign Media; Philip Reeker, Deputy Spokesman, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/13/01  Department of Defense Update for Foreign Media; Rear Adm. Craig Quigley, Deputy Spokesman, Department of Defense; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/09/01  Public Diplomacy in Support of the International Coalition; Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/08/01  Update: Humanitarian Assistance to the People of Afghanistan; Alan J. Kreczko, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/07/01  Background Briefing: United Nations General Assembly Scenesetter; Senior Administration Official; Foreign Press Center Background Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/07/01  Tracking Terrorist Assets; John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/07/01  Weekly Briefing for Foreign Media; Philip Reeker, Deputy Spokesman, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/06/01  Human Rights and the Taliban; Lorne W. Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/02/01  Background Briefing on Taliban Denial and Deception Techniques; Senior Defense Department Official; Foreign Press Center Background Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/02/01  Tracking Financial Assets of Terrorists; Jimmy Gurule, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/01/01  Background Briefing on World Trade Organization Ministerial in Doha; Senior U.S. Trade Official; Foreign Press Center Background Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--11/01/01  Weeking Briefing for Foreign Media; Philip Reeker, Deputy Spokesman, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

October
--10/26/01  U.S. Humanitarian Assistance to the People of Afghanistan: An Update from His Recent Trip to Pakistan; Bear McConnell, Director, Central Asia Task Force, U.S. Agency for International Development; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/25/01  New Challenges Facing U.S. Economic Policy After September 11; Dr. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, White House Council of Economic Advisers; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/25/01  Weekly Briefing for Foreign Media; Philip Reeker, Deputy Spokesman, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--10/24/01  Arab-American Perspectives on the Campaign Against Terrorism; John Zogby, Director, Arab-American Institute; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Official Transcript)
--10/18/01  Weekly Briefing for Foreign Media; Philip Reeker, Deputy Spokesman, Department of State; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/11/01  Humanitarian Assistance to the Afghan People; Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/10/01  Upcoming APEC Meetings in Shanghai, China; Lawrence Greenwood, U.S. Coordinator for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--10/09/01  The World Trade Organization and the Future of the Developing World; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

September
--09/24/01  Building an International Coalition Against Terrorism; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political 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)
--09/07/01  U.S. Participation in the OAS Special Assembly for the Adoption of the Inter-American Democratic Charter; Amb. Roger Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

August
--08/21/01  Her Upcoming Trip to Ukraine and the Caucusus; Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--08/14/01  Army Security Assistance Programs and National Security; Major General Bruce K. Scott, Commanding General, U.S. Army Security Assistance Command; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

July
--07/24/01  Missile Defense and Other Security Issues; John R. Bolton, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--07/24/01  Scene-Setter for Trip to Russia; Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--07/19/01  Scene-Setter for Trip to South Asia; Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--07/16/01  Scene-Setter for the G-8 Summit in Genoa; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--07/12/01  Humanitarian Situation in Sudan -- A Scene-Setter for the Trip to Northern and Southern Sudan of USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios; Roger Winter, Director USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA); Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Official Transcript)
--07/03/01  Bush Administration Africa Policy: The First Six Months and Looking Ahead; Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

June
--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)
--06/20/01  HUD's International Agenda on the Eve of the Secretary's Trip to El Salvador; Mel R. Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Opening Statement)
--06/08/01  U.S.-European Relations on the Eve of the President's Trip; Elizabeth Jones, Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--06/01/01  Overview of Current U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Los Angeles FPC Briefing; Los Angeles, CA (Official Transcript)

May
--05/30/01  Meeting with Washington-based Japanese Media; Senator Howard Baker, U.S. Ambassador-Designate to Japan; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--05/24/01  East Asia Through the Prism of the U.S.-Japan Relationship; Thomas Foley, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

April
--04/13/01  U.S. Participation in the Summit of the Americas; Senior Administration Official; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--04/12/01  Regional Dynamics in the Middle East and the Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace - Considerations for U.S. Policy; Amb. Edward Djerejian, Director, James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

March
--03/29/01  Agenda and Logistics for the Summit of the Americas; Marc Lortie, Personal Representative of the Prime Minister of Canada for the Summit of the Americas; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

February
--02/27/01  2000 Human Rights Report; Michael E. Parmly, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--02/21/01  Bush Administration Economic Policy; Dr. Lawrence Lindsey, Assistant to the President for Economic 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)
--02/06/01  Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to Afghanistan; Al Eastham, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

January
--01/12/01  The U.S. and Its Neighbors: A Regional Overview; Peter Romero, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/12/01  U.S. Asian Policy Overview; Stanley Roth, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/11/01  His Tenure and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations; New York Foreign Press Center; New York, NY (Official Transcript)
--01/09/01  U.S. Relations with Russian and the NIS; Stephen R. Sestanovich, Ambassador at Large and Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the NIS; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)
--01/04/01  A Pollster's View of Election 2000; John Zogby, President and CEO, Zogby International; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC (Unofficial Transcript)

  

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