2012

12/15/12 Interview With Ariana TV; Kabul, Afghanistan
12/15/12 Roundtable Press Conference; Kabul, Afghanistan
12/13/12 Inteview With Kuensel Newspaper;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Bhutan
12/12/12 Keynote Remarks: Asian Regional Economic Integration;  Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment Robert D. Hormats; The Asia Society; New York City, NY
12/11/12 Press Availability Dhaka, Bangladesh;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dhaka, Bangladesh
12/10/12 Closing Remarks South Asia Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dhaka, Bangladesh
12/09/12 Opening Remarks at the South Asia Women's Entrepreneurship Symposium;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dhaka, Bangladesh
12/08/12 When Women Drive Economic Growth;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; The Hindu
12/05/12 Press Conference With Governor Tooryalai Wesa; Kandahar, Afghanistan
12/01/12 U.S- South Asia Relations: A Vision for the Future; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; The 6th IISS-NESA South Asia Security Conference; Muscat, Oman
11/30/12 Remarks With Pakistani Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Washington, DC
11/29/12 Panel Remarks at the Pillsbury NEI Nuclear Export Controls Seminar; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
11/15/12 Press Availability; Washington, DC
10/31/12 Press Conference;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan
10/19/12 Interview With Indian Media; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; New Delhi,, India
10/19/12 Remarks at the Indian Ministry of Finance; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; New Delhi, India
10/18/12 Central Asia: Toward a Great Gain, Not a New Great Game;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Indiana University's Inner Asian and Uralic Natural Resource Center
10/12/12 Remarks at the Mackler Award Ceremony;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; National Press Club; Washington, DC
10/11/12 Keynote Address at 2nd Indo-U.S. Nuclear Energy Safety Summit; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Mumbai, India
10/10/12 Remarks at the Brookings-FICCI Dialogue on the India-U.S. Strategic Partnership; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
10/03/12 Remarks With Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Erlan Idrissov After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
10/03/12 Secretary Clinton Hosts the U.S.-Afghanistan Bilateral Commission;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ben Franklin Room; Washington, DC
09/26/12 Interview with CNN-IBN;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New York Foreign Press Center; New York City
09/26/12 Interview with Maharaja TV;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New York Foreign Press Center; New York City
09/26/12 Interview with NTV "Frankly Speaking";  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; The New York Foreign Press Center; New York, United States
09/26/12 Interview with Times Now;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; The New York Foreign Press Center; New York, United States
09/26/12 U.S. Foreign Policy in South and Central Asia;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New York, NY
09/14/12 Press Avail at the American Center Auditorium;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
09/14/12 Remarks at the AmCham Luncheon;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
09/12/12 Press Conference in Male;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Male, Maldives
09/11/12 Remarks at Hyatt Hotel;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Kathmandu, Nepal
08/31/12 Remarks at Federation of Bangladeshi Associations in North America (FOBANA); Deputy Assistant Secretary Alyssa Ayres, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Orlando, FL
08/26/12 Keynote Speech for Indian Independence Day Banquet of the National Council of Asian Indian Associations (NCAIA);  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Greenbelt, MD
08/17/12 Press Availability Following the U.S.-Uzbekistan Annual Bilateral Consultations;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
08/17/12 Remarks at the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
08/15/12 On-the-Record Briefing With International Media;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Almaty, Kazakhstan
08/09/12 Death of USAID Officer in Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
07/24/12 U.S. Engagement in Central Asia;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia; Washington, DC
07/19/12 Human Rights Situation in Bangladesh;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Testimony: Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission U.S. Congress; Washington, DC
07/12/12 Central Asia's Role in the Future of Afghanistan;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; The Conference on U.S and European Policy in Central Asia at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Washington, DC
07/09/12 Delivering on the New Silk Road; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tokyo Symposium on a New Silk Road; Tokyo, Japan
07/08/12 Background Briefing on the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan;  Senior Official; Okura Hotel; Tokyo, Japan
07/08/12 Beyond the Glass Ceiling: Leadership that Gets Results and Builds Collaborations; Deputy Assistant Secretary Alyssa Ayres, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Keynote Address at the South Asia Women Parliamentarians' Conference: Women Leading for Gender Responsive Governance; Dhaka, Bangladesh
07/08/12 Intervention at the Tokyo Conference on Afghanistan;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Prince Park Tower Hotel; Tokyo, Japan
07/08/12 Joint Statement by U.S. Secretary of State Clinton, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Rassoul, and Pakistan Foreign Minister Khar at the First Ministerial-level Core Group Trilateral Meeting; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
07/08/12 Remarks at Afghan Civil Society Event;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Prince Park Tower Hotel; Tokyo, Japan
07/07/12 Meeting with Embassy Staff in Kabul;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; U.S. Embassy Atrium; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/07/12 Remarks With Afghan President Hamid Karzai;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Presidential Palace; Kabul, Afghanistan
07/06/12 Unsung in Afghanistan;  Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Afghanistan; The Washington Post
06/21/12 Remarks to the Virginia-India Business Roundtable; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Tysons Corner, VA
06/14/12 Readout of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington Foreign Press Center; Washington, DC
06/14/12 Remarks at the "Heart of Asia" Ministerial; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Kabul, Afghanistan
06/13/12 Joint Statement on the Third U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
06/13/12 Remarks With Indian Foreign Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
06/13/12 Remarks at the Ceremony to Open the U.S. Consulate in Herat; Deputy Secretary William J. Burns; Herat, Afghanistan
06/13/12 Remarks at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
06/12/12 Remarks at the U.S.-India Higher Education Dialogue;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; George C. Marshall Center; Washington, DC
06/07/12 The Evolution of the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Washington, DC
06/04/12 Remarks to the U.S.-India World Affairs Institute;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
05/18/12 Remarks With Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Gamini Lakshman Peiris Before Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
05/16/12 Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Dan Feldman; The House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
05/10/12 Remarks at World Affairs Council;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Philadelphia, PA
05/08/12 Interview With Indira Lakshmanan of Bloomberg Radio;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Taj Palace Hotel; New Delhi, India
05/08/12 Interview With Michele Kelemen of NPR;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; New Delhi, India
05/08/12 Remarks With Indian External Affairs Minister Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Taj Palace Hotel; New Delhi, India
05/08/12 Remarks at Innovation Partnerships Event;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Taj Palace Hotel; New Delhi, India
05/08/12 Remarks at Northern Distribution Network Conference; Deputy Assistant Secretary Susan M. Elliott, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Riga, Latvia
05/08/12 Secretary Clinton Meets With Embassy Staff and Their Families;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Ambassador's Residence; New Delhi, India
05/07/12 Townterview with NDTV's Barkha Dutt on "We The People";  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; La Martiniere School for Girls; Kolkata, India
05/06/12 Interview With Ms. Mooni Saha, and Mr. Ejaj Ahmed At a Townterview with Bangladeshi Youth;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; International School Dhaka; Dhaka, Bangladesh
05/05/12 Joint Statement on U.S.-Bangladesh Partnership Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
05/05/12 Remarks With Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Prime Minister's Office; Dhaka, Bangladesh
05/02/12 Ambassador Ryan Crocker Remarks;  Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan
04/27/12 Peace and Reconciliation;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/27/12 Remarks at the East-West Center "Key Developments in South Asia";  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Honolulu, HI
04/27/12 Trilateral Core Group Press Availability With Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Javed Ludin;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/27/12 U.S.-India Strategic Partnership: A Way Forward; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; U.S.-India Business Council; Menlo Park, CA
04/26/12 Effort to Reopen Communicatiion;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/26/12 Press Availability with Pakistani Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/25/12 TERI-Yale U.S.-India Energy Partnership Summit; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
04/23/12 Press Availability with Danish Defense Minister Haekkerup;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Copenhagen, Denmark
04/20/12 Kazakhstan's Place on Central Asia's New Silk Road; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Almaty, Kazakhstan
04/17/12 Remarks at the OSCE Ministerial Conference of the Central Asia Border Security Initiative; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Geoffrey Pyatt, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Vienna, Austria
04/10/12 Introductory Remarks at Business Forum: U.S.-Kazakhstan Strategic Partnership Dialogue;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
04/10/12 Prospects for Peace in Afghanistan;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; United States Institute of Peace; Washington, DC
04/04/12 Remarks After Meeting With Pakistani Finance Minister Hafeez Shaikh;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/04/12 Remarks After Meeting With Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Thomas Nides; Islamabad, Pakistan
04/02/12 Interview With NDTV;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman; Washington, DC
04/02/12 The United States and India: An Indispensable Partnership for the 21st Century;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman; American Center; New Delhi, India
04/01/12 Interview With Azattyk;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kazakhstan
04/01/12 Interview With KTR;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kazakhstan
04/01/12 Interview With Kloop;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kazakhstan
03/30/12 Launch of Beta Version of India-U.S. Open Government Platform;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
03/28/12 Press Availability with Italian Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Rome, Italy
03/27/12 Interview With Imruz News;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
03/27/12 Regional Integration: Afghanistan;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dushanbe
03/27/12 Video Remarks to the Young Entrepreneurs Conference;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Islamabad, Pakistan
03/26/12 Statement by the U.S. at the 5th Regional Economic Cooperation Conference on Afghanistan (RECCA);  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
03/25/12 Interview With Al Jazeera TV Interview;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
03/25/12 Opening Statement: Afghanistan-Pakistan-U.S. Core Group Press Availability;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
03/23/12 Press Availability at NATO Headquarters;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Brussels, Belgium
03/22/12 UN Human Rights Council Vote on Sri Lanka Reconciliation; Washington, DC
03/21/12 Remarks With Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Zalmai Rassoul After Their Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
03/21/12 Remarks at the U.S.-Afghan Women's Council 10th Anniversary Celebration Luncheon;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Benjamin Franklin Room; Washington, DC
03/20/12 Media Stakeout in Warsaw;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Warsaw, Poland
03/19/12 Remarks to the Media in Copenhagen;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Copenhagen, Denmark
03/09/12 Interview with Richard Solash, RFE/RL;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
02/29/12 Interview with Mohamed Afrah, TV Maldives;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
02/23/12 Briefing on Bilateral Meeting with Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Khar of Pakistan; London, United Kingdom
02/16/12 Pakistan Participation in Generalized System of Preferences Program (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson; Washington, DC
02/16/12 Remarks at the National Press Club; Dhaka, Bangladesh
02/16/12 Remarks on Bangladesh;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dhaka, Bangladesh
02/16/12 The U.S. Trade Show Luncheon Hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dhaka, Bangladesh
02/14/12 Remarks at the Edward M. Kennedy Commemoration Event at Dhaka University;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Dhaka, Bangladesh
02/13/12 Remarks on Concerns for Fair Elections;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
02/02/12 Remarks at the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) Luncheon;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; St. Regis Hotel; Washington, DC
02/01/12 Remarks With Kazakh Foreign Minister Yerzhan Kazykhanov Preceding Bilateral Meeting;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Treaty Room; Washington, DC
01/31/12 Remarks for the Atlantic Council Conference on Twenty Years of Kazakhstan's Independence and U.S.-Diplomatic Relations;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
01/25/12 SAIS CACI: Q&A Session;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
01/25/12 U.S. Policy in Central Asia;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Forum of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, SAIS; Washington, DC
01/24/12 Remarks by Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Grossman; Kabul, Afghanistan
01/23/12 Remarks by Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Grossman;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; Washington, DC
01/20/12 Remarks by Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Grossman;  Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Marc Grossman; New Delhi, India
01/10/12 Remarks Commemorating the Return of the Peace Corps to Nepal;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC