2010


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December
12/09/10 Ambassador-Designate to Brunei Darussalam; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
12/09/10 Ambassador-designate to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); Submitted to the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC
12/01/10 Implementing Tougher Sanctions on Iran: A Progress Report;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
12/01/10 The Obama Administration's Efforts To Implement the European Phased Adaptive Approach;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Frank A. Rose, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance; Testimony Before the House Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Forces; Washington, DC


November
11/18/10 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Testimony Before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law; Washington, DC
11/18/10 Jamming the IED Assembly Line: Impeding the Flow of Ammonium Nitrate in South and Central Asia; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
11/17/10 Hearing of the Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment of the House Foreign Affairs Committee;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
11/17/10 Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC


September
09/30/10 Cambodia's Small Debt: When Will the U.S. Forgive?;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Yun, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
09/30/10 Out of the Shadows: Global Human Trafficking;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
09/29/10 U.S. Policy in the Pacific Islands;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
09/23/10 Challenges to Water and Security in Southeast Asia;  Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Joseph Yun; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
09/22/10 Confronting Religious Bigotry, Anti-Semitism, and Holocaust Denial; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Briefing Held by Congressman Keith Ellison; Washington, DC
09/22/10 Statement of Karen B. Stewart Ambassador-Designate to the Lao People's Democratic Republic; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
09/22/10 Testimony of Ambassador-Designate Kristie Kenney to the Kingdom of Thailand; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
09/22/10 The Status of Papua, Indonesia;  Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Joseph Yun; Washington, DC
09/16/10 The Security Situation on the Korean Peninsula;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC


July
07/29/10 Implementation of Iran Sanctions;  Special Advisor for Arms Control and International Security Robert J. Einhorn; House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform; Washington, DC
07/29/10 The New START Treaty;  Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Statement before the Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
07/28/10 National Security, Interagency Collaboration, and Lessons from SOUTHCOM and AFRICOM; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Countryman, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs House Committee Oversight and Government Reform; Washington, DC
07/27/10 Instability in Kyrgyzstan: The International Response;  Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr., Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement before the Helsinki Commission; Washington, DC
07/27/10 U.S.-Japan Relations for the 21st Century;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
07/21/10 International Counternarcotics Policies: Do They Reduce Domestic Consumption or Advance Other Foreign Policy Goals;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy; Washington, DC
07/20/10 New START Treaty Hearing; Testimony Before the Senate Armed Services Committee by NNSA Administrator, Thomas P. D'Agostino; Washington, DC
07/15/10 Agent Orange in Vietnam: Recent Developments In Remediation; Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Palmer, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony before the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC


June
06/22/10 Iran Policy in the Aftermath of UN Sanctions;  Under Secretary for Political Affairs William J. Burns; Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
06/17/10 New START Treaty Hearing; Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee by Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Energy; Washington, DC
06/17/10 New START Treaty Hearing; Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee by Secretary Robert Gates, U.S. Department of Energy; Washington, DC
06/17/10 New START and Implications for National Security Programs;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Statement Before the Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on the New START; Washington, DC
06/15/10 The New START Treaty;  Assistant Secretary Rose Gottemoeller, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; Opening Statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
06/10/10 Thailand: The Path Toward Reconciliation;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
06/09/10 Women as Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil Society;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
06/09/10 Women as Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil Society;  Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight; Washington, DC
06/08/10 Assessing the Strength of Hizballah;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Testimony before the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC


May
05/27/10 U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: Next Steps for the Merida Initiative;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
05/25/10 The Great Lakes Region: Current Conditions and U.S. Policy;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health; Washington, DC
05/20/10 Counternarcotics Contracts for Central and South America;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight; Washington, DC
05/18/10 Drug Enforcement and the Rule of Law: Mexico and Colombia;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law; Washington, DC
05/18/10 The New START Treaty;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
05/18/10 U.S.-Russian START Treaty;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee With Secretary of Defense, Robert M. Gates & Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Washington, DC
05/12/10 A Critical Moment for the CPA, Darfur and the Region;  Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration; Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
05/06/10 Ongoing Efforts Within the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Regarding Its Future;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David A. Balton, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Washington, DC


April
04/29/10 Hearing on Security and Stability in Pakistan: Developments in U.S. Policy and Funding;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the U.S. House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
04/22/10 Legacies of War: Unexploded Ordnance in Laos;  Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
04/22/10 Nuclear Posture Review;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing; Washington, DC
04/22/10 Promoting Global Food Security: Next Steps for Congress and the Administration;  Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources Jacob J. Lew; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
04/14/10 Combating Anti-Semitism: Protecting Human Rights; Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism Hannah Rosenthal; Testimony Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight; Washington, DC
04/14/10 Deployed Federal Citizens: Advancing Security and Opportunity Abroad;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Washington, DC
04/14/10 FY 2011 Budget Request for Security Assistance Programs;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
04/14/10 State Department's Security Assistance Programs;  Assistant Secretary Andrew J. Shapiro, Political-Military Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee; Washington, DC
04/14/10 U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy and Force Structure;  Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
04/14/10 Unfinished Business in Southeast Europe: Opportunities and Challenges in the Western Balkans;  Assistant Secretary Philip H. Gordon, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Subcommittee on European Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC


March
03/25/10 Human Trafficking: International and National Implications;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Opening Statement to the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, DC
03/25/10 Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Washington, DC
03/24/10 U.S. Policy in sub-Saharan Africa;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
03/18/10 China-Taiwan: Recent Economic, Political and Military Developments Across the Strait and Implications for the United States;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Shear, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission; Washington, DC
03/17/10 U.S.-Japan Relations: Enduring Ties, Recent Developments; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph R. Donovan, Jr., Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
03/16/10 Ukraine and Its Relations With the United States; Deputy Assistant Secretary Daniel A. Russell, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; Washington, DC
03/10/10 Future of U.S. Public Diplomacy;  Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith A. McHale; Before the SFRC Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues; Washington, DC
03/10/10 International Worker Rights, U.S. Foreign Policy and the International Economy ;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade and International Organizations, Human Rights; Washington, DC
03/10/10 U.S. Government Efforts To Counter Violent Extremism;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Testimony Before the Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee; Washington, DC
03/10/10 U.S. Policy Toward the Americas in 2010 and Beyond;  Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; Washington, DC
03/03/10 Regional Overview of East Asia and the Pacific;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment; Washington, DC
03/02/10 Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law, Part II;  Assistant Secretary Michael H. Posner, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement before the Senate Judiciary Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee; Washington, DC


February
02/25/10 FY2011 Budget for the Department of State;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Statement Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
02/25/10 Promoting Security Through Diplomacy and Development: The Fiscal Year 2011 International Affairs Budget ;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
02/24/10 Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY2011 International Affairs Budget;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
02/24/10 In Our Own Backyard: Child Prostitution and Sex Trafficking in the United States;  Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Prepared Testimony Before Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary; Washington, DC
02/24/10 President's Proposed Budget Request for FY2011 for Department of State and Foreign Operations;  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
02/23/10 Afghan Women and Girls: Building the Future of Afghanistan;  Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer; Washington, DC
02/23/10 Examining the U.S.-Nigeria Relationship in a Time of Transition;  Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
02/04/10 Keeping Foreign Corruption Out of the United States: Four Case Studies;  Assistant Secretary David T. Johnson, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Washington, DC
02/03/10 Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policy;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
02/02/10 Ambassador Designate to Singapore; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
02/02/10 Nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC


January
01/27/10 Flight 253: Learning Lessons from an Averted Tragedy;  Under Secretary for Management Patrick F. Kennedy; Hearing before the House Committee on Homeland Security; Washington, DC
01/21/10 Principles of U.S. Engagement in the Asia-Pacific;  Assistant Secretary Kurt M. Campbell, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
01/20/10 Testimony on Yemen Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee;  Coordinator Daniel Benjamin, Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism; Washington, DC
01/20/10 Yemen: Confronting al Qaeda, Preventing State Failure;  Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
01/13/10 China: Recent Security Developments;  Deputy Assistant Secretary David B. Shear, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement before the House Armed Services Committee; Washington , DC