2014
12/12/14 U.S. Humanitarian Assistance in Response to the Iraq Crisis; Deputy Assistant Secretary Kelly Clements, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Washington, DC
12/09/14 Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against ISIL; Secretary of State John Kerry; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
12/03/14 Evaluating the Impact of the "Umbrella Movement"; Assistant Secretary Daniel R. Russel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
12/02/14 Statement for the Record for the Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, and the Middle East and North Africa: Foreign Terrorists Fighters; Senior Advisor for Partner Engagement on Syria Foreign Fighters Robert A. Bradtke, Bureau of Counterterrorism; Washington, DC
11/12/14 The U.S. Government Response to the Ebola Outbreak; Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom; Statement Before The U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; Washington, DC
09/18/14 Statement on U.S. Efforts to Promote Religious Freedom Worldwide; Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall; Washington, DC
09/18/14 The ISIS Threat: Weighing the Obama Administration's Response; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
09/17/14 Opening Remarks on the United States Strategy To Defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant; Secretary of State John Kerry; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
09/10/14 ISIL's Persecution of Religious Minorities in Iraq and Syria; Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; House Foreign Affairs Subcommittees on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations and the Middle East and North Africa; Washington, DC
08/07/14 Combating the Ebola Threat; Deputy Assistant Secretary Bisa Williams, Bureau of African Affairs; Testimony Before the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; Washington, DC
07/30/14 U.S. Policy Towards North Korea; Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies; Statement before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
07/30/14 U.S. Policy on North Korean Human Rights; Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues Robert R. King; Statement before the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
07/24/14 Modern Day Slavery and What We Buy; Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission; Washington, DC
07/24/14 U.S.-India Relations Under the Modi Government; Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai Biswal, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; As-delivered remarks before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
07/17/14 The President's Funding Request for Overseas Contingency Operations; Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom; Testimony Before the House Budget Committee; Washington, DC
07/16/14 Re-energizing U.S.-India Ties; Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai Biswal, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern & South & Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
07/09/14 Russia and Developments in Ukraine; Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
07/08/14 Combating Forced Labor and Modern-Day Slavery in East Asia and the Pacific; Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
07/08/14 Combating Forced Labor and Modern-Day Slavery in East Asia and the Pacific; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
07/08/14 Renewed Focus on European Energy Security; Deputy Assistant Secretary Hoyt Yee, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
06/25/14 The Future of U.S.-China Relations; Assistant Secretary Daniel R. Russel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
06/24/14 Combating Violence and Discrimination Against Women: A Global Call to Action; Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Catherine M. Russell; Washington, DC
06/24/14 Thailand: A Democracy at Risk; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
06/11/14 The Security, Economic and Human Rights Dimensions of U.S.-Azerbaijan Relations; Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric Rubin, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
06/11/14 U.S.-Azerbaijan Relations: The Democracy and Human Rights Dimension; Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas O. Melia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; As-Prepared Written Testimony to the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
06/10/14 State Department's Bureau of Counterterrorism: Budget, Programs, and Policies; Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Tina S. Kaidanow; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; Washington, DC
05/21/14 Authorization for Use of Military Force After Iraq and Afghanistan; Principal Deputy Legal Adviser Mary McLeod; Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
05/21/14 Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls in Nigeria and Beyond; Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Sarah Sewall; House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
05/21/14 The Escalating International Wildlife Trafficking Crisis: Ecological, Economic, and National Security Issues; Deputy Assistant Secretary M. Brooke Darby, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittees on African Affairs and East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
05/20/14 The FY 2015 Budget Request for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Assistant Secretary Daniel R. Russel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
05/20/14 The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations; Assistant Secretary Roberta S. Jacobson, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; United States House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
05/20/14 The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
05/15/14 #BringBackOurGirls: Addressing the Growing Threat of Boko Haram; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert P. Jackson, Bureau of African Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on African Affairs; Washington, DC
05/08/14 Assessing Venezuela's Political Crisis: Human Rights Violations and Beyond; Assistant Secretary Tom Malinowski, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; As-delivered statement before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
05/08/14 Russia's Destabilization of Ukraine; Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
05/07/14 United States Assistance To Combat Transnational Crime; Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; Statement Before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
05/07/14 United States Assistance to Combat Transnational Crime; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Statement before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
05/06/14 Ukraine -- Countering Russian Intervention and Supporting a Democratic State; Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
04/30/14 A Transformation: Afghanistan Beyond 2014; Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Jarrett Blanc; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
04/30/14 A Transformation: Afghanistan Beyond 2014; Deputy Assistant Secretary Fatema Z. Sumar, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
04/30/14 Assessing U.S. Foreign Assistance Priorities in South Asia; Assistant Secretary Nisha Desai Biswal, Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
04/29/14 U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Negotiations: Ukraine and Beyond; Deputy Assistant Secretary Brent Hartley, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
04/10/14 Transatlantic Security Challenges: Central and Eastern Europe; Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
04/09/14 Ukraine: Confronting Internal Challenges and External Threats; Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission); Washington, DC
04/08/14 National Security and Foreign Policy Priorities in the FY 2015 International Affairs Budget; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC
04/03/14 Evaluating U.S. Policy on Taiwan on the 35th Anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act; Assistant Secretary Daniel R. Russel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
03/26/14 Syria After Geneva: Next Steps for U.S. Policy; Assistant Secretary Anne W. Patterson, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
03/14/14 The Promise of the Taiwan Relations Act; Deputy Assistant Secretary Kin Moy, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Written Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committe; Washington, DC
03/13/14 FY2015 Department of State Budget; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; Washington, DC
03/13/14 FY2015 Department of State Budget; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Remarks Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
03/12/14 FY2015 Department of State Budget; Secretary of State John Kerry; Opening Remarks Before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Washington, DC
03/06/14 Syria Spillover: The Growing Threat of Terrorism and Sectarianism in the Middle East and Ukraine Update; Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
03/06/14 U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Ukraine; Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric Rubin, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
03/05/14 Testimony Before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission); Deputy Assistant Secretary Hoyt Yee, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Washington, DC
03/04/14 Opportunities and Challenges in the U.S.-Japan and U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliances; Assistant Secretary Daniel R. Russel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
02/26/14 International Wildlife Trafficking Threats to Conservation and National Security; Assistant Secretary Kerri-Ann Jones, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives; Washington, DC
02/26/14 Prospects for Peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Great Lakes Region; Special Envoy for the Great Lakes and the Democratic Republic of the Congo Russell D. Feingold; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
02/26/14 U.S. Policy Toward Sudan and South Sudan; Special Envoy to Sudan and South Sudan Donald Booth; Before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Human Rights, and International Organizations; Washington, DC
02/25/14 Lebanon at the Crossroads; Acting Assistant Secretary Lawrence Silverman, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
02/05/14 Al-Qaeda's Resurgence in Iraq: A Threat to U.S. Interests; Deputy Assistant Secretary for Iran and Iraq Brett McGurk, Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs; House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
02/05/14 Maritime Disputes in East Asia; Assistant Secretary Daniel R. Russel, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Washington, DC
02/05/14 U.S. Counternarcotics Operations in Afghanistan; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Prepared Statement Before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Sub-Committee on tbe Middle East and North Africa; Washington, DC
02/04/14 Iran Policy and Negotiations Update; Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman; Written Statement Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
01/27/14 Testimony Before the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; Ambassador-at-Large Luis CdeBaca, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons; As-Delivered Statement; Washington, DC
01/15/14 Future U.S. Counternarcotics Efforts in Afghanistan; Assistant Secretary William R. Brownfield, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; Washington, DC
01/15/14 Implications of the Crisis in Ukraine; Assistant Secretary Victoria Nuland, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
01/15/14 South Sudan's Broken Promise?; Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; Washington, DC
01/15/14 The Situation in Ukraine; Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas O. Melia, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Statement Submitted for the Record to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
01/09/14 The Situation in South Sudan; Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Bureau of African Affairs; U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations; Washington, DC
01/07/14 The Syrian Refugee Crisis; Assistant Secretary Anne C. Richard, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; Statement Submitted for the Record to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights; Washington, DC
