Remarks by President Bush, October 15, 2008    3

Remarks by President Bush and Kurdish President Barzani, October 29, 2008    3

Remarks by Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Kimmitt, November 3, 2008    3

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, November 10, 2008    5

White House Statement, November 27, 2008    7

White House Statement, November 27, 2008    10

White House Statement, November 27, 2008    17

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 2, 2008   17

Statement by National Security Advisor Hadley, December 6, 2008    23

Remarks by President Bush, December 6, 2008    23

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 13, 2008    24

Remarks by President Bush, December 14, 2008    26

Remarks by President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, December 14, 2008    28

Remarks by President Bush and Iraqi President Talabani, December 14, 2008    30

Excerpts of Remarks by President Bush, December 14, 2008    30

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 14, 2008    33

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, Slovak Interior Minister Kalinak, and Deputy Attorney General Filip, October 8, 2008    40

Remarks by President Bush, October 17, 2008    41

White House Statement, October 20, 2008    42

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, October 23, 2008    42

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, October 23, 2008    50

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff and Romanian Ambassador Vierita, November 3, 2008    55

Press Release from the Department of Homeland Security, November 7, 2008    56

Press Release from the Department of Homeland Security, December 18, 2008    57

Press Release from the Department of Homeland Security, December 22, 2008    57

Remarks by Homeland Security Under Secretary Allen, October 7, 2008    58

Remarks by Homeland Security Under Secretary Allen, October 8, 2008    62

Remarks by President Bush, October 30, 2008    63

Department of Homeland Security Statement, October 31, 2008    65

Remarks by President Bush, November 25, 2008    65

White House Statement, November 26, 2008    67

Remarks by President Bush, November 29, 2008    67

Excerpts of Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, December 3, 2008    67

Remarks by President Bush, December 9, 2008    75

White House Statement, December 16, 2008    78

Remarks by President Bush, December 17, 2008    79

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff, December 18, 2008    81

Excerpts of Remarks by Vice President Cheney, December 19, 2008    88

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 22, 2008   92

Remarks by USAID Administrator Fore, October 1, 2008   100

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, October 10, 2008    101

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, October 10, 2008    101

Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Paulson, October 12, 2008    102

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, October 12, 2008    102

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, October 15, 2008    103

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, October 17, 2008    103

Remarks by Ambassador Danilovich, October 20, 2008   103

Press Release from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, October 20, 2008    106

Remarks by President Bush, October 21, 2008    106

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, October 21, 2008    111

Remarks by USAID Administrator Fore, October 21, 2008    113

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, October 29, 2008    113

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, November 18, 2008    114

Press Release from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, November 19, 2008    114

Press Release from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, November 20, 2008    114

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, November 20, 2008    115

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, November 20, 2008    115

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, November 25, 2008    115

Remarks by USAID Administrator Fore, November 28, 2008    116

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, November 29, 2008    118

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, December 2, 2008    118

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, December 5, 2008    119

Remarks by USAID Administrator Fore, December 9, 2008    119

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 10, 2008   121

Press Release from the Millennium Challenge Corporation, December 11, 2008    122

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, December 16, 2008    123

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, October 1, 2008   126

Press Release from the Treasury Department, October 13, 2008    126

White House Statement, October 22, 2008    127

Remarks by President Bush and Liberian President Johnson Sirleaf, October 22, 2008    127

White House Statement, October 30, 2008    128

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, November 13, 2008    128

White House Statement, November 20, 2008    128

White House Statement, November 22, 2008    129

Statement by President Bush, December 9, 2008    129

Remarks by President Bush and Dr. Bashir, December 10, 2008    129

Press Release from the U.S. Agency for International Development, December 11, 2008    129

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 16, 2008    130

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 16, 2008    131

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates and Korean Defense Minister Lee, October 17, 2008    134

Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Paulson, October 21, 2008    135

White House Statement, October 22, 2008    137

Statement by the Treasury Department, November 13, 2008    137

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, White House Press Secretary Perino, and Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs Price, November 23, 2008    138

Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Paulson, December 3, 2008    141

Press Release from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency, December 4, 2008    142

Remarks by Secretary of the Treasury Paulson, December 5, 2008    143

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, October 5, 2008    144

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Kazakh Foreign Minister Tazhin, October 5, 2008    145

Remarks by President Bush and Slovakian President Gasparovic, October 9, 2008    146

Remarks by President Bush, October 11, 2008    147

Remarks by President Bush and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi, October 13, 2008    147

Remarks by President Bush and Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi, October 13, 2008    149

Remarks by President Bush, French President Sarkozy, and EU President Barroso, October 18, 2008    151

White House Statement, October 18, 2008    152

Remarks by President Bush and NATO Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer, October 24, 2008    153

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, November 13, 2008    154

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, November 26, 2008    155

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 2, 2008    161

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Danish Prime Minister Rasmussen, December 5, 2008    164

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 19, 2008    166

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Ohryzko, December 19, 2008    168

White House Statement, October 6, 2008    170

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, October 14, 2008    170

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, October 16, 2008    172

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, October 20, 2008    174

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, November 6, 2008   177

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni, November 6, 2008    179

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Palestinian President Abbas, November 7, 2008    182

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Palestinian Prime Minister Fayyad, November 8, 2008    186

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, UN Secretary General Ban, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, and Quartet Representative Blair, November 9, 2008    192

White House Statement, November 21, 2008    194

Remarks by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Olmert, November 24, 2008    194

Remarks by President Bush, December 5, 2008    195

Excerpts of Remarks by President Bush, December 7, 2008    198

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 15, 2008    202

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, UN Secretary General Ban, and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, December 15, 2008    207

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 16, 2008   210

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 18, 2008   212

Remarks by President Bush and Palestinian President Abbas, December 19, 2008    215

Statement by Secretary of State Rice, December 27, 2008    216

Remarks by President Bush, October 1, 2008    218

Statement by Secretary of State Rice, October 2, 2008    218

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, October 3, 2008    219

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Indian External Affairs Minister Mukherjee, October 4, 2008    221

White House Statement, October 8, 2008    223

Remarks by President Bush, October 8, 2008    223

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Indian External Affairs Minister Mukherjee, October 10, 2008    225

Statement by the Treasury Department, October 16, 2008    226

White House Statement, November 11, 2008    226

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, November 30, 2008   226

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and British Foreign Secretary Miliband, December 1, 2008    228

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 1, 2008   230

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 3, 2008   234

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Indian External Affairs Minister Mukherjee, December 3, 2008    236

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 4, 2008   238

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 4, 2008   239

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 7, 2008   240

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 9, 2008    244

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 11, 2008    247

Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 11, 2008    248

Remarks by President Bush and Afghanistan President Karzai, December 15, 2008    250

Remarks by President Bush, December 15, 2008    252

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 16, 2008    254

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, October 23, 2008    258

Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Mexican Foreign Relations Secretary Espinosa, October 23, 2008    260

Remarks by President Bush and Paraguayan President Lugo, October 27, 2008    263

Remarks by President Bush and Canadian Prime Minister Harper, November 22, 2008    264

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice, December 10, 2008   264

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Panamanian President Torrijos, December 10, 2008    265

Statement by Secretary of State Rice, December 12, 2008   265

Remarks by President Bush and El Salvadoran President Saca, December 16, 2008    265

Remarks by Secretary of State Rice and Mexican Foreign Secretary Espinosa, December 19, 2008    266

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, October 2, 2008    270

Remarks by President Bush, October 16, 2008    270

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, October 16, 2008    271

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, October 30, 2008    271

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, November 11, 2008    272

Remarks by President Bush, November 22, 2008    272

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, November 26, 2008    275

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, December 1, 2008    275

Statement by the Treasury Department, December 5, 2008   275

Statement by U.S. Trade Representative Schwab, December 12, 2008    276

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, December 15, 2008    276

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, December 16, 2008    276

White House Statement, December 19, 2008    277

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, December 19, 2008    277

White House Statement, December 23, 2008    278

Statement by U.S. Trade Representative Schwab, December 23, 2008    279

White House Statement, December 29, 2008    279

Press Release from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, December 29, 2008    281

Statement by U.S. Trade Representative Schwab, December 29, 2008    281

White House Statement, December 31, 2008    281