Iraq:
White House Press Release, October 6, 2009 3
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, October 19, 2009 3
Excerpts of Remarks by President Obama and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki, October 20, 2009 4
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 20, 2009 4
Statement by President Obama, October 25, 2009 6
Statement by Vice President Joe Biden, November 8, 2009 6
White House Press Release, December 1, 2009 6
White House Press Release, December 7, 2009 7
White House Press Release, December 8, 2009 7
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 11, 2009 7
Treasury Department Press Release, December 22, 2009 9
Afghanistan:
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Secretary of Defense Gates, October 5, 2009 10
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 11, 2009 13
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 16, 2009 14
Statement by President Obama, October 20, 2009 14
Excerpts of Remarks by President Obama, October 20, 2009 15
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, October 23, 2009 15
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton, October 28, 2009 16
White House Statement, October 30, 2009 16
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton, November 1, 2009 16
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 9, 2009 17
White House Press Release, November 11, 2009 19
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, November 12, 2009 19
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 15, 2009 20
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Ambassador to Afghanistan Eikenberry, November 18, 2009 21
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 19, 2009 22
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 19, 2009 24
White House Press Release, December 1, 2009 24
Remarks by President Obama, December 1, 2009 24
Statement by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 2, 2009 28
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 2, 2009 30
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 2, 2009 31
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 3, 2009 32
Op-ed by Secretary of State Clinton, December 4, 2009 33
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Secretary of Defense Gates, December 5, 2009 33
Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, December 8, 2009 34
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates and Afghanistan President Karzai, December 8, 2009 36
Pakistan:
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi, October 6, 2009 38
White House Press Release, October 15, 2009 39
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 26, 2009 39
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 27, 2009 43
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi, October 28, 2009 45
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 29, 2009 48
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 30, 20098 50
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton, December 1, 2009 51
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 1, 2009 52
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 10, 2009 52
Russia:
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 7, 2009 54
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, October 13, 2009 54
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 13, 2009 56
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 14, 2009 57
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 14, 2009 59
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 14, 2009 59
Remarks by President Obama and Russian President Medvedev, December 18, 2009 61
White House Press Release, December 31, 2009 61
Other News:
Remarks by President Obama and the First Lady, October 2, 2009 62
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, October 6, 2009 63
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, November 3, 2009 64
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, November 4, 2009 65
Written testimony by Secretary of the Treasury Geithner, November 17, 2009 65
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 30, 2009 69
Remarks by President Obama, December 10, 2009 70
Op-ed by Secretary of State Clinton, December 15, 2009 74
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 17, 2009 74
Remarks by President Obama, December 18, 2009 76
Statement by President Obama, December 29, 2009 77
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, December 31, 2009 78
Development:
Remarks by Acting Millennium Challenge Corporation Chief Executive Officer Mans, October 1, 2009 80
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 1, 2009 81
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Press Release, October 1, 2009 81
Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Geithner, October 5, 2009 82
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 6, 2009 83
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 8, 2009 84
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 9, 2009 84
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 13, 2009 85
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 14, 2009 85
Millennium Challenge Corporation Press Release, October 16, 2009 85
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 21, 2009 86
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 21, 2009 86
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 21, 2009 87
Millennium Challenge Corporation Press Release, October 22, 2009 87
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 26, 2009 88
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Press Release, October 27, 2009 88
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, October 29, 2009 89
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Press Release, October 29, 2009 89
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, November 4, 2009 90
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Press Release, November 10, 2009 90
Millennium Challenge Corporation Press Release, November 12, 2009 91
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Press Release, November 17, 2009 91
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, November 19, 2009 92
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, November 20, 2009 92
Millennium Challenge Corporation Press Release, November 30, 2009 93
Excerpts of Testimony by U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Designate Dr. Rajiv Shah, December 1, 2009 93
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, December 7, 2009 94
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, December 7, 2009 95
U.S. Agency for International Development Press Release, December 8, 2009 95
Millennium Challenge Corporation Press Release, December 9, 2009 96
Africa:
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 1, 2009 98
Statement by President Obama, October 19, 2009 100
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Rice, and Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, October 19, 2009 101
White House Statement, October 20, 2009 105
White House Statement, October 20, 2009 105
White House Press Release, October 27, 2009 105
Treasury Department Press Release, October 29, 2009 106
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi-Fihri, November 2, 2009 106
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 3, 2009 108
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 3, 2009 110
Remarks by Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wolin, November 4, 2009 111
Remarks by President Obama and Botswana President Khama, November 5, 2009 114
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Ethiopian Foreign Minister Mesfin, November 5, 2009 115
Remarks by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Baukol, November 19, 2009 115
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton, December 1, 2009 117
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton, December 17, 2009 117
Asia-Pacific:
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Khiem, October 1, 2009 118
White House Press Release, October 2, 2009 119
Statement by President Obama, October 6, 2009 119
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and New Zealand Foreign Minister McCully, October 8, 2009 119
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates and Japanese Defense Minister Kitazawa, October 21, 2009 121
Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, October 22, 2009 122
Treasury Department Press Release, October 23, 2009 123
Department of Defense Press Release, October 23, 2009 124
Department of Defense Press Release, October 27, 2009 125
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 11, 2009 126
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Philippine Foreign Secretary Romulo, November 12, 2009 128
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 12, 2009 130
Op-Ed by Secretary of the Treasury Geithner, Indonesian Minister of Finance Mulyani, and Singaporean Minister of Finance Tharman, November 12, 2009 131
Excerpts of Remarks by President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama, November 13, 2009 131
White House Press Release, November 15, 2009 134
White House Press Release, November 15, 2009 135
Remarks by President Obama and Indonesian President Yudhoyono, November 15, 2009 137
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 15, 2009 138
Excerpts of Remarks by President Obama, November 16, 2009 138
White House Press Release, November 17, 2009 141
White House Press Release, November 17, 2009 142
Remarks by President Obama and President of the Republic of Korea Lee, November 19, 2009 147
Excerpts of Remarks by President Obama, November 19, 2009 150
Europe:
White House Press Release, October 6, 2009 152
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 10, 2009 152
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Irish Prime Minister Cowen, October 11, 2009 153
Address by Secretary of State Clinton, October 12, 2009 155
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 12, 2009 156
Excerpts of Remarks by President Obama and Spanish President Zapatero, October 13, 2009 158
White House Press Release, October 17, 2009 160
Excerpts of Remarks by Vice President Biden, October 22, 2009 160
White House Press Release, November 3, 2009 162
White House Press Release, November 3, 2009 162
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and German Foreign Minister Westerwelle, November 5, 2009 167
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and German Foreign Minister Westerwelle, November 9, 2009 169
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 9, 2009 171
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 9, 2009 172
White House Press Release, November 19, 2009 172
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton, November 19, 2009 173
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates and German Minister of Defense Guttenberg, November 19, 2009 173
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Zheleva, November 23, 2009 174
Remarks by Acting Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Sobel, December 5, 2009 175
Excerpts of Remarks by President Obama and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, December 7, 2009 177
U.S. Trade and Development Agency Press Release, December 7, 2009 178
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko, December 9, 2009 179
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, December 10, 2009 180
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos, December 14, 2009 182
Treasury Department Press Release, December 16, 2009 184
Treasury Department Press Release, December 16, 2009 184
Statement by Secretary of State Clinton, December 17, 2009 185
The Middle East:
Treasury Department Press Release, October 14, 2009 186
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, October 14, 2009 186
White House Press Release, October 20, 2009 188
Statement by President Obama, October 23, 2009 188
White House Statement, October 24, 2009 188
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, October 31, 2009 188
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 2, 2009 191
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 3, 2009 191
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 3, 2009 192
Statement by President Obama, November 3, 2009 194
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and German Foreign Minister Westerwelle, November 9, 2009 195
White House Press Release, November 10, 2009 196
White House Press Release, November 12, 2009 196
White House Press Release, November 17, 2009 196
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Admiral Mullen, November 19, 2009 196
Statement by President Obama, November 25, 2009 197
White House Press Release, November 26, 2009 197
White House Press Release, November 27, 2009 197
Remarks by President Obama and Lebanese President Sleiman, December 14, 2009 197
Treasury Department Press Release, December 15, 2009 199
White House Press Release, December 28, 2009 199
South and Central Asia:
Remarks by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis, October 7, 2009 200
Excerpts of Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense Lynn, November 6, 2009 201
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 9, 2009 203
White House Press Release, November 24, 2009 206
Treasury Department Press Release, November 24, 2009 208
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, November 24, 2009 208
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 4, 2009 209
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Secretary of Defense Gates, December 5, 2009 210
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 10, 2009 211
White House Press Release, December 15, 2009 212
Western Hemisphere:
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, October 5, 2009 214
White House Press Release, October 16, 2009 214
Treasury Department Press Release, October 22, 2009 214
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, November 9, 2009 215
Treasury Department Press Release, November 10, 2009 215
Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano, November 13, 2009 216
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates and Canadian Minister of Defense MacKay, November 20, 2009 219
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of Defense Gates, November 20, 2009 220
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, November 24, 2009 222
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, December 7, 2009 223
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 9, 2009 224
Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton and Salvadorian Foreign Minister Martinez, December 9, 2009 224
Excerpts of Remarks by Secretary of State Clinton, December 11, 2009 224
Treasury Department Press Release, December 15, 2009 227
Trade:
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 7, 2009 228
Remarks by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis, October 7, 2009 228
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 8, 2009 229
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 8, 2009 230
Remarks by Deputy Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization Shark, October 8, 2009 230
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 9, 2009 231
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 15, 2009 232
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 16, 2009 232
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 17, 2009 233
Joint statement by U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, Mexican Secretary of Economy Ruiz Mateos, and Canadian Minister of International Trade, the Honorable Day, October 19, 2009 233
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 21, 2009 234
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 21, 2009 235
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 21, 2009 235
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 21, 2009 236
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 26, 2009 236
Excerpts of Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, Secretary of Commerce Locke, and Secretary of Agriculture Vilsack, October 28, 2009 237
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, October 29, 2009 238
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 2, 2009 238
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 2, 2009 239
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 3, 2009 239
Remarks by Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Marantis, November 3, 2009 239
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 4, 2009 240
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 5, 2009 241
Excerpts of Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, November 5, 2009 241
Department of Homeland Security Press Release, November 6, 2009 243
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 9, 2009 244
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 11, 2009 244
Address by U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, November 13, 2009 244
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, November 15, 2009 246
Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, December 1, 2009 247
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 7, 2009 247
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 7, 2009 248
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 15, 2009 248
Remarks by U.S. Trade Representative Kirk, December 15, 2009 249
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 16, 2009 251
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 16, 2009 251
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 18, 2009 252
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 18, 2009 253
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 21, 2009 253
White House Press Release, December 29, 2009 254
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative Press Release, December 29, 2009 254