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G-8 Leaders Endorse Iraq Reconstruction

Wednesday, 4 June 2003, 9:38 am | US State Department

Evian, France -- "The time has now come to build peace and reconstruct Iraq," the leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) said in a statement at the end of their June 1-3 summit on the shores of Lake Geneva. More >>

Bush Transcript: Promise for Middle East Peace

Wednesday, 4 June 2003, 9:35 am | US State Department

Speaking at the conclusion of their meeting June 3 in Egypt, President Bush and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak reaffirmed their commitment to the roadmap for peace in the Middle East and to the vision of two states, Israel and Palestine. More >>

Press Briefing En Route Sharm el-Sheikh

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 4:44 pm | US State Department

SECRETARY POWELL: I had good meetings with Foreign Minister Frattini, and I guess you ve all gotten a readout of the press conference from those who were there. I was particularly interested in speaking to him as he gets ready to assume the Presidency ... More >>

Powell's Press Availability with Italian FM

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 4:43 pm | US State Department

Secretary Colin L. Powell and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini Following Their Meeting at the Villa Doria Pamphili Rome, Italy June 2, 2003 More >>

Powell Interview With Italian TV Canale 5

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 4:41 pm | US State Department

QUESTION: Mr. Secretary of State, let s start with the post war in Iraq. After the strong tensions between the United States and some allies like France, Germany and Russia too, how would you describe the situation now while the G-8 Summit is going ... More >>

Powell on World News Tonight With Peter Jennings

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 4:39 pm | US State Department

QUESTION: How much real leverage do you think you have? Not just influence but real leverage with the Palestinians, with the Israelis, with the other Arab leaders -- to do things your way? More >>

Bush: U.S. France "in Agreement" on Iraq's Future

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:11 pm | US State Department

The United States and France are "in agreement and we will move together to ensure that the Iraqi people have now got the capacity to run their own country," President Bush told reporters during a courtesy call June 2 on French President Jacques ... More >>

Bush Praises G-8 Initiatives on Terror, Famine

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:09 pm | US State Department

President Bush is welcoming a series of initiatives taken by leaders of the Group of 8 (G-8) countries on issues ranging from terrorism to global famine relief, the White House said in a June 2 fact sheet. The G-8 countries are Canada, France, Germany, ... More >>

New WMD Survey Group to Begin Operation in Iraq

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:07 pm | US State Department

Washington -- A senior Defense Intelligence Agency official who will head a new U.S. operation to seek out weapons of mass destruction in Iraq says the effort represents "a significant expansion" of the ongoing work in that area. More >>

Powell Sees "New Dynamic" at Work in Mideast

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:05 pm | US State Department

There is a "new dynamic" in the Middle East resulting from the ouster of Saddam Hussein in Iraq, new governments in Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and President Bush's ability in recent weeks to get Israelis and Palestinians to ... More >>

Bush/Putin Press Conference Transcript

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:03 pm | US State Department

PRESIDENT PUTIN: We've just signed and exchanged instruments of ratification of the Russian-U.S. treaty on strategic reductions. The treaty has come into force. Yet again, we've demonstrated that the United States and Russia are two champions of ... More >>

Bush, Putin Ratify Strategic Arms Treaty

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 2:02 pm | US State Department

President Bush and Russia's President Vladimir Putin, at a joint press briefing in St. Petersburg June 1 following a 45 minute meeting, said they had just exchanged instruments for the ratification for the Treaty of Moscow. The two had signed the ... More >>

G-8 Summit Focuses on Economy, Security, Developme

Tuesday, 3 June 2003, 1:59 pm | US State Department

Evian, France -- Leaders of industrial powers, other countries and multilateral institutions have gathered in France to tackle questions of global security, sluggish world growth and development in poor nations while trying to overcome divisions stemming from ... More >>

Names and Faces of Sudan's Slavery Statistics

Friday, 30 May 2003, 12:49 am | US State Department

Washington -- There can be no debate over whether slavery exists in Sudan. It has now been fully documented, according to the compilers of a comprehensive database that lists the names of 11,000 people who were abducted from rebel-held areas by ... More >>

Economists: AIDS to Be a Leading Issue at G-8

Friday, 30 May 2003, 12:45 am | US State Department

Washington -- President Bush will challenge the heads of the other major industrialized countries meeting June 1-3 in Evian, France, to pledge more of their budgets to the fight against HIV/AIDS, according to a panel of economists. More >>

G8 Bush And Hu Jintao To Discuss Nth Korea

Friday, 30 May 2003, 12:42 am | US State Department

While attending the G-8 Summit in France, President Bush will meet with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday, June 1. Fleischer said the meeting between the two leaders would be "another important piece in making a determination about the next way, the ... More >>