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2006
  

2006

--12/24/06  Remarks to the Press in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary For South And Central Asian Affairs; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
--12/18/06  Remarks by President Bush in Signing of H.R. 5682 -- The U.S.-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Act; Washington, DC
--12/18/06  U.S.-India Relations; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Interview With Niharika Acharya of Voice of America (VOA-India); Washington, DC
--12/15/06  Remarks to the Press in Ottawa, Canada; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Ottawa, Canada
--12/14/06  Elections in Bangladesh: A Critical Moment for the Country's Future ; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks at the Heritage Foundation ; Washington, DC
--12/08/06  Interview With CNN Correspondent Satinder Bindra; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Roosevelt House; New Delhi, India
--12/08/06  Press Conference With India's Foreign Secretary Shiv Shanker Menon; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; New Delhi, India
--12/08/06  Remarks With Ambassador David C. Mulford; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; New Delhi, India
--11/29/06  Remarks to the Press with Secretary Spellings and Minister Ashraf on the Occasion of the U.S.-Pakistan Education Dialogue; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks at the U.S.-Pakistan Education Dialogue Meeting; Washington, DC
--11/27/06  U.S. Policy in South Asia; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks to the Asia Society; Washington, DC
--11/16/06  U.S. and Nepal Relations; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Press; Kathmandu, Nepal
--11/10/06  Status of U.S.-India Relations; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary For South And Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Press; New Delhi, India
--11/07/06  Media Roundtable With Senior Pakistani Editors; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Islamabad, Pakistan
--10/31/06  U.S.-Afghan Business Matchmaking Conference; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC Remarks as Prepared
--10/20/06  Sri Lanka's Momentum; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks at the Galle Face Hotel; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--10/06/06  Statement on Visit to Nepal; Steven R. Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; American Center Library in Kathmandu; Kathmandu, Nepal
--10/03/06  Address to the 10th Annual Conference of the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce; Washington, DC
--09/29/06  President Bush Welcomes President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan to the White House
--09/27/06  President Bush Hosts Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan at the White House
--09/26/06  Remarks by President Bush and President Karzai of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
--09/22/06  Interview with Kazakhstani Weekly, Epokha ; Evan A. Feigenbaum , Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Kazakhstan
--09/22/06  President Bush and President Musharraf of Pakistan Participate in Press Availability; President George W. Bush; East Room; Washington, DC
--09/14/06  Ties Between South and Central Asia; Richard A. Boucher , Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Remarks at the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) ; Washington, DC
--09/13/06  Speech to the Third Indo-U.S. Economic Summit; David C. Mulford, U.S. Ambassador to India; Remarks as prepared for delivery; Le Meridien Hotel, New Delhi
--08/23/06  Kazakhstan and the United States in a Changed World; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Institute of World Economy and Policy; Almaty, Kazakhstan
--08/11/06  Remarks at the Opening of the Forensics Center of the Kyrgyz Police School; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Affairs; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--08/11/06  Remarks to the Press in the Kyrgyzstan; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Affairs; U.S. Embassy Bishkek; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--08/09/06  Press Conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South And Central Asia; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
--08/08/06  Snow Leopard Send Off; Ryan C. Crocker, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan; Shamadan Hall Serena Hotel; Islamabad, Pakistan
--08/07/06  Interview With Barkha Dutt, Managing Editor, NDTV 24x7; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
--08/07/06  Remarks at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI); Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
--08/07/06  Town Hall Meeting With Indian Students; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; American Center; New Delhi, India
--08/04/06  Press Conference by Assistant Secretary Boucher in Calcutta, India; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; The American Center; Calcutta, India
--08/04/06  Remarks at the Indian Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Calcutta, India
--08/03/06  Remarks to the Press in Bangladesh; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Affairs; Radisson Hotel; Dhaka, Bangladesh
--07/17/06  President Bush and Indian Prime Minister Singh Discuss Recent Terrorist Activities in the Middle East During Meeting; President George W. Bush; Cottage Nine, Konstantinovsky Palace Complex; Strelna, Russia
--07/17/06  South and Central Asia Update; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--07/11/06  Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and President Karzai from Afghanistan; Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; Kabul, Afghanistan
--07/10/06  Discussing U.S.-Pakistan Relations; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Remarks by Secretary Rice and Pakistani Minister of Foreign Affairs Khurshid Mahmood; Washington, DC
--07/10/06  U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Inaugural Meeting of the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin; and the Asian-American Hotel Owners Association , Washington, DC
--07/05/06  Mrs. Bush's Remarks in a U.S. Afghan Women's Council Roundtable; First Lady Laura Bush; The State Department; Washington, DC
--06/28/06  Interview by M. Amin Mudaqiq of Radio Azadi; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Kabul, Afghanistan
--06/28/06  Interview by Mohammad Ekram of Voice of America; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Kabul, Afghanistan
--06/28/06  Interview on CNN Wth Sally Holland; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Kabul, Afghanistan
--06/28/06  Remarks With Afghan President Hamid Karzai After Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Kabul, Afghanistan
--06/27/06  Remarks With Pakistani Foreign Minister Khurshid Kasuri After Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Islamabad, Pakistan
--06/26/06  Briefing En Route to Islamabad, Pakistan; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; En Route to Islamabad, Pakistan
--06/22/06  Vice President's Remarks to the U.S.-India Business Council's 31st Anniversary Leadership Summit ; Vice President Richard B. Cheney; The U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Washington, DC
--06/15/06  President's Nominee for Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Ambassador to Maldives; Robert O. Blake, Nominee for Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Ambassador to Maldives; Statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--06/13/06  Remarks at Electricity Beyond Borders: A Central Asia Power Sector Forum; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Istanbul, Turkey
--06/13/06  U.S. Commitment to Afghan Women; Ambassador Steven E. Steiner, Acting Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues; Remarks at the Afghan Women Members of Parliament Conference: "A Day Devoted to Afghan Women Parliamentarians"; Paris, France
--06/01/06  Press Conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--06/01/06  Remarks to the American Chamber of Commerce Colombo, Sri Lanka ; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--05/18/06  Recent Developments in Nepal; Richard A. Boucher , Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--05/17/06  The United States and South Asia: An Expanding Agenda; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement before the House International Relations Committee Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--05/16/06  Interviews With MTV and Rupavahini TV of Sri Lanka; Donald Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--05/08/06  Media Opportunity Following Meeting With President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmonov; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
--05/08/06  University Students' Roundtable at the American Corner in the Library of the Academy of Sciences; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
--05/06/06  Vice President Cheney and President Nursultan Nazarbayev Make Remarks in a Meeting; Vice President Richard Cheney, President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan; The Presidential Palace; Astana, Kazakhstan
--05/06/06  Vice President's Remarks at Mrs. Cheney's Breakfast with Young Kazakhstan Leaders; Vice President Richard Cheney, Mrs. Cheney; Rixos President Hotel; Astana, Kazakhstan
--05/05/06  Vice President's Remarks in a Press Availability with President Nursultan Nazarbayev of the Republic of Kazakhstan; Vice President Richard Cheney; The Presidential Palace; Astana, Kazakhstan
--05/03/06  Press Availability in New Delhi, India; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
--05/03/06  Press Conference in Kathmandu, Nepal; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Kathmandu, Nepal
--04/27/06  Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan On-The-Record Briefing
--04/26/06  U.S. Policy in Central Asia: Balancing Priorities (Part II); Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement to the House International Relations Committee; Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia
--04/25/06  Remarks at Press Roundtable; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--04/20/06  Remarks at Press Roundtable; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--04/11/06  Interview With Azattyk Radio and State TV; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--04/11/06  Interview With NTS; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--04/08/06  Interview With Yevgeniy Gryunberg, anchor for Sostoyaniye KZ on Channel 31; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Almaty, Kazakhstan
--04/07/06  Interview With Amitabh Pashupati Revi, NDTV Senior Special Correspondent; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
--04/07/06  Interview With Satinder Bindra, CNN Senior Correspondent; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
--04/07/06  Interview With Sheetal Rajput, Zee News Senior Correspondent; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; New Delhi, India
--04/07/06  The U.S.-India Friendship: Where We Were and Where We're Going; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks at the Confederation of Indian Industries; New Delhi, India
--04/05/06  The U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement ; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Opening Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--04/05/06  Interview With Qatrina Hussain, PTV (Pakistan TV); Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Islamabad, Pakistan
--04/05/06  Interview on GEO TV of Pakistan by Hamid Mir; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Islamabad, Pakistan
--04/05/06  Press Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Islamabad, Pakistan
--03/21/06  Remarks After Meeting With Iraq and Afghanistan Non-Governmental Organizations; President George W. Bush; The Roosevelt Room, The White House; Washington, DC
--03/21/06  On-The-Record Briefing on U.S.-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership; Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns, Afghanistan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah; Loy Henderson Conference Room; Washington, DC
--03/20/06  Remarks With His Excellency Abdullah Abdullah, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Before Their Meeting; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--03/16/06  Ongoing Efforts To Implement the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement
--03/15/06  Internal Unrest in South Asia: Recent Developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka; Donald Camp, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; Washington, DC
--03/14/06  The U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Agreement; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; The U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Washington, DC
--03/13/06  Our Opportunity With India; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Op-Ed; The Washington Post
--03/09/06  Afghanistan Progress Report: Counternarcotics Efforts; Thomas A. Schweich, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the Middle East and Central Asia Subcommittee and the Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on International Relations; Washington, DC
--03/09/06  Roundtable With Indian and Pakistani Journalists; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--03/09/06  USAID Assistance to Afghanistan; James Kunder, USAID Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East ; Statement Before the House Committee on International Relations; Sub-committees on Middle East and Central Asia and Oversight & Investigations
--03/04/06  Remarks by the President in Roundtable with Representatives of Pakistani Society; President George W. Bush; United States Embassy Islamabad; Islamabad, Pakistan
--03/04/06  Remarks by President Bush and President Musharraf of Pakistan; President George W. Bush; Aiwan-e-Sadr; Islamabad, Pakistan
--03/04/06  President and Mrs. Bush Participate in State Dinner in Pakistan; President George W. Bush and Pakistani President Musharraf; Aiwan-e-Sadr Islamabad, Pakistan
--03/04/06  President's Radio Address on South Asia Trip; President George W. Bush; Washington, DC
--03/03/06  President Meets with Young Entrepreneurs at Indian School of Business; President George W. Bush; Hyderabad, India
--03/03/06  President Discusses Strong U.S.-India Partnership in New Delhi, India; President George W. Bush; Purana Qila; New Delhi, India
--03/03/06  Press Briefing by Assistant Secretary Boucher and National Security Council Senior Director Millard in India; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Maurya Sheraton Hotel and Towers; New Delhi, India
--03/02/06  President Thanks Prime Minister and India at State Dinner in New Delhi; President George W. Bush; Rashtrapati Bhavan; New Delhi, India
--03/02/06  Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley; Steve Hadley, National Security Advisor; Maurya Sheraton Hotel and Towers; New Delhi, India
--03/02/06  Remarks by President Bush After Meeting With Religious Leaders; President George W. Bush; Maurya Sheraton and Towers; New Delhi, India
--03/02/06  President and Prime Minister Singh Exchange Toasts in India; President George W. Bush, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh; Taj Palace; New Delhi, India
--03/02/06  Remarks by President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India; President George W. Bush; Mughal Garden, Hyderabad House; New Delhi, India
--03/02/06  Remarks by the President in Meeting With American and Indian CEO's; President George W. Bush; Hyderabad House; New Delhi, India
--03/01/06  President Thanks U.S. and Coalition Troops in Afghanistan ; President George W. Bush; Clam Shell Bagram Air Base; Afghanistan
--03/01/06  President and Mrs. Bush Dedicate U.S. Embassy Building in Afghanistan; President George W. Bush; United States Embassy; Kabul, Afghanistan
--03/01/06  President Meets With President Hamid Karzai in Kabul, Afghanistan; President George W. Bush; Presidential Palace; Kabul, Afghanistan
--03/01/06  Press Briefing by Scott McClellan and Joe Hagin En Route Afghanistan; Aboard Air Force One; En Route Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan
--02/28/06  Briefing by Secretary Rice and National Security Advisor Hadley Aboard Air Force One
--02/24/06  Press Briefing by National Security Advisor Steve Hadley on the President's Trip to India and Pakistan; Steve Hadley, National Security Advisor; James S. Brady Briefing Room; Washington, DC
--02/24/06  Interview of the President by Doordarshan, India ; President George W. Bush; The Map Room; Washington, DC
--02/24/06  Interview of the President by PTV, Pakistan; President George W. Bush; The Map Room; Washington, DC
--02/24/06  The U.S. Economic Relationship With India and Pakistan; Josette Sheeran Shiner, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Address to the Heritage Foundation; Washington, DC
--02/22/06  Roundtable Interview of the President by Indian Journalists; President George W. Bush; The Roosevelt Room; Washington, DC
--02/22/06  President Addresses Asia Society, Discusses India and Pakistan; President George W. Bush; Mandarin Oriental Hotel; Washington, DC
--02/22/06  Roundtable Interview of the President by Pakistani Journalists; President George W. Bush; The Roosevelt Room ; Washington, DC
--02/16/06  Pursuing Peace, Freedom and Prosperity in South and Central Asia; Ambassador Richard A. Boucher, Nominee for Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--02/15/06  Nepal's Political Crisis: A Look Back, A Look Forward; Ambassador James F. Moriarty; Speech to the Ganesh Man Singh Academy; Kathmandu, Nepal
--01/30/06  Remarks With Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; London Conference on Afghanistan ; Washington, DC
--01/27/06  Briefing on London Conference on Afghanistan; Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC
--01/27/06  Scene Setter for The London Conference on Afghanistan - January 31-February 1, 2006; Ambassador Ronald Neumann, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan; Foreign Press Center Briefing; Washington, DC
--01/24/06  President Welcomes Prime Minister Aziz of Pakistan to the White House; President George W. Bush; The Oval Office; Washington, DC
--01/23/06  Remarks Following Meeting With Norwegian Minister and Special Envoy Eric Solheim; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--01/23/06  Remarks to the Press in Sri Lanka; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Galle Face Hotel; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--01/21/06  Remarks Upon Signing the $200 Million Special Objective Grant Agreement; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Economic Affairs Division; Islamabad, Pakistan
--01/18/06  Remarks to the Press at the American Center in Mumbai; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Mumbai, India
--01/03/06  Statement by U.S. Ambassador Ronald E. Neumann at Inauguration of the Shah Shahid Shrine; Ronald E. Neumann, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan; Kabul, Afghanistan

  
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