Resources - Policy Statements

U.S. Government

Below are key statements and reports by U.S. government agencies related to the United States' security relationship with the world.

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President Bush Discusses Colombia, Urges Congress to Pass Trade Agreement

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
President Uribe told me that one of the most important ways America can demonstrate its support for Colombia is by moving forward with a free trade agreement that we negotiatedEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Ecuador
Venezuela
Publisher / Source: 
The White House
Tag(s): 
Free Trade
U.S. Policy

Conference Call Briefing by Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, John Walters, on the 2008 National Drug Control Strategy

Saturday, March 1, 2008
The issue of trafficking from Venezuela has, as you probably know, become much graver in the last several yearsEnglish
Publisher / Source: 
Business Wire
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

(PDF) International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Vol. 1: Drug and Chemical Control

Friday, February 29, 2008
English
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Release of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

Friday, February 29, 2008
Based on what the proposals are on the Hill right now and the combined supplemental and in the FY ’09 proposal, there is $150 million proposed for Central AmericaEnglish
Author(s): 
David T. Johnson
Assistant Secretary For International Narc
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

[PDF] Humanitarian and Civic Assistance and Humanitarian Mine Action Programs

Friday, February 29, 2008
These humanitarian activities are often preventative in nature, focused at the root cause of ideological extremism, emphasize building a nation's capability for delivering essential services to its own citizens and provide access to regions where traditioEnglish
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of Defense
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

President Bush Meets with Former Cabinet Secretaries and Senior Government Officials on Free Trade Agreements

Thursday, February 28, 2008
A defeat of the trade bill with Colombia would send a contradictory message. It would embolden the false populism that exists on the continentEnglish
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
The White House
Tag(s): 
Free Trade
U.S. Policy

Extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act

Thursday, February 28, 2008
We encourage Congress to replace one-way free trade with Colombia with permanent, two-way free tradeEnglish
Country(s): 
Bolivia
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru
Author(s): 
Tom Casey
Deputy Spokesman
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
Free Trade
U.S. Policy

(PDF) Annual Threat Assessment of the Intelligence Community

Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Inspired and supported by Venezuela and Cuba, leaders in Bolivia, Nicaragua, and - more tentatively - in Ecuador are pursuing agendas that undercut checks and balancesEnglish
Author(s): 
J. Michael McConnell
Publisher / Source: 
The White House
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

(PDF) Congressional Budget Justification for Foreign Operations

Thursday, February 21, 2008
English
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of State
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

(PDF) Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request Summary Justification

Monday, February 4, 2008
English
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Department of Defense
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

Briefing for Visiting Members of Congress

Friday, January 11, 2008
English
Country(s): 
Colombia
Publisher / Source: 
U.S. Embassy Colombia
Tag(s): 
U.S. Policy

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