|  | |  | Tuesday, February 22, 2005 |
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 President Bush in Europe
President Bush is visiting Europe for meetings with European leaders. He has stressed his desire to reach out to friends and allies in the EU and NATO to promote development and progress, to defeat terrorism, and to encourage freedom and democracy as alternatives to tyranny and terror. [more]
 National African American History Month
Secretary Rice (Feb. 18): "...the story of African Americans in America who, in appealing to America to be true to itself, in challenging America to be what America needed to be, participated in the second founding of America, an America in which the great Civil Rights leaders and those before them gave us the foundation that we have today that allows for somebody like me to emerge as America's Secretary of State." [full text]
U.S.-Japan Security Consultations
Secretary Rice (Feb. 19): "Today, more than ever, we share a number of challenges, but we also share opportunities. And our vital relationship is at the basis of our ability to pursue those opportunities and to meet those challenges." [full text; joint statement of Security Consultative Committee]
President's FY 2005 Supplemental Budget Request
Secretary Rice (Feb. 17): "This time of global transformation calls for transformational diplomacy. More than ever, in today's fast-evolving international environment, America's diplomats need to have the resources to act swiftly and effectively to avert dangers and seize opportunities that allow us to tip the global balance of power toward freedom." [full text]
U.S. Commitment to Women in the Middle East
As part of the U.S. commitment to advance freedom in the Arab world, the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) recognizes women’s issues as one of four pillars integral to reform in the region along with political, educational, and economic advancements. Of the $129 million that the U.S. has committed to MEPI, $9 million has been dedicated to the women's pillar thus far. [more]
| | |  | |  Tomorrow--Chat With a Diplomat! Join an online webchat with State Department Spokesman Richard Boucher on Feb. 23 at 3 pm and learn about America's role in the world. To register, visit www.chats.state.gov. To receive email notifications of future chats, sign up for "DOSCHAT" through our listserv service.
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research Fingar testified on security threats to the U.S. and the challenges they present to the Intelligence Community.
| | The Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator has launched a new newsletter. Topics include progress in making treatment available in the developing world, USAID's work in India, and tackling HIV/AIDS in Botswana.
The U.S. Government is committed to relief and rebuilding efforts in tsunami-affected areas of South Asia. You can help by making cash contributions to humanitarian organizations conducting relief operations.
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