State Department Daily Briefing

Jul 10, 2009

Department of State

Philip Crowley spoked to reporters and answered questions on a number of topics, including political instability in Honduras, the status of the two American journalists being detained in North Korea, and negotiations with Russia on a U.S. missile defense shield in eastern Europe.
Philip Crowley spoked to reporters and answered questions on a number of topics, including political instability in Honduras, the status of the two American journalists being detained in North Korea, and negotiations with Russia on a U.S. missile defense shield in eastern Europe.

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TIME SPEAKER TEXT
00:00:02 Unidentified Speaker TODAY'S STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING WITH A SPOKESMAN TALKING TO REPORTERS ABOUT THE DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS...
00:00:39 Unidentified Speaker SHE WILL GIVE A MAJOR FOREIGN-POLICY SPEECH WITH QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS NEXT JULY 15 HERE IN WASHINGTON....
00:02:54 Unidentified Speaker WHAT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF THIS? HOW CAN THE U.S. BE HELPFUL TO THE WORKING GROUP PROCESS?
00:03:02 Unidentified Speaker THE PRESIDENT HAD SEPARATE MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT YESTERDAY. I THINK IT WILL BE UP TO HIM TO...
00:03:28 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS HOW YOU CAN HELP THEM.
00:03:32 Unidentified Speaker I WILL NOT PREJUDGE --
00:03:34 Unidentified Speaker THEY HAVE NOT COME TO ANY CONCLUSION?
00:03:37 Unidentified Speaker THEY DISCUSSED SOME IDEAS AND WE ARE SORTING THROUGH THOSE IDEAS.
00:03:42 Unidentified Speaker LIKE WHAT?
00:03:45 Unidentified Speaker I WILL LEAVE IT THERE.
00:03:48 Unidentified Speaker DID HE MAKE ANY REQUESTS OR DID THEY TALK OVER THE POSSIBILITIES?
00:03:57 Unidentified Speaker HE WAS REPORTING TO THE SECRETARY SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT THEY HAD. EACH SIDE BROUGHT PARTICULAR...
00:04:17 Unidentified Speaker SHORTLY BEFORE THE BRIEFING BEGAN, THE VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THE NEGOTIATIONS...
00:04:53 Unidentified Speaker IT IS UNCLEAR WHAT PRESIDENT CHAVEZ IS FOR OR AGAINST AT ANY TIME. I BELIEVE THAT HE HAS HAD SOME...
00:05:32 Unidentified Speaker THE END RESULT THAT YOU WANT TO SEE IS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RETURN?
00:05:37 Unidentified Speaker THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
00:05:40 Unidentified Speaker I WAS WONDERING ABOUT THE TRAVEL BY THE AMERICAN PROFESSOR WHO MADE SOME COMMENTS ABOUT THE TWO AMERICAN...
00:06:10 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT KNOW.
00:06:17 Unidentified Speaker THE USE OF LANGUAGE BY THE SECRETARY -- IN HER REMARKS TODAY ABOUT THIS CASE, SHE EXPRESSED THEIR...
00:06:48 Unidentified Speaker I THINK HER LANGUAGE TODAY -- THERE WAS SIMILAR LANGUAGE YESTERDAY. IT IS CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE...
00:07:22 Unidentified Speaker SHOULD WE REGARD THIS LANGUAGE AS AN EXPRESSION ON THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OF LEGITIMACY...
00:07:37 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO EVALUATE THE LEGAL PROCESS THAT OCCURRED. WE DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY...
00:08:02 Unidentified Speaker I DON'T THINK SHE SAID EVERYONE INVOLVED. I THINK SHE SAID EVERYBODY IS VERY SORRY, OR EVERYONE IS...
00:08:14 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS A REGRETTABLE INCIDENT. WE LOOKED TO TRY TO SEE HOW THIS COULD BE RESOLVED. WE HAVE CALLED...
00:08:37 Unidentified Speaker IS SHE VERY SORRY?
00:08:41 Unidentified Speaker OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE TO JOURNALISTS WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN PROSECUTED. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM...
00:08:51 Unidentified Speaker WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT AMNESTY, IT DOES SEEM TO IMPLY SOME CULPABILITY ON THE SIDE OF THE TWO JOURNALISTS....
00:09:00 Unidentified Speaker I BELIEVE THAT THE FAMILIES AND THE JOURNALISTS THEMSELVES
00:09:03 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE] 1 OF THE CONCERNS WILL BE THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND INDIA. [UNINTELLIGIBLE]...
00:09:28 Unidentified Speaker I THINK IN ANTICIPATION OF THE TRIP, WE WILL HAVE SOME BRIEFERS FOR YOU THAT CAN GO IN GREATER DETAIL....
00:10:51 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT INDIA WHERE IT IS THAT A PREVIEW OF THE SPEECH?
00:11:03 Unidentified Speaker APART FROM THE FACT THAT THE JOURNALISTS HAVE NOT THEN RELEASED, IT IS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN POSSESSION...
00:11:29 Unidentified Speaker WE HAVE A VARIETY OF MEANS OF COMMUNICATING WITH NORTH KOREA. WE ARE EXPLORING ALL OF THOSE
00:11:34 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
00:11:42 Unidentified Speaker WE ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE CONTACT WITH NORTH KOREA, COMMUNICATE WITH NORTH KOREA. WE USE...
00:12:23 Unidentified Speaker MY QUESTION IS ABOUT WHETHER YOU HAVE COMMUNICATED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WHAT IS NOW YOUR TWICE...
00:12:43 Unidentified Speaker I BELIEVE WE UNDERSTAND THAT NORTH KOREA IS PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT WE SAY AND WE HOPE THEY WILL...
00:12:52 Unidentified Speaker I WAS ASKING WHETHER THE NEW LANGUAGE REFLECTS EVIDENCE IN HAND THAT THE OLD EVIDENCE WAS NOT GOING...
00:13:00 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT GOING TO GO ANY
00:13:01 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE]
00:13:10 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE NORTH KOREANS PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE U.S. SAYS.
00:13:20 Unidentified Speaker THEY DON'T LISTED JOURNALISTS ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS --
00:13:26 Unidentified Speaker TRUST ME, THE NORTH KOREANS TAKE CLOSE ATTENTION.
00:13:28 Unidentified Speaker BUT YOU DO NOT HAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THIS APPROACH STARTING YESTERDAY IS GOING TO PRODUCE ANY RESULTS...
00:13:43 Unidentified Speaker I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE AGREEMENTS REACHED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT...
00:14:29 Unidentified Speaker I THINK THE JOINT STATEMENT SIMPLY REAFFIRMED A LONGSTANDING POSITIONS. THERE IS NO NEW GROUND BROKEN...
00:14:49 Unidentified Speaker IS THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO ABANDON THE PROPOSED LONG-RANGE MISSILE DEFENSE IN EUROPE...
00:15:00 Unidentified Speaker WE DO NOT THINK THE TWO ARE LINKED. AS YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO REVIEW OUR DEFENSIVE POSTURE, PARTICULARLY...
00:15:37 Unidentified Speaker WHAT HAVE PEOPLE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS? I THOUGHT THERE WAS THIS BIG PUSH...
00:15:47 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS SOME COMMENTARY THAT THIS REPRESENTS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF A LINK.
00:15:54 Unidentified Speaker THIS IS QUITE SEPARATE FROM THAT. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST...
00:16:07 Unidentified Speaker THE STATEMENT THAT JAMES ALLUDED TO, THAT SOME COMMENTATORS HAVE REFERENCED IS NOTHING NEW, AND THERE...
00:16:25 Unidentified Speaker CHINA IS MAKING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ANGRY AROUND THE GLOBE. THEY ARE GOING TO EXECUTE THOSE THAT TOOK...
00:16:57 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE BEING CRUSHED BY THE SYSTEM.
00:17:00 Unidentified Speaker ARE YOU REFERRING MORE SPECIFICALLY TO --
00:17:04 Unidentified Speaker YES, SIR.
00:17:06 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THE EVENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE. WE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE...
00:17:48 Unidentified Speaker ON A DIFFERENT SUBJECTS --
00:17:50 Unidentified Speaker WHETHER YOU'RE OFFICERS ON THE GROUND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE CHINESE SECURITY FORCES...
00:18:00 Unidentified Speaker I THINK WE ARE TRYING TO ASSESS THE SITUATION.
00:18:07 Unidentified Speaker THE RESOLUTION COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE TODAY CALLING FOR U.S. HELP FOR THOSE SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY...
00:18:26 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT MIGHT BE DEBATED.
00:18:29 Unidentified Speaker A DEMOCRACY RESOLUTION.
00:18:30 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.
00:18:35 Unidentified Speaker FOLLOWING UP ON A QUESTION YESTERDAY, ARE U.S. OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND TRAINED TO SEE IF SOMEONE IS...
00:18:47 Unidentified Speaker THEY ARE ASSESSING THE SITUATION. THEY ARE AMONG OUR MORE EXPERIENCED DIPLOMATS WITH A DEEP KNOWLEDGE...
00:19:07 Unidentified Speaker NOT IN REAL TIME?
00:19:11 Unidentified Speaker FIRST AND FOREMOST, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT TENSION IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF CHINA. HISTORICAL GRIEVANCES,...
00:20:06 Unidentified Speaker ONE IS A FOLLOW-UP ON THAT VENEZUELA. CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT PRESIDENT CHAVEZ SAID ON TV THAT HE SPOKE...
00:20:22 Unidentified Speaker I WILL TAKE THE QUESTION.
00:20:27 Unidentified Speaker SWITCHING TOPICS TO IRAQ, WHAT IS THE STATE DEPARTMENT DOING IN RESPONSE TO THE PASSAGE OF THE NEW...
00:20:41 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ANY UNILATERAL STEPS THAT MIGHT BE TAKEN WITHIN IRAQ. OBVIOUSLY, AS A...
00:21:42 Unidentified Speaker THERE IS A TRIAL UPCOMING FOR A U.S. CITIZEN ON TERRORISM RELATED CHARGES. I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN CONSULAR...
00:22:04 Unidentified Speaker WE ARE AWARE OF ITS AND ARE WATCHING CAREFULLY, BUT WE ARE LIMITED IN WHAT WE CAN SAY.
00:22:17 Unidentified Speaker IN GENERAL, CAN YOU SAY WHETHER HE HAS BEEN TREATED FAIRLY BY THE U.A.E.?
00:22:27 Unidentified Speaker LEGACY IF I CAN GET THAT PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU.
00:22:29 Unidentified Speaker THE RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND SOME NUMBER OF REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATIC...
00:23:04 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT AWARE OF THAT LETTER. I BELIEVE IT WAS TESTIFIED ON THE HILL -- ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT --...
00:23:12 Unidentified Speaker YES.
00:23:15 Unidentified Speaker REFER TO HIS TESTIMONY.
00:23:17 Unidentified Speaker I WILL.
00:23:18 Unidentified Speaker THANK YOU.
00:23:26 Unidentified Speaker IN PERSON HAS SAID -- A PERSON HAS SAID [UNINTELLIGIBLE] ARE YOU AWARE THAT THE PAKISTAN THE ARMY...
00:23:47 Unidentified Speaker I WILL TAKE THE QUESTION.
00:23:50 Unidentified Speaker TWO QUICK ONES ON IRAN. ARE YOU AWARE OF THIS IRANIAN AMERICAN THAT WAS ARRESTED THERE LAST NIGHT,...
00:24:04 Unidentified Speaker YES, WE ARE AWARE OF IT AND CHECKING INTO IT.
00:24:06 Unidentified Speaker HAVE YOU ASKED --
00:24:11 Unidentified Speaker OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE AWARE OF IT.
00:24:16 Unidentified Speaker COMING OUT OF THE G-8 SUMMIT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON. THE PRESIDENT...
00:24:51 Unidentified Speaker FIRST OF ALL, MATT, THE SITUATION IN IRAN IS STILL ONGOING. THE DEMONSTRATIONS YESTERDAY PROVED ONCE...
00:26:20 Unidentified Speaker WHEN DOES THAT WINDOW CLOSE? IS IT OVER WHEN AND IF THE ELECTION MEETS YOUR STANDARDS? ARE YOU PREPARED...
00:26:46 Unidentified Speaker AS WE HAVE SAID MANY TIMES, WE ARE VERY CONCERNED WITH WHAT HAS TRANSPIRED. I THINK THE IRANIAN PEOPLE...
00:27:48 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS NOT CLEAR TO ME, ARE YOU SUGGESTING THAT AT THE END OF THE YEAR, YOU GUYS DID NOT WANT TO CALL...
00:27:58 Unidentified Speaker --
00:28:04 Unidentified Speaker EARLIER THIS WEEK, IT WAS SAID THAT -- I THINK IF WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PROGRESS AT THAT TIME BY THE...
00:28:40 Unidentified Speaker I DO NOT KNOW. ON THE END OF WHAT GARY SAID, WE ARE NOT PURSUING ONLY ONE PATH. WE CONTINUE TO ENFORCE...
00:30:05 Unidentified Speaker [UNINTELLIGIBLE] HOW ARE YOU GOING TO ENFORCE THE GROUP -- ENFORCE THOSE THROUGH THE UN? THEY ARE...
00:30:30 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT SURE WE ARE CONVINCED AT THIS POINT THAT A TRUE IRANIAN RESPONSE HAS GONE THROUGH.
00:30:43 Unidentified Speaker DOES THE U.S. HAVE SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT NORTH KOREA MAY BE SHIPPING NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND TECHNOLOGY...
00:30:54 Unidentified Speaker OR OTHER ARMAMENTS?
00:30:58 Unidentified Speaker IT WAS JUST NUCLEAR.
00:31:00 Unidentified Speaker I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT NORTH KOREA MAY TRY TO SHIP A VARIETY OF THINGS IN A VARIETY...
00:31:52 Unidentified Speaker IS BURMA ONE OF THOSE POTENTIAL DESTINATIONS THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT? ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT...
00:32:03 Unidentified Speaker I AM NOT IN A POSITION TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. [CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY NATIONAL CAPTIONING INSTITUTE]...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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