Washington File Archives

February 2006

27 February 2006 - United States Issuing New Electronic Passports in Pilot Program

27 February 2006 - U.N. Has Opportunity To Create More Credible Human Rights Body

27 February 2006 - Iran's Noncompliance Threatens Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime

27 February 2006 - U.S. Wants New Negotiations on U.N. Human Rights Council

27 February 2006 - U.S. Proposes Zero Tariffs for Medicine, Medical Devices at WTO

23 February 2006 - NASA, University Scientists Uncover Lost Maya Ruins from Space

23 February 2006 - New Instruments Will Help Scientists Understand Earthquakes

23 February 2006 - USAID Increases Funding for Bird Flu Preparedness

22 February 2006 - Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns' Travel to Russia, Austria, and India

22 February 2006 - Iran Must Halt Uranium Enrichment Activities, State's Burns Says

22 February 2006 - United Nations Must Reform Peacekeeping Operations, Bolton Says

22 February 2006 - International Banks To Collaborate on Corruption Problem

22 February 2006 - United States Welcomes Steps Toward Peace in Sri Lanka

22 February 2006 - United States Must Commit to Alternative Energy Development

22 February 2006 - Global Partnership Aims To Change Nuclear Power Arrangements

22 February 2006 - Global Initiative Aims To Boost Nuclear Energy, Nonproliferation

22 February 2006 - Hubble Space Telescope Confirms New Pluto Moons

21 February 2006 - General Kimmitt Outlines U.S. Strategy Against Terrorism

21 February 2006 - International Forum to Collaborate on New Reactors

21 February 2006 - Scientists Analyze Comet Dust from NASA Stardust Mission

21 February 2006 - Pace of Bird Flu Spread Accelerating

20 February 2006 - Bush Again Calls for Development of Alternate Energy Sources

18 February 2006 - Bush Envisions Transformation of Energy Use, Supply

17 February 2006 - President Discusses Global War on Terror Following Briefing at CENTCOM

17 February 2006 - Providing Consumer Choices Can Cut Need for Media Regulation

17 February 2006 - WTO Negotiations Unlikely To Affect Timing of New U.S. Farm Bill

17 February 2006 - Greenland Ice Loss Doubled in 10 Years, NASA Scientists Say

17 February 2006 - Biosecurity Urged as Bird Flu Spreads<

17 February 2006 - U.S. Study Finds There Is No Safe Level for Ozone

16 February 2006 - State's Boucher Reviews U.S. Policy in South, Central Asia

16 February 2006 - Rumsfeld Says More Money Needed To Fund Afghan, Iraq Missions

16 February 2006 - U.S. Muslim Group Launches Education Effort on Islam's Prophet

16 February 2006 - U.S. Wants Strong Manager To Lead United Nations

16 February 2006 - Energy's Bodman Asks for Increase in Nonproliferation Funding

16 February 2006 - Rumsfeld Says More Money Needed To Fund Afghan, Iraq Missions

16 February 2006 - Rice Urges Support for Foreign Aid National Security Spending

16 February 2006 - State Department Issues Final Rules on Intercountry Adoption

16 February 2006 - Cassini Cameras Spot Powerful Lightning Storm on Saturn

16 February 2006 - U.S. Has Prosecuted Abuses Shown in Newly Published Photos

16 February 2006 - NASA Satellite Technology Helps Fight Invasive Plant Species

15 February 2006 - President Discusses Health Care, Wendy's International, Inc, Dublin, Ohio

15 February 2006 - State Department Wants $75 Million To Promote Democracy in Iran

15 February 2006 - World Health Leaders Work To Stop Phony Medicines

14 February 2006 - U.S. Urges "Concrete Action" to Stop Spread of WMD

14 February 2006 - Ensuring Internet Freedom Is Top Priority, State Official Says

14 February 2006 - Meet August Wilson, a Playwright for an American Century

14 February 2006 - U.S.-India Partnership Strengthens Nonproliferation Efforts

14 February 2006 - U.S. To Issue Student Visas 120 Days Ahead of Start of Classes

14 February 2006 - Webchat To Examine Impact of Globalization on Cultural Diversity

14 February 2006 - Campaign Spreads Awareness of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

13 February 2006 - Stable Government Seen Helping Iraq's Economic Reconstruction

13 February 2006 - U.S. Favors Spotlighting Non-Proliferation Treaty Violators

13 February 2006 - Report Finds U.S. Likely To Continue To Attract Foreign Capital

13 February 2006 - U.S. Envoy Outlines Political Blueprint for Iraq

13 February 2006 - United States Envisions Global Partnerships for NATO

13 February 2006 - U.S. Urges EU Not To Reimpose Duties After WTO Tax Break Ruling

12 February 2006 - U.S. Believes Diplomacy Can Address Iranian Nuclear Threat, Rice Says

12 February 2006 - G8 Finance Ministers Urge Progress in Doha Trade Negotiations

10 February 2006 - United States Welcomes Certified Results of Iraqi Legislative Elections

09 February 2006 - Asia-Pacific Partnership On Clean Development and Climate, Secretary Condoleezza Rice, Washington, DC

09 February 2006 - U.S. Funding of Olympic Athletes a Private and Community Affair

09 February 2006 - U.S. Thwarted Terrorist Attack Against Los Angeles in 2002

09 February 2006 - Stopping Dangerous Weapons Proliferation Highest U.S. Priority

09 February 2006 - Bush Says Muslims Turning Against Terrorists

09 February 2006 - U.S. Welcomes Mideast Democracy, Rejects Terror Groups

09 February 2006 - United States Contributes $203.8 Million to U.N. Refugee Agency

09 February 2006 - For 2006 Winter Olympics, U.S. Sending Its Most Diverse Team Ever

09 February 2006 - U.S. Committed to Asia-Pacific Climate Partnership, Rice Says

08 February 2006 - U.S. Agriculture Department Funds Global Fight for Animal Health

08 February 2006 - AIDS Prevention, Treatment, Care Rising Under U.S. Program

08 February 2006 - United States Dismisses Validity of Nepali Municipal Elections

08 February 2006 - United States Proposes Global Plan To Encourage Nuclear Energy

08 February 2006 - Bush Administration Seeks $771 Million for Iraqi Reconstruction

08 February 2006 - U.S. Officials Urge Congress Not To Block Airline Investment Rule

08 February 2006 - United States Releases Plan To Combat Illegal Drug Use in America

08 February 2006 - Health Initiatives Aim To Determine Roots of Common Diseases

08 February 2006 - Bush, Jordan's King Abdullah Reject Violence Over Cartoons

08 February 2006 - U.S.-Backed HIV/AIDS Prevention Messages Reach 42 Million

07 February 2006 - World Must Be Firm on Iran Nuclear Issue, U.S. Official Says

07 February 2006 - U.S. Calls for Restraint, Reason in Wake of Cartoon Controversy

07 February 2006 - United States Provides Afghanistan Full Debt Forgiveness

07 February 2006 - Pentagon Review Stresses Long-Term Strategy To Defeat Terror

07 February 2006 - Bush Seeks To Reduce Farmer Subsidies by 5 Percent in 2007

07 February 2006 - U.S. Agency Updates Online Earthquake Notification Service

07 February 2006 - NASA's Deep Impact Mission Finds First Evidence of Ice on Comet

06 February 2006 - U.S. Senator Urges Strong Nonproliferation Regime

06 February 2006 - Security Council Set to Take Up Iranian Nuclear Issue in March

06 February 2006 - Ben Bernanke Takes Oath as Chairman of Federal Reserve Board

06 February 2006 - Bush Seeks $2.3 Billion for Flu Protection Programs in 2007

06 February 2006 - Bush Asks Congress To Fund U.S. Competitiveness Initiative

06 February 2006 - Clean Water, Energy Priorities in Environmental Budget Request

04 February 2006 - Atomic Energy Board Votes To Report Iran to U.N. Security Council

03 February 2006 - U.S. Wants Security Council to Reinforce IAEA Demands on Iran

03 February 2006 - United States Updates Global Positioning System Technology

03 February 2006 - La Niña Weather Pattern Has Returned, U.S. Science Agency Says

03 February 2006 - United States Approves New Test To Identify Bird Flu in Humans

02 February 2006 - U.S. Official Makes Case for Halting Iran's Nuclear Program

02 February 2006 - U.S. Will Aid Nations Combating Terrorism Within Their Borders

02 February 2006 - U.S. Official Says Diplomatic Efforts with Iran Not Finished

02 February 2006 - Egypt, Niger Latest Countries To Drive Out Polio

02 February 2006 - Super Bowl Sunday an "Unofficial Holiday for Millions"

02 February 2006 - United States Combating HIV/AIDS at Home and Abroad

01 February 2006 - NATO Troops Formally End Earthquake Relief Mission in Pakistan

01 February 2006 - Bush Pledges Active Foreign Policy To Promote Democracy

01 February 2006 - Bush Competitiveness Plan Aims To Reinforce U.S. Innovation

01 February 2006 - Bush To Boost Spending on Renewable Energy Technologies