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2013-06-04   Richard Armitage, Chairman of the American Turkish Council, presided over the ATC's Annual Conference in                                   Washington DC. Amb. Armitage introduced the conference's keynote speaker, US Vice President Joe Biden,                                  at the closing dinner. Vice President Biden's remarks can be found here.

2013-05-30   Richard Armitage participated in the 2013  Yomiuri International Forum in Tokyo, Japan. The Forum was entitled                               Prescription for Stabilizing Asia and the Significance of the Japan-US Alliance. Press coverage following the                                 Forum can be found in the following artcles by The Japan News:

2013-05-21   Richard Armitage participated in the 2013 JoongAng Ilbo-CSIS Forum in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

2013-05-20   Sak Sakoda supported Albania's Ministry of Defense and General Staff with their conceptual planning to                                               implement recommendations outlined in the April Strategic Defense Review Report. It was the last scheduled                              engagement with Albania after the two-year effort in supporting the SDR process and implementation planning.                               During this last visit to Tirana, Minister Imami awarded Sak with the Defense Minister's Distinguished Service                          Medal for contributions to the Strategic Defense Review.

2013-05-18   Richard Armitage participated in the US-Japan-India Strategic Dialogue, sponsored by the Center for                                                  Strategic and International Studies, in Tokyo, Japan.

2013-04-24   Richard Armitage and Randy Schriver traveled to Beijing, China for Strategic Transformations in the Asia-Pacfic                             Region and US-China New-Type Relations.

2013-04-08   Sak Sakoda led a delegation in support of Albania's Ministry of Defense implementation of Strategic                                                 Defense Review recommendations.

2013-03-29   Kara Bue led a team of experts to Siem Reap, Cambodia to support the Ministry of National Defense's                                  defense strategy review.

2013-03-22   Richard Armitage received the Distinguished Graduate Award from his alma mater, the United States Naval                                        Academy. Video from this ceremony can be found here. This award is given annually to alumni as a result of their:

2013-02-11   Richard Armitage participated in the inaugural conference hosted by the Council for Arab and International                                       Relations in Kuwait City, Kuwait

2013-01-14   Richard Armitage published an article entitled Hopes for the Abe Administration in The Daily Yomiuri. The                                    article can be found here.

2013-01-14   Richard Armitage, Co-Chairman of the Board of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Pacific                          Forum, gave a speech at the annual Board Meeting in Honolulu, Hawai'i.

2013-01-13   Sak Sakoda led a team to Tirana in support of Albania's Strategic Defense Review. 

                        officials at the deputy minister level to discuss support for Albania's Strategic Defense Review.

2012-10-27:  Richard Armitage participated in the 9th Annual Nikkei/CSIS Symposium in Tokyo.

2012-10-22:  Richard Armitage, along with several former U.S. national security officials, met with political and military leaders                            in both Tokyo and Beijing on behalf of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the U.S. State Department.

2012-10-13:  Richard Armitage, Chairman of the American Turkish Council, traveled to Turkey for the 24th Annual Chairman's                             Visit. Mr. Armitage will lead the ATC delegation for six days, traveling throughout the country. Coverage of Mr.                               Armitage's visit to Gaziantep University can be found here.

2012-09-26:  Richard Armitage gave the keynote address for U.S.-China Relations and the 18th Party Congress: Uncertainty                            Amidst Political Transition at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The video recording for the event                           can be found here.

2012-09-24:  Richard Armitage gave the keynote address at The Southern Maryland Naval Alliance's 20th Anniversary Dinner in                           St. Mary's City, Maryland

2012-09-08:  As Convener of the Non-Official Group of Friends of Sri Lanka, Richard Armitage, along with Kara Bue, led a                               six-member delegation to Colombo the week of 3 September to meet with civil society organizations and                                political parties.

2012-09-03:  Sak Sakoda attended the Bled Strategic Forum in Bled, Slovenia.

2012-08-31:  Sak Sakoda led a team to Tirana in support of Albania's Strategic Defense Review. 

                        officials at the deputy minister level to discuss support for Albania's Strategic Defense Review.

2012-08-15:  Richard Armitage and Dr. Joseph Nye released The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Anchoring Stability in Asia report                           through the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The report's study group included Armitage                                      International partners Kara Bue, Sak Sakoda, and Randy Schriver. Video recording for the release can                                           be found here.

2012-08-14:  Kara Bue participated in a week-long seminar in August on “Civil-Military Relations and Strategic Opportunities”                              at the National Academy for Political and Strategic Studies in Santiago, Chile.

2012-07-23:  Op-Ed in the Daily Yomiuri by Richard Armitage Pivot to Asia Back to the Future

2012-07-14:  Kara Bue traveled to Honduras in July to teach a five-day course on “Strategic Opportunities in National Security”                          for an interagency group of Honduran officials at the National Defense College in Tegucigalpa.

2012-06-11:  Richard Armitage, Chair of the American Turkish Council, introduces Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta at the                              31st Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkish Relations. Video of Ambassador Armitage's speech can be found here.                             Video of Secretary Panetta's speech can be found here.

2012-05-31:  Sak Sakoda returned from leading a delegation to Ulaanbaatar to support defense reform efforts with the

                         Ministry of Defense.

2012-04-23:  Richard Armitage met with a visiting delegation of Japanese Diet Members led by former Chief Cabinet Secretary

                        Yoshito Sengoku.  The group met to discuss the U.S. - Japan security and economic relationships.

2012-04-11:  Richard Armitage traveled to Carlisle, PA to deliver the keynote address of the 2012 US Army War College Strategy

                        Conference.  Click Here for a video of his remarks entitled "America's Role in a 21st Century World."

2012-03-27:  Richard Armitage and Randy Schriver led a delegation from the Project2049 Institute to Taipei where they met with

                        President Ma and other high level government officials to discuss US-Taiwan relations and regional affairs.

2012-03-10:  Sak Sakoda led a delegation to Tirana, Albania and Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to continue work on defesne

                         institution building.

2012-03-02:  Richard Armitage returned from a trip to Tokyo, Japan and New Delhi, India.  He delivered remarks at the 10th

                        Anniversary event for the US-Japan LINK in Tokyo and continued on to New Delhi where he represented the U.S.

                        delegation at the U.S.-Japan-India Strategic Dialogue hosted by the Center for Strategic and

                        International Studies.

2012-02-06:  Richard Armitage delivered a speech at Whittier College entitled "Lessons from the Gridiron for a Career in

                        Public Service."

2011-12-12:  Richard Armitage appeared on Al Jazeera English to discuss U.S.-Iraqi relations. Click here for the clip.

2011-11-11:  Sak Sakoda led a team to Tirana for continued support of Albania's Strategic Defense Review.

2011-11-11:  Richard Armitage traveled to Oslo to participate in a Ministry of Foreign Affairs sponsored panel discussion on

                        Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka.  A copy of his remarks can be found here.

2011-11-08:  Richard Armitage traveled to Tokyo to participate in the 8th CSIS / Nikkei Symposum.  This years symposium

                        focused on the Great East Japan Earthquake, Operation Tomodachi and the U.S.-Japan Alliance.

2011-11-03:  Kara Bue participated in the U.S.-Peru Defense Bilateral Working Group meeting in Lima.

2011-10-31:  Richard Armitage, Chair of the American Turkish Council, introduces Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the

                        30th Annual Conference on U.S.-Turkish Relations. Secretary Clinton's remarks can be found here.

2011-10-29:  Kara Bue led a delegation of maritime security experts to Sihanoukville, Cambodia to support Cambodian efforts

                        to develop a national maritime security strategy.

2011-11-28:  Sak Sakoda led a team to Ulaanbaatar for continued work with Mongolia's Ministry of Defense on defense reform.

2011-10-27:  Richard Armitage delivered the keynote speech at the 3rd Japan-U.S. Joint Public Policy Forum in Tokyo

                        sponsored by the Sasakwa Peace Foundation and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.

                        An NHK World broadcast can be found here.

2011-09-06:  Op-Ed in The Daily Yomiuri by Richard Armitage: Time for leadership and action in Japan politics.

2011-08:        Randy Schriver named Policy Director for the Jon Huntsman for President Campaign (2011-12)

2011-07-25:  Op-Ed in the Washington times by Randy Schriver:  Bound to fail; U.S. military ties with China work

only to PLA's advantage.

2011-07-21:  Richard Armitage attended the 2011 South Asian Diaspora Convention in Singapore and spoke on

                        U.S./South Asian Relations.
2011-07-19:  Richard Armitage ended six days in Turkey where he led a delegation in his capacity as Chairman of                                          the American Turkish Council (ATC.)

2011-06-06: Richard Armitage was appointed by Her Majesty The Queen as an Honorary Companion of The New

                       Zealand Order of Merit in recognition of his services to New Zealand - United States of America relations.

2011-06-04: Randy Schriver and Sak Sakoda departed Ulaanbaatar after assisting in the Mongolian MoD's continued

                       reform efforts.

2011-05-29: Op-Ed in The Daily Yomiuri by Richard Armitage entitled "Resist the temptation to look inward."

2011-05-29: Kara Bue returned from Lima, Peru  where she lead a delegation to discuss defense institution building with

                       Ministry of Defense officials.

2011-05-04:  Richard Armitage shares his views on the killing of Osama bin Laden with ABC (Australian Broadcasting

                        Corporation) News

2011-05-01:  Kara Bue returned from a week-long visit to Phnom-Penh, Cambodia where she met with officials within the

                        Ministry of National Defense and the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces as part of a defense security

                        cooperation assessment.

2011-04-30:  Richard Armitage returned from the 1st annual JoongAng Ilbo-CSIS forum in Seoul. Click here for press coverage

2011-04-25:  Op-Ed in the New York Times by Richard Armitage, Thad Allen, and John Hamre entitled "Odd Man Out at Sea"

2011-04-13:  Sak Sakoda returned from a week in Tokyo where he met with GOJ officials to coordinate a US-Japan

                         peacekeeping program.

2011-04-01:  Sak Sakoda led a delegation to Ulaanbaatar to continue discussions on defense institution building in Mongolia.

2011-04-01:  Richard Armitage and Randy Schriver returned from leading a five day delegation to Taipei.  Press coverage of

                         their trip can be found by clicking here.

2011-02-25:  Sak Sakoda returned from five days in Tirana, Albania where he met with key members of Albania's security  

                        officials at the deputy minister level to discuss support for Albania's Strategic Defense Review.

2011-02-17:  Project 2049's Central Asia Study Group releases "Strengthening Fragile Partnerships: The Future of U.S.-Central

                        Asia Relations" authored by Evan Feigenbaum.  Richard Armitage chaired the study group of which Kara Bue          

                        was a member.  Click here for the full report

2011-02-04:  Richard Armitage traveled to Oslo, Norway to speak at the Oslo Energy Forum 2011.  He delivered a speech 

                         entitled "Has the Era of US Power Come to a Close?"

2011-01-28:  Sak Sakoda and Randy Schriver returned to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to continue the assistance to the Mongolian

                         MoD in their reform efforts.

2011-01-22:  Richard Armitage and Kara Bue returned from a week long trip to Colombo, Sri Lanka with the Non-Official Group

                         of Friends of Sri Lanka.

2010-11-29:  Richard Armitage and Sandy Berger chair the Independant Task Force Report on U.S. Strategy for Pakistan and   

                         Afghanistan; click here for the full text on the Council on Foreign Relation's website

2010-11-21:  Sak Sakoda led a civilian team on to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to assist their MOD in defense reform and

                         modernization.  Randy Schriver also participated as an instructor in the training.

2010-11-04:  Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R.

                         Nicholas Burns in The Wall Street Journal:  A To-Do List for Obama in India

2010-10-25:  Richard Armitage in the Yomiuri Shimbun:  Japan Should Maintain Fortitude in Roiling Waters

2010-10-21:  CNAS Releases:  Natural Allies: A Blueprint for the Future of U.S.-India Relations; authored by former Deputy

                        Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns and

                        CNAS Senior Fellow Richard Fontaine

2010-10-18:  U.S.-Japan-India Strategic Dialogue Joint Statement

2010-10-13:  Richard Armitage Appointed Honorary Companion (AC) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

2010-09-02:  NPR series on the USS Kirk and its role in the final days of the Vietnam War.  Rich Armitage recounts his

                        experience in the third installment:  "At War's End, U.S. Ship Rescued South Vietnam's Navy"

2010-08-09:  Richard Armitage on Charlie Rose

2009-08-12:  Op-Ed in the Washington Times by AI Partner Randy  Schriver - "People's Army not standing still"
2006-07-18 :  Armitage and Schriver on Trade with Vietnam from the
Washington Times
2006-06-13: Richard Armitage on Charlie Rose
2006-05-09:  Ms. Bue named to Board of Directors of

                         Freedom Fields USA
2006-04-24: Armitage & Schriver on New Zealand from the
Wall Street  Journal
2006-04-12: Armitage Urges Talks with Iran from the Financial Times
2006-03-23: Armitage on Asia from The Oriental Economist
2006-01-01: Armitage On Iraq: Applying History's Lessons from the

                        Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
2005-12-15: Remarks by British Ambassador to the US, David Manning
on the Investure of Mr. Armitage
2005-09-01: The Summit that Wasn't by Mr. Schriver
2005-07-26: Written Statement of Mr. Schriver before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
2005-07-21: Written Statement of Mr. Schriver before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission
2005-07-12: Former US diplomat meets nation's leaders
2005-07-07: Archived Remarks by the Honorable Richard L. Armitage
2005-07-07: Photo Archive of the Honorable Richard L. Armitage
2005-05-03: Transcript from Mr. Armitage's interview on Frontline