June 23, 2015: Pre-Defense Ministerial Press Briefing
June 23, 2015 Ambassador Lute: We typically do these Pre-Ministerial briefings as a heads-up for what’s about to happen in the next two days. I’ve been scooped on this occasion because our Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, is doing the pre-brief himself in a series of visits earlier this week in Europe. He’ll arrive here ... Read More»
June 19, 2015 Ambassador Lute Telephonic Press Briefing
June 19, 2015 Moderator: Thanks so much, and greetings everybody from the U.S. Department of State. I would like to welcome all of our participants who are dialing in from across Europe and those of you dialing in from the U.S., and I’d like to thank all of you for joining in this discussion. Today ... Read More»
Ambassador Douglas Lute, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Remarks to Afghan Journalists via Digital Video Conference
May 21, 2015 Ambassador Lute: As Shannon introduced, NATO Foreign Ministers met last Wednesday and Thursday in Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The 28 Ministers came together and did a lot of NATO business, but the opening session of the two-day ministerial was the session on Afghanistan. So here you had Foreign Minister ... Read More»
Ambassador Lute’s Remarks at Friends of Europe on NATO’s Readiness Action Plan
Speakers: Douglas E. Lute, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Marjanne de Kwaasteniet, Dutch Ambassador to NATO Karl Heinz Kamp, Federal Academy for Security Policy, Germany Moderator: Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Welcome to Friends of Europe and welcome to this evening’s discussion of the NATO spearhead. My name is Giles Merritt. I’m the Secretary General of ... Read More»