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2008 Press Releases

  1. Kosovo: New Government Coalition (January 10, 2008)
  2. Chairman of U.S. Commission for the Preservation of American Heritage Abroad and Albanian Parliament Speaker Discuss Holocaust and the Role of Albanians (January 27, 2008)
  3. Press Release (February 8, 2008)
  4. U.S. European Command Provides Second Series of Hepatitis A Vaccines for Bathore and Zallher Children (February 14, 2008)
  5. Statement by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, US Recognizes Kosovo as Independent State (February 18, 2008)
  6. Remarks by President of the United States George W. Bush on Kosovo (February 18, 2008)
  7. U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers II Discusses the African-American Experience and Civil Rights with Tirana University Students (February 28, 2008)
  8. USAID Supports the District Court of Durres (February 28, 2008)
  9. U.S. Funds Crisis Response Training for Albanian State Police Officials (March 6, 2008)
  10. US State Department Human Rights Report -- 2007 (March 11, 2008)
  11. Statement by U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers (March 13, 2008)
  12. Statement by the U.S. Embassy in Tirana, Albania (March 15, 2008)
  13. U.S. Embassy Statement on Gërdec Explosions (March 17, 2008)
  14. U.S. Embassy Statement on Southern Ammunition Company (SAC) March 19, 2008
  15. Remarks by U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers II NATO Ambassadors – SP Leadership Round Table on Bucharest Summit (March 28, 2008)
  16. Statement by U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers After the NATO Invitation to Albania (April 3, 2008)
  17. U.S. Assistance in response to the Gërdec tragedy (April 7, 2008)
  18. Remarks by U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers at Financial Investigative Techniques Seminar, General Prosecutor’s Office (April 7, 2008)
  19. U.S. Embassy Statement on the Role of ATF (April 11, 2008)
  20. U.S. and Albanian Law Enforcement Agencies Collaborate to Capture Albanian Fugitive (April 15, 2008)
  21. US Department of State and Albania’s MOD Agree to Begin Gërdec Munitions Cleanup (May 2, 2008)
  22. Remarks By U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers II at the Launch of the 2008 Corruption Perception and Experience Survey Conducted by IDRA and Funded by USAID (May 7, 2008)
  23. Remarks by USAID Administrator Henrietta H. Fore at the Signing of Memorandum of Understanding with the Tirana Court of Appeals (May 19, 2008)
  24. Remarks by USAID Administrator Henrietta H. Fore --Statement at Press Conference (May 19, 2008)
  25. Statement by U.S. Ambassador John Withers After Meeting with Prosecutor General Ina Rama (June 3, 2008)
  26. Trafficking in Persons Report – Albania (June 4, 2008)
  27. U.S. Embassy Organizes Third Blood Donation (June 11, 2008)
  28. Daily Panorama Interviews U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers II (June 18, 2008)
  29. Statement by the U.S. Embassy (June 24, 2008)
  30. Presidential Message, Independence Day 2008 (July 03, 2008)
  31. Remarks by Ambassador John L. Withers II at the Balkan Police Leadership Training Conference (July 29, 2008)
  32. Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Withers During a Visit to the Gërdec Military Cleanup Site (August 1, 2008)
  33. Two Directors Headline Double Swearing-In (August 20, 2008)
  34. President Honors Service of Departing USAID Mission Director (August 26, 2008)
  35. Ambassador John L. Withers II Interview with Shqip (September 9, 2008)
  36. Patriot Day, 2008 A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America (September 11, 2008)
  37. Testimony of Daniel Fried Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations “Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty” (September 10, 2008)
  38. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Addresses U.S.-Russia Relations At The German Marshall Fund (September 18, 2008)
  39. Historic U.S. Senate Vote on Albania (September 26, 2008)
  40. Statement by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England After Meeting with Minister of Defense Gazmend Oketa Tirana, Albania (September 30, 2008)
  41. Statement by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England After Meeting with Prime Minister Sali Berisha Tirana, Albania (September 30, 2008)
  42. Statement by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England After Meeting with President Bamir Topi Tirana, Albania (September 30, 2008)
  43. Remarks by U.S. Ambassador Withers at BKTF Roundtable (October 2, 2008)
  44. Excerpts from Kurt Volker Interview with Top Channel (October 7, 2008)
  45. U.S. Export and Border Security Assistance Mission Contributes Nuclear Material Detection Equipment to Albanian Customs and Border Police (October 7, 2008)
  46. Remarks by U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers at the Workshop on the Coordination of Institutions Against Money Laundering Tirana Prosecutor’s Office (October 16, 2008)
  47. President Bush Participates in Signing Ceremony with NATO Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer for NATO Accession Protocols for Albania and Croatia (October 27, 2008)
  48. Remarks by Deputy Assistant Secretary, Stuart Jones at the Chief of Missions Conference, Tirana Albania (October 29, 2008)
  49. Transcript of VOA Albanian Service Interview with Stuart Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (October 30, 2008)
  50. Remarks by U.S. Ambassador John L. Withers II U.S. at the Election Breakfast (November 5, 2008)
  51. Election Breakfast Photos (November 5, 2008)
  52. 'An American Reflects on Albanian Independence Day' By John L. Withers II, U.S. Ambassador to Albania (November 28, 2008)
  53. U.S. Government Welcomes Postponement of Draft Lustration Law Vote (December 16, 2008)
  54. Statement from the U.S. Embassy (December 23, 2008)

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