U.S. - U.K. Relations

26 September 2008 President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Great Britain

05 August 2008 Latest Internet Scam: Posing as the FBI  Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the American Embassy are working closely with UK law enforcement officers on various scams asking for money, targeting both UK and U.S. citizens. The most recent scheme uses the name of the FBI and its Director, Robert Mueller. The new mass e-mailing, allegedly from the “Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division of the FBI,” is hitting in-boxes belonging to computer-users in the UK.

04 June 2008 National Security Advisor Hadley Briefs on Bush's Trip to Europe.
 » President Bush's Visit to the UK, June 2008

23 May 2008 Secretary Rice Remarks With U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and John Chambers, CEO of Cisco

22 May 2008 Secretary Rice and U.K. Foreign Secretary Miliband Participate in @Google Series Secretary Rice and British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs David Miliband visit Google's Mountain View, CA, headquarters for a conversation with Google Senior VP David Drummond.

21 May 2008 Secretary Rice's Remarks With U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband After Their Meeting

20 May 2008 President Bush to Visit United Kingdom  The President and Mrs. Bush will travel to Europe from June 9 to June 16, 2008, to strengthen the trans-Atlantic partnership and to celebrate the enduring friendship between our nations based on shared democratic values.

20 May 2008 Secretary of State Rice and Foreign Secretary Miliband Travel to California  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Miliband will travel to California on Thursday, 22 May and Friday, 23 May 2008.

01 - 03 May 2008 Secretary Rice Visits London

05 May 2008 Rice, Quartet Briefing on Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts

02 May 2008 Statement issued by UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband on behalf of the P5+1

02 May 2008 Quartet Statement in London  Representatives of the Quartet met today in London to discuss the situation in the Middle East. They were joined by Quartet Representative Tony Blair. The Quartet expressed its strong support for ongoing Israeli-Palestinian negotiations and encouraged the parties to make every effort to realize the shared goal of an agreement on the establishment of a Palestinian state by the end of 2008.

01 May 2008 Meetings in London  Briefing by Secretary Rice en-route to London.

28 April 2008 Rice Plans Full Agenda During Middle East Trip  In a five-day trip to Britain and the Middle East, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice aims to shore up Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and discuss financial aid for the Palestinian Authority with allies. State Department spokesman Sean McCormack says Rice also will hold separate meetings with British Foreign Minister David Miliband and Middle East Quartet Envoy Tony Blair.

25 April 2008 Rice to Travel to Europe, the Middle East May 1-5  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to the United Kingdom, Israel, and the West Bank from May 1 to May 5.

17 April 2008 Bush, Great Britain's Brown Call for New IranSanctions    Wide-ranging discussions between the two leaders covered the full spectrum of security, diplomatic and economic issues that make up the Anglo-American “special relationship.”
 • Transcript: President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Gordon Brown
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 • US/UK Announcement on Health and Health Workers

28 March 2008 Visit of Prime Minister Brown and Mrs. Brown of the United Kingdom

14 March 2008 Fighting the Opium Trade in Afghanistan: Myths, Facts, and Sound Policy  Statement by the U.S. Department of State and the U.K. Foreign and Commonwealth Office. "We, the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom, in conjunction with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, ISAF and international partners, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, are now engaged in a comprehensive initiative to fight the production and trafficking of opium in Afghanistan. There is significant skepticism among the public and the media regarding the counternarcotics effort. We therefore provide the following paper to correct some of the myths about the illegal drug trade in Afghanistan, and to clarify how our programs address the situation on the ground."

14 March 2008 Progress in Afhanistan : Fact Sheet (PDF)  The U.S., the UK and their partners are working together to fight production and trafficking of opium in Afghanistan. But what are the facts and what is fiction regarding the counternarcotics effort? Check out our fact sheet (20-page PDF).

21 February 2008 U.S. and U.K. Agencies Agree To Coordinate on Poverty Reduction  The U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) has reached an agreement with the United Kingdom's Department for International Development to increase cooperation on poverty reduction in developing countries, the MCC said in a press release issued February 19.

06 February 2008 Secretary Rice and UK Foreign Secretary Miliband meet in London

06 February 2008 Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Briefing En Route London

01 February 2008 Secretary Rice to Travel to London ... Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will travel to London, United Kingdom, February 6, 2008. While in London, Secretary Rice will participate in bilateral meetings with senior British officials, including Foreign Secretary David Miliband. They will discuss a wide range of issues, including Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Transatlantic Alliance.

16 January 2008 State Department Statement on Russian Actions Against British Council

02 January 2008 U.S. and British Leaders Call for End to Kenyan Violence  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband jointly cited the need for "a sustained call from Kenya's political leaders for the cessation of violence by their followers" and called for the country's leaders to engage "in a spirit of compromise that puts the democratic interests of Kenya first."
 • Statement by United States, United Kingdom on Situation in Kenya

07 November 2007 UK Company is Finalist in U.S. Government's Security Competition  A British company -- Auretix -- is among the finalists in a U.S. Government-sponsored technology competition to be decided in London.

23 October 2007 U.S., British Efforts To Stabilize Iraq-Turkey Border Intensify  Stepped-up diplomatic efforts to reduce tensions along Iraq's northern border with Turkey after cross-border attacks by the terrorist group Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) were the focus of an October 22 meeting between Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

22 October 2007 Joint Statement on Turkey by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and David Miliband, M.P., Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
See also: Remarks by Secretary Rice and British Foreign Secretary Miliband after their meeting.

07 September 2007 Program Brings Poetry to Mass Transit Systems  When visitors to the U.S. get on the bus, subway or train, they might be surprised in several cities to find themselves reading poetry rather than advertisements. Usually the poetry is in English, but some bilingual posters have featured poems in Cherokee, French, Russian, Spanish and Japanese.

07 August 2007 State Department Deputy Spokesman, Tom Casey, Discusses British Request for Transfer of Five Guatanamo Detainees

19 July 2007 Secretary Condoleezza Rice's Interview With Colin Brazier of Sky TV  "Britain and the United States have a deep and special relationship. We have so many things that we're achieving together ... this is going to be a new era of cooperation with a new government in Britain" says Secretary Rice.

19 July 2007 Secretary Rice Remarks With Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado After Their Meeting ... In addition to discussing the Quartet meeting in Lisbon Secretary Rice also addressed the current UK - Russia diplomatic situation.

27 June 2007 U.S.-U.K. Defense Treaty Signed  The U.S. and the United Kingdom have signed a treaty to remove bureaucratic barriers and export license requirements between the defense industries of the two allies.

27 June 2007 Former British Prime Minister Named Mideast Envoy  Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair will represent the Quartet in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, the U.S. State Department announced June 27.

17 May 2007 Bush, Britain’s Blair Say U.S.-U.K. Ties Remain Strong  President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair praised the strength of the U.S.-U.K. relationship and recapped shared national goals at a joint appearance during what likely is Blair’s last official visit to Washington.

17 May 2007 President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with UK Prime Minister Blair

11 May 2007 Poet Laureates of Two Nations Reach Across the Atlantic<  U.S. poet laureate Donald Hall and British poet laureate Andrew Motion read together at the Library of Congress May 10.

10 May 2007 President Bush's Remarks on Prime Minister Tony Blair's Resignation Announcement.

10 May 2007 Secretary Rice on Prime Minister Tony Blair's Resignation Announcement   In an interview with the BBC's Jonathan Beale Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that President Bush "not just valued Prime Minister Blair's advice, but sought it out"

10 May 2007 Ambassador's Statement on Prime Minister Blair's Announcement

03 - 08 May 2007 State Visit to the U.S.A. by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh

26 April 2007 UK/U.S. Extradition Treaty Ratified  The United Kingdom and United States have today ratified a bilateral extradition treaty to ensure more effective arrangements to bring offenders from either state to justice.

29 March 2007 Special relationship between the U.S. and the UK.  Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of former President Eisenhower and President of Eisenhower Group, shares her thoughts about the special relationship between the U.S. and the UK.

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28 March 2007 Iran Should Release British Sailors Unconditionally, U.S. Says  The Bush administration is calling for the immediate and unconditional release of the 15 British sailors captured by Iran and says the sailors had been engaged in lawful activities in Iraqi territorial waters at the time they were seized.

01 March 2007 Statement By Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt   Statement Welcomes The British Government's New Strategy To Fight The Financing Of Terrorism

26 January 2007 U.S.-U.K. Pact Promotes Creation of International Science Portal  The U.S. and the UK have agreed to collaborate on development of a global science portal aimed at making science information resources of many nations accessible via the Internet, announced the U.S. Department of Energy.

07 December 2006 Bush and Britain’s Blair Consider Course Ahead in Middle East   President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair renewed their commitment to moderates and reformers who work for democracy across the broader Middle East. See also: Transcript

15 November 2006 President and Mrs. Bush to Welcome Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip   May 2007 visit will celebrate 400th Anniversary of Jamestown Settlement

21 July 2006 Visit of British Prime Minister Tony Blair

25 May 2006 Bush, British Prime Minister Pledge Support for Iraq's Government  President Bush said Iraq’s new permanent, democratically elected government "represents a new beginning" for Iraq, as well as a new relationship for Iraq with the U.S. and others in the international community.

23 May 2006 President Bush and Prime Minister Blair to Discuss Iraq  British Prime Minister Tony Blair will meet with President Bush in Washington May 25-26, and the two leaders are planning to discuss a "full range" of issues, including support for the new Iraqi government, according to a White House statement.

15 May 2006 U.S. Navy Rolls Back Access to Two British Military Bases  As part of the ongoing restructuring of U.S. military forces in Europe, the Defense Department has announced plans to pull 165 U.S. and civilian employees from two British air bases in summer 2006.

06 April 2006 Department of Defense News Briefing with Secretary Rumsfeld and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defense Reid

02 April 2006 Rice Sees Many Connections Among Cities in U.S., Britain  On the final day of her tour of northern England, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said that Liverpool, like her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, has demonstrated its ability to revitalize itself and overcome a difficult past.

02 April 2006 Concerns About Guantanamo Based on Misunderstandings, Rice Says  Criticism of the detention of enemy combatants at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba is based on the false assumption that the U.S. plans to hold many hundreds of individuals indefinitely, with no prospect of release, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a television interview in Liverpool, England.

01 April 2006 Remarks With British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw At Blackburn Town Hall

01 April 2006 Interview of Secretary Rice With British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on BBC Radio 4's Today Program With James Naughtie

31 March 2006 Remarks at British Aerospace With U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

31 March 2006 Remarks at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts With U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

31 March 2006 Interview With U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw by Granada TV's Lucy Meacock

31 March 2006 Interview With British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw by David Higgerson of the Lancashire Evening Telegraph

31 March 2006 Interview of Secretary Rice With British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw by Jim Hancock, BBC Northwest

31 March 2006 Remarks at British Aerospace With U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

31 March 2006 Remarks by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the BBC Today-Chatham House Lecture

31 March 2006Remarks at British Aerospace With U.K. Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

27 March 2006 Secretary Rice Visiting Germany, France, U.K. To Discuss Iran  In the United Kingdom, Rice plans to accompany U.K. Foreign Minister Jack Straw on visits to Liverpool and Blackburn. The visit mirrors a trip Straw and Rice made to Alabama in October 2005.

02 November 2005 President Welcomes Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to the White House

23 October 2005 Rice, Britain's Straw Recall Civil Rights Struggle in Alabama  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice returned to her hometown of Birmingham, Alabama to participate in a ceremony marking a 1963 event she defined as "homegrown terrorism of the worst sort" in the midst of the African-American struggle to achieve full civil rights. The ceremony was the high point of a homecoming visit during which the secretary was accompanied by British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.

21 October 2005 Secretary Rice Remarks With UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw ... Speaking in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Secretary Rice says "Servicemen and women from our two nations are literally working shoulder to shoulder in Iraq and Afghanistan on the front lines of freedom. And I know that America’s military families especially appreciate Britain’s courage and determination in this difficult fight. We have no better friend than Great Britain in this pursuit of freedom and liberty for the world and through that, for peace and security."

06 October 2005 White House Report: Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall to Visit White House in November

23 August 2005 United States Once a Struggling Democracy, Vulnerable to Empires   The capital city of the United States today influences global affairs, but 191 years ago Washington was occupied by a foreign enemy, and national symbols such as the White House and the Capitol were put to the torch.

08 August 2005 Rice Mourns Passing of Former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed sadness at the sudden passing of former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, calling him "a friend of the United States, a skilled diplomat, and a passionate defender of human freedom and dignity."

06 August 2005 United States Ambassador, Robert H. Tuttle Expresses Condolences on the Death of Robin Cook

22 July 2005 United States Coordinates with United Kingdom on Counterterrorism  U.S. federal agents are working with British authorities as they deal with a continuing terrorist threat to London rail and bus passengers, a White House spokesman said July 22.

21 July 2005 American Muslims Condemn London Bombings   Muslim organizations across the United States have condemned the terror attacks that hit London July 7 and July 21 with strong statements that violence runs counter to the tenets of Islam.

15 July 2005 U.S. Congress Expresses its Condemnation of Terrorist Bombings in London

08 July 2005 Bush Offers Condolences, Praises "Great Spirit" of British People  President pays respects at British Embassy on return from G8 summit

08 July 2005 Bush Says Americans Stand with Britons in Aftermath of Bombings  President vows allies will "defeat the hateful ideologies of the 21st century"

07 July 2005 Remarks at the British Embassy in the United States  Remarks by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

07 July 2005 President Offers Condolences to People of London, Will Not Yield to Terrorists

07 July 2005 Bombing in London   Statement by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

07 July 2005 “Our Hearts Go Out to the British People,” Rice Says   Secretary calls London attacks an outrage, offers U.S. assistance

07 July 2005 President and Prime Minister Blair Discuss Africa, Trade, Climate Change

07 June 2005 Statement on Fighting Hunger and Addressing Humanitarian Needs in Africa

07 June 2005 Bush, Blair Hope To Eliminate African Debt  President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair have announced they are working on a plan to eliminate 100 percent of the debt of African nations who are undertaking financial and political reforms.

31 May 2005 President to Welcome British Prime Minister Blair to the White House  President Bush will host British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a meeting and working dinner at the White House on June 7, 2005.

19 May 2005 President Bush To Attend G8 Summit in Scotland  The White House announced May 19 that President Bush will attend the summit of the Group of Eight (G8) major industrial democracies July 6-8 in Gleneagles, Scotland.

17 May 2005 Remarks at meeting of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice with British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw

06 April 2005 Nicholas Burns on a Trans Atlantic Agenda For the Year Ahead   Remarks by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs at Chatham House, London

22 February 2005 President and Prime Minister Blair Discuss Iraq, NATO

04 February 2005 Attack on Iran "Not on the Agenda," Says Rice in London  The United States is not planning an attack on Iran, said Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice February 4, but Iran should take the opportunity presented by its talks with European countries to demonstrate it is serious about living up to its international obligations.

04 February 2005 Blair Welcomes Rice During First Leg of Her Overseas Visit  U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Prime Minister Tony Blair said in advance of their meeting in London February 4 that they would be discussing Iraq, the Middle East, and President Bush's upcoming visit to Europe, as well as other issues.

Visit of Prime Minister Gordon Brown

30 July 2007 President Bush Participates in Joint Press Availability with Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom

30 July 2007 Deputy Chief of Mission David T. Johnson Interview on the BBC Radio 4 Today Program
Listen to audio  [MP3, 5:25 mins] Clip courtesy of the BBC Radio 4 Today Program

26 July 2007 Visit of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to Camp David  President Bush will host British Prime Minister Gordon Brown at Camp David on July 29-30, 2007, for his first visit to the United States as Prime Minister. The United States shares a uniquely close relationship with the United Kingdom, which is a resolute partner in addressing the key strategic challenges facing our two nations and promoting peace and prosperity in the world.

400 ^th Anniversary of Jamestown

Featured Links •  State Visit to the U.S.A. by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh •  Jamestown 2007 - America's 400th Anniversary •  NASA - 400 Years of Exploration •  Museum in Docklands - Jamestown exhibit •  Jamestown - Cradle of Democracy (USInfo)

13 May 2007 Jamestown Laid Foundations for American Democracy, Bush Says  The founding of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in 1607 also laid the foundations of American democracy, President Bush says.

03 - 08 May 2007 State Visit to the U.S.A. by The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh

30 April 2007 Podcast on the Jamestown exhibition at the Museum in Docklands. In an informative podcast Hazel Forsyth of the Museum of London talks about the way in which children found in the streets of London were chosen to go to work on the plantations in Virginia. She describes their subsequent voyage to the New World and highlights some of the artifacts associated with them. She also discusses the Virginia Company's scheme to attract the right sort of women to Jamestown and explains how colonists paid for their new wives.

During the podcast Ms Forsyth outlines the co-operation between museums in Britain and the U.S. on the occasion of the 400^th Anniversary and concludes by stressing the historical significance of the settlement of Jamestown and role of the Museum's exhibition in highlighting that significance.

19 April 2007 From London to Jamestown, 400 Years Later

06 April 2007 Presidential Proclamation on 400th Anniversary of Jamestown

09 March 2007 Jamestown, Cradle of U.S. Democracy, Celebrates 400th Anniversary  Although Virginia’s Jamestown settlement -- the first permanent English settlement in the New World -- was launched in 1607 as a commercial venture by London shareholders, it quickly evolved into the English New World’s first laboratory for representative government.

19 December 2006 Ambassador Tuttle celebrates the origins of Jamestown

19 July 06 400 years on: The Virginia Indians Reflect on Their Visit to England  Eight Chiefs, and other representatives of the Eight Tribes of Virginia came to England for a week, as part of the commemorations of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.
•  Chief Ken Adams, Chief of the Upper Mattaponi Tribe of Virginia.
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•  Chief Stephen R. Adkins, Chief of the Chickahominy Tribe
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12 July 2006 Virginia Indians Embark on Historic Trip to England  A delegation of 55 American Indians from eight different tribes is embarking July 12 on the first official visit by Virginia Indians to the United Kingdom in over 230 years.

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