Telephonic Press Briefing with Derek Chollet, Counselor of the Department of State; Elizabeth Allen, Senior Official for the Bureau of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; and Ambassador Cindy McCain, U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Agencies in Rome

MODERATOR:  Thank you.  Greetings to everyone from the U.S. Department of State’s Dubai Regional Media Hub.  I would like to welcome our participants dialing in from the Middle East and around the world for this on-the-record briefing on the Negev Forum.   

We have a number of senior officials with us today who will speak about…