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Telephonic Press Briefing with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Ambassador Tina Kaidanow

Manila, February 2, 2018 — Please join us on Monday, February 5, 2018 for a telephonic press briefing with Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.  The briefing will be on U.S. participation in the Singapore Air Show and the U.S. role promoting robust defense and commerce partnerships and regional security throughout Asia.

DETAILS:

Speakers:  Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs

Date:  Monday, February 5, 2018

Time:  09:30 Manila time | 20:30 EST (Sunday, February 4)

Language:                   English

Ground rules:             On the record

Dial-in Info:                To be provided once you RSVP

RSVP:                            RSVP to [email protected] and Mary Beth Polley ([email protected] ) by 5 pm Manila time February 4.  Please include your name and outlet and indicate if you will dial in or request that we dial out to you (provide the phone number to be used).

LOGISTICS:

•         Journalists that RSVP will be notified of any changes to the schedule.

•         Callers should dial-in to the conference call 10 minutes early.

•         When an individual journalist dials-in, the operator will collect the caller’s name, press affiliation, and location.

•         The moderator will facilitate the Q and A among the connected callers and Ambassador Kaidanow. Journalists on the conference call will be instructed to press the “*” and “1” buttons on their phones in order to enter the question queue.  NOTE:  You can press “*1” at any time during the call to join the question queue, even before the moderator begins the Q and A portion.We ask that journalists limit themselves to one question.   Journalists can also submit questions in English to [email protected] prior to or during the call.

BIO:

Ambassador Tina Kaidanow is the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs and has served as Senior Bureau Official since February 22, 2016.  As Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Ambassador Kaidanow is the Department of State’s principal liaison with the Department of Defense and manages several critical components of U.S. foreign policy, including the maintenance of the State Department’s global security relationships, the provision of more than $6 billion in international security assistance, bilateral transfers and the licensing of commercial sales of U.S.-origin defense equipment, the negotiation of international security agreements, and the implementation of the Export Control Reform Initiative.

Prior to joining the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, Ambassador Kaidanow served since February 2014 as Ambassador-at-Large and Coordinator for Counterterrorism, where she forged partnerships with foreign governments, multilateral organizations, and non-state actors to advance the counterterrorism objectives and national security of the United States. Previously, Ambassador Kaidanow served as Deputy Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul from September 2012 to October 2013. Ambassador Kaidanow became the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs in July 2011, having served earlier as the bureau’s Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for issues related to Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and the Caucasus (August 2009 - June 2011).

From 2006-2009, Ambassador Kaidanow was the Chief of Mission and later the first U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo. She served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2003-2006. Prior to that, she was the Special Assistant for European Affairs to Deputy Secretaries of State Strobe Talbott and Richard Armitage.

A career member of the U.S. diplomatic service, Ambassador Kaidanow served as Special Assistant to U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill in Skopje from 1998-1999, with specific responsibilities focused on the crisis in Kosovo, and had earlier assignments in Sarajevo (1997-1998) and Belgrade (1995-1997). She has also held the position of Director for Southeast European Affairs at the National Security Council.

Ambassador Kaidanow earned Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Philosophy degree in Political Science from Columbia University in New York, as well as a certificate in Russian studies from the Harriman Institute.

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