Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Speech at the 30th Annual ConferenceThank you. Thank you so much, and it is a great pleasure for me to be here this evening. I want to thank Ambassador Rich Armitage for that introduction and for his long service to our country. I also want to thank Tom Kennedy and Jim Holmes and everyone at the American-Turkish Council. I am delighted that our respective ambassadors are here, Ambassador Ricciardone and Ambassador Tan. And I am pleased to welcome Defense Minister Yilmaz. Thank you, sir, for being here.... Click here for the entire speech

Minister of National Defense, Ismet Yilmaz's Speech at the 30th Annual ConferenceMr. Chairman of ATC, Mr. Chairman of TAIK, Excellencies, Ladies, Distinguished Members of American-Turkish Council, Dear Friends,
It is a great pleasure and honor for me to address such distinguished guests on the occasion of the 30th Annual Conference of American-Turkish Council.
I am very impressed with the atmosphere of ATC which brings together such a large scale of distinguished people from government to business.
I am delighted to see so many friends of our respective countries. Meetings and organizations of this kind contribute to bringing closer our approaches towards the global challenges and to mutually develop common sense. So, I would like to thank the Chairman of ATC, Mr.Richard ARMITAGE and the Chairman of TAIK, Mr. Haluk DİNÇER for their great efforts. Click here for the entire speech draft (PDF)