[…] Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri (Ministro Paolo Guido Spinelli, Capo dell’Unità per il Contenzioso Diplomatico e dei Trattati) e l’Ambasciata degli Stati Uniti (Ministro Consigliere George White) hanno proceduto quest’oggi allo scambio dei rispettivi strumenti di ratifica consentendo alla Convenzione tra l’Italia e gli Stati Uniti d’America per evitare le doppie imposizioni in materia di imposte sul reddito e per prevenire le frodi fiscali di entrare in vigore dal 1° gennaio 2010.

[…] L’Ambasciatore degli Stati Uniti in Italia, David Thorne, ha inviato un messaggio al Presidente del Consiglio Silvio Berlusconi in cui ha espresso profondo rammarico per l’episodio di violenza di cui è stato vittima il Presidente, augurandogli una pronta guarigione.

[…] Gli Stati Uniti sono impegnati a raggiungere il miglior risultato possibile al vertice delle Nazioni Unite sul clima che si svolge a Copenaghen. Per dimostrare il nostro impegno e il nostro interesse affinchè la comunità internazionale raggiunga questo obiettivo, il Presidente Obama parteciperà personalmente al vertice. Il problema dei cambiamenti climatici è una delle maggiori sfide per il nostro pianeta e le sue conseguenze sono già evidenti.

[…] L’ambasciatore americano in Italia, David H. Thorne, resta ottimista. Le prime risposte di alcuni alleati e della Nato non sembrano soddisfare pienamente le richieste americane per un aumento delle truppe in Afghanistan, ma le diplomazie sono al lavoro e raggiungeranno l’obiettivo. «Sono convinto che ci sarà una buona risposta da parte degli alleati che finora hanno partecipato al nostro sforzo.

[…] I am greatly honored to be here today as President Obama’s nominee to be the United States Ambassador to Italy and to the Republic of San Marino. I am humbled by the confidence and trust that the President and Secretary Clinton have placed in me, and I pledge to you that if confirmed, I will work closely with the President and Congress to advance our nation’s interests in Italy.

[…] Thank you. Please, everybody have a seat. I apologize for being a little bit late. Good afternoon. We have just concluded the final session of what has been a highly productive summit here in L'Aquila.

And before I discuss what we've achieved these past three days, I'd like to take a moment to express my thanks to Prime Minister Berlusconi, his staff, the people of Italy for their extraordinary hospitality and hard work in setting up this summit.

[…] Leaders of the Group of Eight major industrialized nations believe the outcome of the economic crisis is still uncertain and that significant risks remain to global economic and financial stability. “We agreed on the need to prepare appropriate strategies for unwinding extraordinary policy measures to respond to the crisis once the recovery is assured,” the world leaders said in a statement released July 8.

[…] We have followed very closely all through the recent months the position that the Obama administration has taken, and this has been subject to a wide consensus by the Italian government -- both by the Italian government and the opposition. I would also like to stress that the compliance -- the position of the Italian government is fully shared by the other countries. And over the years it has also been translated into the participation by the Italian government in various peacekeeping missions in crises area. And I would like to mention Afghanistan, and President Obama has expressed his appreciation in this connection.

[…] Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts

[…] Good evening, everybody. Buona sera. I want to welcome Prime Minister Berlusconi here. He has proved to be a great friend of the United States. And he and I got to know each other at the G20 summit. We are now in the process of planning the G8 summit that Italy will be hosting.

[…] Just before 6:00 this evening, the President emerged from his meeting with Prime Minister Berlusconi of Italy, and they fielded questions from the press together. They discussed the strong alliance between the two countries, demonstrated in their meeting by the Prime Minister's agreement to accept three Guanatanamo prisoners in Italy. The first question that was asked, not surprisingly, concerned Iran though: