National Party Leader John Key, accompanied by National's Foreign Affairs Spokesman Murray McCully and Trade Spokesman Tim Groser, met numerous officials from government and private enterprise in Washington DC on June 26 and 28-29. Meetings were held with:

Deputy Secretary of State, Hon John Negroponte;
Assistant Secretary of State, Christopher Hill;
(Acting) Deputy National Security Advisor, Judith A Ansley;
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Ambassador Eric S. Edelman;
Deputy US Trade Representative, Ambassador John Veroneau;
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, Charles F Conner;
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Trade and Investment, US Treasury, David Kavanaugh;
James Connaughton (Council on Environmental Quality);
US Senator Richard Lugar;
US Senator Gordon Smith;
US Congressman Kevin Brady;
Dr Kurt Campbell, CEO Center for a New American Security;
the US/NZ Council;
and regional managers for Fonterra and Meat & Wool NZ.