Adam Ereli
Adam Ereli
Joseph Adam Ereli was an American diplomat and ambassador. Ereli was the ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Bahrain from 2007 to 2011. He subsequently was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs from 2011-2014. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Mercury, a public strategy consulting firm in Washington, DC...
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I think that our view is that we and Turkey share the same goals with respect to Syria, and that is that it end its objectionable behavior, whether that be in terms of supporting the insurgency in Iraq or interfering in Lebanon .
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I think what took people by surprise was the margin of victory. Nobody foresaw that huge a sweep.
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It is not something that I feel we really have anything to say about because it deals with events long in the past, it deals with intelligence matters and for those reasons, I don't have anything to say about it.
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I think that what we would like is a uniform application of universally accepted standards, and that's what we will continue to work for.
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The American citizen has been reported missing. We are in contact with the family and working with Saudi authorities to locate the missing person.
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That will definitely, I think, figure on the agenda of our discussions in both India and Pakistan. But it will by no means overshadow the other very, very important bilateral issues that we have with each one separately,
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It is hard to say at this point what it means, frankly. At this point, I can't say what the Iranians' intentions are.
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It is hard to say at this point what it means, frankly. At this point, I can't really say what the Iranians' intentions are.
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It is a sign that we are all working together.
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It is an unacceptable act of terror, a clear provocation and an escalation of violence.
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I think there's a possibility, we hope a probability, that Saudi Arabia together with the United States will be able to develop a plan of action to deal with these issues, ... And based on that, in 180 days, we'll review and decide whether sanctions are warranted, or whether they've made sufficient progress in addressing the shortcomings that we've identified.
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Our priority ... is to provide them assistance and to get them home quickly and safely.
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Our senior officials responsible for the regions concerned have met or have had a conference call today.
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Our focus remains on diplomatic efforts to get six-party talks under way as a means of reaching the goal of a dismantlement of the North Korean program and a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.