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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We will do all that we can, working with the Pakistani government, to see that those responsible for this attack face justice.
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We condemn attacks against innocent civilians. We express our sympathies with those wounded and the families of those killed.
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I have heard discussed indications that when compared against previous election periods, the targeting and attacks against participants and elements connected to the election is not as high.
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I would characterize it as something that we wish were not taking place, but see it in the context of ongoing attacks and failure to address the security problem.
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What we're seeing here is an attempt to subvert justice, an attempt to subvert the rule of law by those that are bent on attacking honorable citizens of Iraq who are trying to see that justice is done, whether it be on the prosecution side or on the defense side.
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There was a security consideration. If they can take over and they can move to intercept and otherwise disrupt those who are bent on attacking the transfer of sovereignty, then that's one more blow against the terrorists.
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We have seen reports that ... there is no distinction between 'abolish' and 'ceasing activity' and that the effect of Taiwan's action earlier this week was to abolish the Council.
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There is no rift between the United States and South Korea. We are close allies. We are close partners in a broad bilateral relationship and particularly in our common approach to denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula.
There are going to be differences. That's to be expected.
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We always try to maintain a balance between being open but trying to protect national security.
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What's in front of us is ensuring that if there is wrongdoing, that it be fully understood, and that appropriate actions be taken,
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We will continue to hold President Chen by his commitments not to take unilateral moves. We will be following events closely.
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We will continue to help with reconstruction and we join with the people in all the affected countries in observing and remembering the tragic events of December 26, 2004.
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We would have liked to see a peacekeeping force stood up yesterday. But there's a lot of moving parts to this. It is important to bring on as many people as possible. And that's got to take time.