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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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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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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The secretary and the State Department believe that questions of the committee should be answered. Secretary Powell is answering requests for information, the way that we do, the way that any American citizen does.
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decisions about who should govern a country are best made by the citizens of that nation through an open and transparent process.
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And the United States, for its part, is going to do everything it can to ensure that the rights of Iraqi citizens are respected.
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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 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 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.