Bill Richardson
Bill Richardson
William Blaine "Bill" Richardson IIIis an American politician who was 30th Governor of New Mexico, from 2003 to 2011. He was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and Energy Secretary in the Clinton administration and has also served as a U.S. Congressman, chairman of the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and chairman of the Democratic Governors Association. In December 2008, he was nominated for the cabinet-level position of Secretary of Commerce in the first Obama administration but withdrew a month later...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth15 November 1947
CityPasadena, CA
CountryUnited States of America
The president will decide within the next few days on what to do with the reserve. The decision is based on whether the American consumer will be harmed and he will not hesitate to take steps that are needed,
What is important to us is not just that OPEC and other nations make a decision to increase production, but that they do it and get oil into the market because this is not just the United States, ... ...What is most important here is consumer and producing countries need to have a stable price, and that helps them both.
The reason is, the state treasurer serves on 10 boards and commissions that affect investment and business and financial decisions of the state, and I don't think it's appropriate that he participate while the charges are pending,
I support the decision of the Justice Department that leads us to hopefully recover whatever happened to those tapes.
We will use the Strategic Petroleum Reserve if there is a severe energy-supply disruption threatening our nation's security.
What is very important is that the level of increase be a sizable amount and, secondly, that it be done in a timely fashion. That's our objective for that meeting.
We do not know everything, but we know more about the case this morning,
We see a continuity in the energy policies of this new Venezuelan government, ... I was particularly pleased that the opening for energy investment would continue, and existing contracts would be respected.
The Security Council is going to have to respond in a strong, unmistakable way,
The steps that I have taken involve controlling e-mails out of the labs, trying to make sure that no classified information leaves the labs at the foreign countries,
The strategic petroleum reserve is used for national supply emergencies for a really rainy day. This is a price problem. We don't want to manipulate energy markets.
The stability of Asia, the future of Japan and the security of America will be determined by our ability to convince the North Koreans once and for all to dismantle their nuclear program, ... That is the goal of the six-party talks which I support and that is the message I will be carrying.
The United States is supportive of his trip, ... We wish him well, but we deserve the right to disagree if the conclusion of the trip is not consistent with Security Council resolutions and our own national interests.
I urged them in the strongest possible terms to shut down the reactor during the six-party talks as a sign of good faith,