Dennis Ross
Dennis Ross
Dennis B. Rossis an American diplomat and author. He has served as the Director of Policy Planning in the State Department under President George H. W. Bush, the special Middle East coordinator under President Bill Clinton, and was a special adviser for the Persian Gulf and Southwest Asiato the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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AIPAC is taking the public statements seriously. They're alarmed by a nuclear capability, and the administration appears to be adopting an approach that isn't changing Iranian behavior.
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I wouldn't discount the possibility that the Israelis would act if they came to the conclusion that basically the world was prepared to live with Iran with nuclear weapons. They certainly have the capability by themselves to set back the Iranian nuclear program.
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It is my Middle Eastern hat and my attachment to Israel that ultimately inspires my support for Obama. I know he understands that neither Israel nor America can afford four more years of Iran and the radical Islamists gaining strategic leverage in the Middle East.
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I need to go back to report to the president and secretary of state. The process has to be brought to conclusion at some point soon.
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It's in Syria's interest to remove any cloud, any stigma, any questioning about where it's coming from and what it's doing,
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They conducted this meeting in a spirit of partnership, recognizing that they have common interests and common stakes. They each felt, and each said, that it was a new beginning.
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What the Bush administration needs to do is ... make their own assessment exactly what the landscape is. What's possible, what's meaningful. And if they focus that way, that will inevitably take some time.
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We are certainly at a very delicate moment where there is also a great deal of potential.
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Do we have a lot of work to be done? Yes. Are we committed to what we can do to help the parties overcome these difficulties? Yes. Based on the discussions I have had, I see the potential for progress.
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Both men realize there is no military solution to the problem.
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We have a beginning. It's a step in the right direction. Now we have to see results.
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To have peace in the Middle East, we are going to have to see that religion is a source of peace.
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At the end of the day, every administration does what it needs to do, but obviously they will have to pay attention to this.
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At this moment, the differences are too difficult to overcome, ... We need more time to work them out.