George Robertson
George Robertson
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We had a very good and useful meeting and I was very pleased to get the Russian proposal on missile defence,
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I think we will need to study this proposal more so that we can decide whether it's simply a wedge-driving exercise, although I think it's not, or if it is actually a genuine attempt to address a problem that is now perceived on both sides to be there.
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We have not yet achieved a consensus on taskings on particular proposals that have been put forward,
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There is only a disagreement about timing, and that relates specifically to the timelines laid down by the United Nations in relation to inspections.
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There are going to be extra troops going there to reinforce the troops already there,
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When people ask us what damage did we do to the Serb troops, the answer to that is 'enough.' We did enough damage inside Kosovo, and inside the federal republic of Yugoslavia, to get Milosevic to capitulate and to get Milosevic to adhere to the objectives and the demands that we set out,
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We will go away when he (Iraqi President Saddam Hussein) complies with the Security Council resolutions,
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We would have preferred to have had France as part of the overall decision, and of course France strongly believes in the defense of Turkey and is in absolute solidarity with Turkey,
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There is a chance for a breakthrough and I certainly am urging the Macedonian Government to seize that opportunity,
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We sat and glowered at each other for 40 years, then we tiptoed around each other for 10. Now we are in an era of substantial and practical cooperation. Russia is a special and major partner,
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to receive the arms of those who wish to give up this unreasonable and unwinnable fight.
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Today we've sent AWACS aircraft and patriot missiles and chem-bio defensive equipment to Turkey, another ally in trouble, under threat, asking for help, ... That's what the alliance of free nations is all about.
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When we make that contention, we don't do so without evidence that makes that contention possible.
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We want to work with GE and keep them happy, but the key goal for long-term economic health is to diversify.