James Rubin
James Rubin
James Phillip "Jamie" Rubinis an American former diplomat and journalist. He writes a regular column on foreign affairs for the Sunday Times of London. He was Visiting Scholar 2013–14 at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Having served in the State Department during the administration of President Bill Clinton, he became a Sky News television news journalist and commentator. He is married to the CNN correspondent and anchor Christiane Amanpour...
concerned facilities rebuilding
We are concerned that they have (and) are repairing and rebuilding some facilities that could be used for that.
decisions leaders-and-leadership looking
We are looking for substantive decisions from the leaders, real decisions.
events hurdles linked obviously recognize
We recognize there are a lot of events that are converging at this very moment, but we don't see them as linked and we don't see them as a crisis. We see them as hurdles that we obviously will need to overcome.
authority believe clear military option
We have made clear that we believe that we already have the authority for a military strike, should such an option be chosen.
becomes call continue equal freedom human party rights support tradition
If the Freedom Party becomes part of the government, we call upon the party to continue the tradition of Austrian support for human rights and equal rights for minorities,
mass matter weapons
he will be able to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction in a matter of months, not years.
came exchange felt good issues president serious
The president felt there was a very good and serious exchange of views. All issues came up at the dinner,
deeply parties problems solved
The problems between the two parties are complex, they are deeply entrenched and they will not be solved by one trip.
facilities key major missiles production
Those are major sub-systems, missiles or key production facilities for missiles. So they're big and significant items.
castro committed country fight terrorism
We are committed to fight terrorism here and in every country in the world, and unfortunately again, Fidel Castro is wrong.
complete goal happen speculate
What we have said is that our goal is to complete the work, if possible, by Sunday. And we don't want to speculate what would happen after Sunday.
confirm dismissed living nuclear numbers pay ridiculous
We dismissed those ridiculous numbers out of hand, ... We are not going to pay compensation to confirm that they are living up to their obligations under this important nuclear agreement.
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We are telling them it's a very bad idea for him to come right now.
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The fact that Iraq is exporting nursing supplies (in exchange) for hard currency, in violation of sanctions, while babies and children are suffering from malnutrition is yet another indication of the Iraqi regime's cynical disregard for the welfare of its own citizens, ... and further proof that the responsibility of the suffering of the Iraqi children lies with Saddam Hussein -- and not sanctions.