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...
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making excuses. Why don't they let the inspectors do their job? Stop making excuses, stop trying to politicize the operation, stop trying to pick the inspectors.
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Secretary Albright will do what she always does and that is tell it like it is on the subject of human rights. There has been an unfortunate deplorable pattern of crackdowns on political dissent.
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Secretary Albright just got off the phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu and they agreed to meet here in Washington on Wednesday to discuss ways in which we can overcome remaining differences
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Secretary Albright had asked Ambassador Ross to travel to the region this week. Of course, she will be following the situation closely.
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Secretary Albright asked the State Department's senior human rights officer to undertake the mission to further develop the administration's understanding of the dimensions of the conflict in Kosovo and to emphasize U.S. support for proponents of democracy as well as victims of human rights abuse in the region.
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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.
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The procedural hurdle that emerged yesterday has been overcome and we are proceeding apace.
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We are telling them it's a very bad idea for him to come right now.
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Our position is clear. Milosevic must halt the offensive against the Kosovar Albanians, withdraw his forces and embrace a settlement based on the Rambouillet framework.
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People might want to wish away the existence of Serbs. But there are Serbs there. And there have been provocations on both sides in Kosovo.
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people in the region would be better off if these kind of activities did not take place.
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Such incidents ... illustrate the need for the two countries to resolve their differences through dialogue,
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it is not beneficial for either side to take steps which make holding ... substantive cross-strait dialogue more difficult.
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The air campaign will continue, and we will continue to make diplomatic efforts with our G-8 colleagues toward a peaceful resolution of this conflict.