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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We have been deeply outraged by both the massacres at Racak and by Belgrade's confrontational and destructive response to the justifiable international anger,
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We will continue to encourage the two sides to address key issues,
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we have credible evidence, or we wouldn't be in this situation of demanding this kind of direct discussion on this subject.
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We believe NATO's guns should remain cocked and NATO's military commander should remain in a position to act.
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It's not over until it's over, and they (U.S. negotiators) are not packing their bags to go to Geneva at this point.
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It sounds like an initiative that merits consideration.
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It's part of the building of a stronger, deeper relationship between the United States and the Palestinian Authority.
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It's up to the tribunal to indict and name people as war criminals.
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The NSA is not authorized to provide intelligence information to private firms ... U.S. intelligence agencies are not tasked to engage in industrial espionage, or obtain trade secrets for the benefit of any U.S. company or companies.
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The North Koreans have agreed to multiple site visits by a U.S. team to the underground site at Kumchang-ni.
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That is a sure-fire way to give President Milosevic another pretext to kill innocent Albanians.
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It was an illegal abduction of men in a noncombatant status. We insist they be treated humanely, and we hold Belgrade responsible for their safety.
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not conclude ... that Dr. Rugova is speaking and acting freely and openly.
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The ball is not in the Palestinian court. The ball is in the court of the Israelis to try to work with the Palestinians and work with us to come to a second 'yes,'