Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Sidney Eagleburgerwas an American statesman and career diplomat, who served briefly as the Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan, and as Deputy Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth1 August 1930
CountryUnited States of America
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What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of U.S. business and how to help U.S. companies make the right connections abroad.
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What we need is to develop in all Foreign Service Officers a better instinct for understanding the needs of U.S. business abroad.
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What I can't quite see at this stage is that the evidence, even to the president, seems to be that clear. And if it is that clear, I can't understand why we are not capable of convincing our closest allies that given that evidence, they ought to join us in this effort.
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In the end, while I thoroughly understand and totally supported President Bush's decision not to pursue Saddam personally, I am now prepared to admit that it was probably a mistake.
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The question really is how do we get Embassy Officers into the minds of the American business community. That is a much more difficult task than understanding a statistical matrix.
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it would be a close call in either case.
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Probably some of them don't believe it was a mistake, and for those who do ... people don't often like to admit they're wrong. I'm not even sure I'm right when I say it was a mistake.
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When you're in the presence of the president of the United States ... you're likely to pull your punches to some degree.
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We have to spend a lot more time training people to be good advocates of U.S. business.
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Given the attitude of the French and the Germans, I don't think there's anything we can do that will convince them, because I don't think they want to be convinced.
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Milosevic, who in my judgment is a liar and a thief and a scoundrel,
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One of the things that was clearly a part of the president's decision was that all of his generals were telling him it was time to leave,
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We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we care. When we are asked to help, we have to perform and provide the right advice.
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There has been a major improvement in the way U.S. Ambassadors and the Foreign Service establishment try to assist U.S. business overall.