Madeline Albright
Madeline Albright
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright is an American politician and diplomat. She is the first woman to have become the United States Secretary of State. She was nominated by U.S. President Bill Clinton on December 5, 1996, and was unanimously confirmed by a U.S. Senate vote of 99–0. She was sworn in on January 23, 1997...
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While the summit was hopeful, not all the issues have been resolved,
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While there might be an instant gratification to do something about an attack on us, we have to be absolutely sure we have the facts straight, ... Meet the Press.
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you cannot let this kind of thing go on any longer. How can you tolerate those horrible pictures that came out of Bosnia?
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We call on the Burmese authorities to allow normal access and freedom of movement to Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the National League for Democracy and immediately to cease all activities aimed at preventing the free exercise of internationally recognized human rights,
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We ought to be talking about issues that are beyond and around the nonproliferation issue,
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We are clearly in the end stretch here. We are giving it the full-court press, and I hope very much that we are able to succeed. But the leaders themselves make the hard decisions -- we cannot do that for them.
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We're trying to make the promises as concrete as possible,
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we will hold those who committed it accountable and take appropriate steps.
consider context future progress
We will consider future waivers, in the context of progress on China's part
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We welcome the European Union's intention to assume the lion's share of the financial burden and, given the U.S. role in the military campaign, this is an appropriate division of labor,
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We want very much to end the crisis in the Gulf through diplomatic means,
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Failures to observe basic procedures put our nation's secrets at risk
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Never again will your fates be tossed around like poker chips on a bargaining table,
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NATO'S fundamental purpose -- safeguarding the ideals, interests and territory of its members -- is unchanging,