Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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We are convinced that this deal is in our national interest. And the greatest advantage is that it takes a country that is outside the international non-proliferation regime and begins to bring it ... into conformity with the practices of that regime,
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We're not there yet. We don't have an agreement yet, ... But I'm confident that they're heading in that direction.
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We would hope these issues could be resolved before President Bush visits Kyoto in just a couple of weeks time. We expect that will be the case but there's still some remaining hard work that needs to be done.
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They're very important elections for the Haitian people and frankly the organization of the elections to date has not been sufficient,
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They must be prosecuted now that they have been indicted, and the United States will not be party to any agreement at Dayton to pardon them, or to plea bargain for them or to let them off easy.
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a very important sign that India is a responsible nuclear power.
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This is an historic opportunity to shape the future of the country. ... We call on the new leadership to establish an inclusive transitional government leading to elections, and to ensure full respect for human rights throughout the country.
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This is a pressure cooker and people are not going to tolerate another five years of not knowing who they are, what country they live in and what their future is.
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This is the first time we are saying publicly that the future of the relationship is not adversarial, not rivalry... it's partnership.
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This is not the time for business as usual with the Iranian government.
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This is no time for the Turkish government to be making wild and dramatic statements. It would be completely out of bounds for Turkey to take this action.
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The United States strongly condemns the violence by the Serbian police against the demonstrators who, by all accounts, have demonstrated peacefully.
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This action was an outrageous violation of the Vienna Convention.
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I think by the time that President Bush visits New Delhi in early 2006, we will see that both of our countries would have met our commitment in this landmark agreement,