Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
afghan constitution course found hope upheld
We hope that the Afghan constitution is going to be upheld and in our view, if it's upheld, then of course he'll be found to be innocent.
acting aggressive halt hoped
We hoped they (Chinese officials) would be aggressive in acting to halt the sales, ... but I can't say I have any evidence.
deal hope trust
We hope and we trust that that deal will not go forward.
chosen greater hoped leave might quite room speech
One would have hoped that he (Ahmadinejad) might have chosen a speech with more humility, a speech with a greater inclination to compromise. He was quite defiant ... That did not leave a lot of room for compromise, for diplomacy.
coming expect government hope indian reach remains touch
That remains our plan. And I've been in touch with the Indian government this week. I expect to be in touch with them in the coming days, and we hope to reach that goal.
beyond december decide hope iraq japan maintain states strong troops united
It is the strong hope of the United States that Japan will decide to maintain its troops in Iraq beyond December of this year,
attention damaging hope iranian sanctions
We very much hope that these sanctions will not be implemented bluntly in a way that would be damaging to the Iranian people, but it is going to be sanctions that will get the attention of the Iranian government.
agreed date hope koreans north schedule venue
We hope very much that we can schedule a date and venue for a briefing on the four-party talks, ... The North Koreans have agreed to that. We just need to schedule it.
hope issue resolved
We hope very much that this issue can be resolved very soon,
hope people republic return russian sake
We hope very much for the sake of the Russian republic and the Chechen people that there will be no return to the bloodletting.
bush case couple expect hard hope issues kyoto needs president remaining resolved visits weeks work
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.
nations united welcome
We welcome the United Nations in the United States. We want the U.N. to stay, and the U.N. is going to stay.
itself parties tactic threat violence
We implore the parties to these negotiations not to use intimidation or the threat of violence, or violence itself as a tactic in the negotiations,
arrest certainly general given government imminent impression judge last visit
We certainly were given an impression (during my last visit in June) that the arrest of general Mladic was imminent and it did not happen, so we have to judge the Serb government on its actions,