Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Wolfowitz
Paul Dundes Wolfowitzis a former President of the World Bank, United States Ambassador to Indonesia, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, and former dean of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is currently a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, working on issues of international economic development, Africa and public-private partnerships, and chairman of the US-Taiwan Business Council...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPublic Servant
Date of Birth22 December 1943
CountryUnited States of America
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At this point, if I were an Iraqi opposition figure, I wouldn't lay my life on the line based on the president's word.
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We know that to arrive at these goals, there is no greater engine than the industrious and well-educated people of Iraq themselves, ... Along with our coalition partners, we would help Iraqis begin the process of economic and political reconstruction. We would assist the people of Iraq in putting their country on a path towards prosperity and freedom.
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We are going to make sure the Iraqi people believe us at the end of the day,
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The more Iraqis feel that they are in charge of their own country, the more rapidly we'll get away from this idea that we're there as an occupation force. We came as liberators. That's our mission.
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The indications are that the administration has no intention of giving a single rifle or a single anti-tank missile to a single Iraqi opposition group or person. Until they state to do that, they clearly aren't serious.
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The Iraqi people are going to have a chance to show the whole world what Arabs are capable of.
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We certainly hope that U.S. military can be handing this off to other people long before (the end of March) but I think it's right to think of it as goal and not a deadline, ... The real objective, the mission, is to take care of the people who survived this horrible disaster.
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The scale of the disaster is so enormous that, frankly, a big part of the effort has to go to figuring what the needs really are.
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It would be to the benefit not only of Turkey and Europe but to the entire world, including my country, if the December 12 European Union summit in Copenhagen can succeed in advancing two important goals -- a settlement in Cyprus and an agreement on a date to begin talks on Turkish membership in the EU.
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The Secretary is not promoting any individual or group to be the future government of Iraq.
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Five years ago, a remarkable vision was laid out in this very hall, ... A vision which spelled progress and hope for humanity. It is time to deliver.
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We want Army weapons systems that are more mobile, lethal and deployable,
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Brazil has made real progress in achieving economic stability by maintaining fiscal control, with benefits for many, including the poor. The government has shown that progress must rest on two pillars - economic discipline and a focus on important social issues.
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The Taliban gave a press conference today in which they suggested that we should forget about September 11 and move on, and I can assure them we will not forget about September 11, ... We are moving on, and I think before long the world will forget about the Taliban.