Philip Reeker
Philip Reeker
Philip Thomas Reekeris an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the Department of State. He currently serves as U.S. Consul General in Milan, Italy as of September 5th, 2014. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2011 through 2013. and as the ambassador to Macedonia from 2008 to 2011...
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We urge all parties there to work together to maintain peace, support the constitution and promote national reconciliation.
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We are determined ... to develop as broad a campaign against international terrorism as possible. And a positive Iranian role in this effort would obviously contribute to our goal of promoting peace and stability, and increasing our security.
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They have the opportunity now to make real progress toward the reduction of tensions and a resolution of their differences through peaceful means.
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As Secretary Powell has always said, he and Deputy Secretary Armitage serve at the pleasure of the president and will continue to do so.
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As with the issue of censorship, while we understand the seriousness of the crisis that Sri Lanka faces, we call on the government to avoid restrictions of civil liberties.
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The United States will continue to engage and support the Haitian people in pursuing our mutual interests, which include strengthening democracy, improving respect for human rights, eliminating poverty, stemming the flow of drugs through Haiti to the United States and addressing sources of illegal migration.
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This is a matter of extreme seriousness. The sanctity of diplomatic personages is very important to us as well as the international community and must be upheld. No determination has yet been made as to precisely what happened or whose forces were involved. We are trying to establish these facts.
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Responsibility for remedying electoral flaws still resides with Haitian authorities.
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Our policy toward Iran has not changed. The president has said we will be looking for indications that countries do want to change. But ... we've had long-standing concerns.
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The lack of accreditation and the government of Zimbabwe's limitation on observer access will detract from the credibility of the elections.
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If North Korea is looking gain the support of the U.S., this is not the way to do it.
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I'm not going to try to determine what steps the Israelis may or may not take or how they should take it. What we want to see is action to end the terrorism. We've called for that. Chairman Arafat's made statements. He needs to follow through on those statements. He can do more.
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Inter-Korean dialogue is the key to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
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The meeting was businesslike and a useful beginning to the dialogue process.