Richard Boucher
Richard Boucher
Richard A. Boucheris an American diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentfrom 2009 until 2013. He took up post on 5 November 2009. Prior to joining OECD, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, a post he took up on February 21, 2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation...
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U.S. diplomatic efforts are being coordinated with the international community in order to help diffuse tension between India and Pakistan. The crisis, though showing signs of abating, is not yet over.
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to talk more about the situation and try to understand these conditions better.
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We're disappointed when we see ballistic missiles tests in this region. We think tests like this contribute to a charged atmosphere, make it harder to prevent a costly and destabilizing nuclear arms race.
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We think such a position conveys on him certain responsibilities -- to exercise restraint where he has influence to prevent any further escalatory violence,
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we think runs counter to recent trends toward a warming in cross-straits relations, and we would consider passage of this law unhelpful.
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There's no question that the requirement is on Arafat right now to take strong and irreversible action, ... reviewing what our policy, what the next steps ought to be.
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The United States is involved, has been involved, will remain involved in doing whatever we can to help these two governments lessen the tension.
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The worldwide caution we put out on June 22 does indicate that posts may temporarily suspend operations or close to the public in response to threat information, security concerns or simply to review security postures.
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the United States will respect decisions of the sovereign Iraqi government regarding the presence of the multinational force.
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The United States will ensure that responses to this reward notice will be kept in strict confidence, ... Individuals providing information leading to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for the attack on the USS Cole may be eligible for protection of their identities and relocation with their families to the United States.
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The United States regrets the resignation of David Trimble.
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This development can strengthen cooperation between the United States and China to achieve our common objective of preventing the spread of ballistic missiles that threaten regional and international security.
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People at posts were looking forward to having their families back with them, and at that time we operated on the best security information we had.