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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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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noted that President Bush has consistently pursued a diplomatic approach, despite North Korean threats and steps in the wrong direction.
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It's a matter that many governments have taken strong positions on. There's been a reaction in the region, been a lot of threats made by some of the militant groups.
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Americans should be careful and realize that there is still a threat out there,
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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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There is, again, credible information about a threat to the embassy compound.
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so-called National Liberation Army, which has threatened civilians and deliberately puts civilians into jeopardy.
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The issue is Iraqi compliance with a series of U.N. resolutions that specify that they won't develop weapons of mass destruction, that they'll destroy what they had, and in a variety of other ways that they're not going to threaten their own people and cause danger to the region again.
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I'd note in the text, once again, these people threaten just about everybody.
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We will work with our allies to re-energize the sanctions. Obviously, military force always remains an option for the United States.
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We understand that conceding to terrorists will only endanger all members of the multinational force as well as other countries who are contributing to Iraqi reconstruction and humanitarian assistance.
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We understand Japan plans to bring him there for medical treatment. Once he is there, he falls under Japanese-U.S. status policy. We intend to request custody when we have legal opportunity to do so.
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we felt that there were indeed concerns ... our posts in the region, and this region including Yemen, have been on a high state of alert for a long time since the Africa bombings,and in connection with recent events we have asked posts to look very closely at their security procedures.
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We expect that the agency will fully investigate the matter and keep the board of governors fully informed. It is important that all such activity be investigated.