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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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 don't think that linking our obligations and payments to the United Nations to the outcome of that particular vote is a good idea.
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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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What this does is it brings a common view, a unified message, a unified position of the United States and Europe,
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We've been working with both those governments to try to see if we can't use the excellent relations that they each have with the United States to contribute in some way to an easing of the tensions.
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(Albright) looks forward to discussing bilateral relations and the progress being made on issues of concern to the United States.
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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 regrets the resignation of David Trimble.