Stephen Hadley
Stephen Hadley
Stephen John Hadleywas the 21st U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, serving under President George W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 February 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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We have seen those reports out of Pakistan. At this point, we are not in a position publicly to confirm that he is dead. But we're obviously -- if he is, that's a good thing for the war on terror.
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Everybody understands the Sunnis need to be part of this process going forward and need to be part of this government. How that will sort out and get down is obviously for the Iraqis to decide.
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Obviously there's an election coming up. We would like it to be free and fair. And a prerequisite of free and fair elections is that you don't beat up opposition candidates or opposition supporters and throw them in jail.
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That said, one of the things we've also made clear -- and the president was trying to make clear the other night -- is when President Putin says that he is committed to democracy, people will obviously watch and see how that is manifested in action.
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His approach is to not to try and dominate but to participate as one of equals and listen, and that's what he did. At critical times he made his views obviously clear.
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an issue of our intelligence, and obviously we need to do a better job of our intelligence.
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Argentina is the host. Argentina has taken a strong hand in forming the agenda, and we will obviously want to support that. And the president will make a contribution on those topics.
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One cannot let dangers grow to the point of imminent threat to the United States without taking action. And if other measures fail, obviously we retain to right to use force.
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The president's strategy affirms that the doctrine of preemption remains sound and must remain an integral part of our national security strategy. If necessary, the strategy states, under longstanding principles of self defense, we do not rule out the use of force before attacks occur, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.
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While it will be a topic of discussion, you shouldn't expect any major new initiatives out of that,
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We would like to get it before the trip. If we can, great. If we can't, we'll continue to negotiate it after the trip.
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This summit is not about Hugo Chavez. We've had some long-standing concerns about the policy for his government. This is not news.
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We think we're going to make progress on three of them.
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There are questions raised in the Congress, and what this delay allows is for those questions to be addressed on the Hill. There's nothing to reopen.