Warren Christopher
Warren Christopher
Warren Minor Christopherwas an American lawyer, diplomat and politician. During Bill Clinton's first term as President, Christopher served as the 63rd Secretary of State. He also served as Deputy Attorney General in the Lyndon Johnson Administration, and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Carter Administration. At the time of his death, he was a Senior Partner at O'Melveny & Myers in the firm's Century City, California, office. He also served as a professor in the College Honors Program at...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth27 October 1925
CityScranton, ND
CountryUnited States of America
I went from this school where everybody was in the same building, to Hollywood High, a school which had about 2,000 pupils. I felt quite immature.
I think there is the basis now for a discussion at highest levels between NATO officials and Russian officials on some kind of a charter.
It is a grave concern that an employer would stoop so low as to illegally eavesdrop on their staff during negotiations for collective agreements.
I think the country will come together, but we have a rocky four years ahead, and maybe admitting that, and not being too euphoric about that, is the best way to face this. This is going to be a very evenly divided country, and we'll need to find centrist coalitions that can get things done.
for your steady nerves, prudent judgment and great wisdom.
Freedom of the press is a pre-requisite for the peaceful resolution of conflict, and restricting the media from carrying out its professional activities can only lead to more suspicion and misinformation.
If we were to show that we are willing to stand by and permit a military regime to overthrow this democracy, it would have bad ramifications.
Without a free and independent media, true democracy is unattainable.
We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations have caused people to take to boats and flood not only the United States, but other countries in the region, creating great instability.
While we welcome Arroyo's rescinding of the state of emergency, we call on her to prove her commitment to the safety of journalists and a free media in the Philippines.
You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe; and the steps that NATO will take to expand to the East, that's a commitment.
We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a reformer. We've been able to accomplish a number of things together.
The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense, it apparently is a free and fair election, so it's a real milestone and one of the things we can take some little confidence in.
I had all of one nanosecond to savor the news before we had to move on to other problems.