William Brownfield
William Brownfield
William R. Brownfieldis a Career Ambassador in the United States Foreign Service and the current Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs as of January 10, 2011. He has previously served as U.S. Ambassador to Chile, Venezuela, and Colombia...
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Most of them, almost 100 percent, are young between 18 and 19 years old and they decided that the security issue was a little complicated,
sorry
I'm sorry they are leaving, ... I think it's important to have that kind of people-to-people contact.
act citizens common ensure geographic government illogical natural owe partners reduction venezuela
We owe it to our own citizens to ensure that we have contingency plans, should such a reduction or interruption come to pass, ... But let me say that this would be an illogical act on the part of the government of Venezuela. Venezuela and the U.S. are natural partners in oil, for simple, common sense geographic reasons.
areas countries interest
Differences between the two governments exist, ... (But) there are areas of interest for the two countries in which we should collaborate.
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I can categorically deny that, ... I still hope we can have direct talks between the mission and the government to resolve their differences.