Adam Ereli
Adam Ereli
Joseph Adam Ereli was an American diplomat and ambassador. Ereli was the ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Bahrain from 2007 to 2011. He subsequently was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs from 2011-2014. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Mercury, a public strategy consulting firm in Washington, DC...
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It's important to us that actions by states on the subcontinent are done in ways that aren't provocative, in ways that aren't threatening. I think that by all accounts the test met that criteria.
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Our understanding from the authorities in Taiwan was that the action Taiwan took on February 27 was deliberately designed not to change the status quo ... Our firm policy is that there should be no unilateral change in the status quo, as we have said many times.
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You've heard from members of Congress their distress at the developments in Egypt. If I were an Egyptian, or an Egyptian government official, I'd be concerned at the kind of reaction that these latest actions will get ... regarding the (U.S-Egyptian) relationship.
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I think there's a possibility, we hope a probability, that Saudi Arabia together with the United States will be able to develop a plan of action to deal with these issues, ... And based on that, in 180 days, we'll review and decide whether sanctions are warranted, or whether they've made sufficient progress in addressing the shortcomings that we've identified.
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They have had two years to take action to secure the facility. They haven't done it.
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These actions demonstrate that the junta's so-called 'roadmap to disciplined democracy' is neither credible nor inclusive.
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I mean, why does Syria continue to let that happen unless there's a deliberate decision to do it? There certainly seems to be an unwillingness to take actions to stop it.
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At this point, one day after the elections I'm reluctant to be drawn into a discussion of specific measures, specific actions when we're at such, frankly, a beginning stage in all this.
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The United States has urged the government of Iraq to investigate and take action against any of its personnel who've been involved in torture and abuse.
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The Russians, I think, clearly delivered a message consistent with the Quartet aims and the Quartet statement.
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And they're going to be consistent with other countries and other international practices. So, that's a good thing. It's one that contributes to transparency, to confidence, and frankly, to a lessening of tensions, not an increasing of tensions that are, frankly, conducive to arms races.
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There was no connection between the two events.
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The secretary and the State Department believe that questions of the committee should be answered. Secretary Powell is answering requests for information, the way that we do, the way that any American citizen does.
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helped forge compromises when gaps needed to be bridged.