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 is not something that I feel we really have anything to say about because it deals with events long in the past, it deals with intelligence matters and for those reasons, I don't have anything to say about it.
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We will continue to hold President Chen by his commitments not to take unilateral moves. We will be following events closely.
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We will continue to help with reconstruction and we join with the people in all the affected countries in observing and remembering the tragic events of December 26, 2004.
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We've been involved very directly and very intensively for a long time. I think the way to look at the events over the last 24 hours is a continuation of the United States' strong commitment to facilitating Israeli-Palestinian cooperation.
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I think that our view is that we and Turkey share the same goals with respect to Syria, and that is that it end its objectionable behavior, whether that be in terms of supporting the insurgency in Iraq or interfering in Lebanon .
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I think what took people by surprise was the margin of victory. Nobody foresaw that huge a sweep.
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It is a sign that we are all working together.
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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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Yesterday we started with 5,000. We've been able to whittle it down.
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Well, it was not. There was never denial of a visa.
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We have a fighting chance, folks are at the table and working hard.
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We've made significant progress in funding projects throughout the region. We will be using MEPI money to fund our contribution ... to these two funds, the Foundation for the Future and the Fund for the Future.
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We've made significant progress in funding projects throughout the region, ... We will be using MEPI money to fund our contribution ... to these two funds, the Foundation for the Future and the Fund for the Future.
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Our priority ... is to provide them assistance and to get them home quickly and safely.