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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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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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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He is not traveling as an official representative of the United States, and he is not carrying a message on behalf of the government of the United States.
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Our dealings with Venezuela and our contacts with Venezuela are mostly through our embassy. There was a Venezuelan official here a couple of weeks ago, met with Assistant Secretary Shannon and other State Department officials, but there's been no recent contact from Assistant Secretary Shannon to the government or plans for a visit.
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Obviously what we want to see, what the Russians want to see, I think what the EU-3 want to see, what the IAEA want to see, is Iranian cooperation. To the extent that they do that, it's a good thing. Does this statement by this one person constitute that? At this point, it's just hard to say. We'll have to see.
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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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The United States remains particularly concerned by the Maoist insurgency, which presents the most immediate threat to a peaceful and prosperous Nepal.
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The United States does not support Taiwan independence and opposes unilateral changes to the status quo by either Taiwan or Beijing.
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The United States ... reiterates this message in the strongest possible terms.
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This issue is something between Mexico and Venezuela. It's not something that you need to drag the United States in.
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I think our ambassador and his comments very fairly and accurately reflect the policy of the United States.
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The United States and NATO are committed to supporting democracy, human rights and the rule of law in Iraq.
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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.