James Rubin
James Rubin
James Phillip "Jamie" Rubinis an American former diplomat and journalist. He writes a regular column on foreign affairs for the Sunday Times of London. He was Visiting Scholar 2013–14 at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Having served in the State Department during the administration of President Bill Clinton, he became a Sky News television news journalist and commentator. He is married to the CNN correspondent and anchor Christiane Amanpour...
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We regard this suggestion as falling far short of what is necessary in order for NATO to stop its air campaign.
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We do expect to be making decisions on these visa applications fairly quickly.
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would be to develop a coordinated common approach to this grave situation.
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The range of views now include a unified consensus that the failures are Iraq's, that the consequences are Iraq's and that the international community believes that Saddam Hussein is failing to comply with his required obligations.
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The purpose of these broadcasts is not to beam anti-government propaganda into Iran. Rather, this new service would provide more detailed, factual reporting on political, social and foreign policy issues affecting Iran.
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What we've seen in the last three days is how emotional those small pieces of real estate can be for the Palestinians and Israelis.
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The procedural hurdle that emerged yesterday has been overcome and we are proceeding apace.
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We have made clear that we believe that we already have the authority for a military strike, should such an option be chosen.
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we have credible evidence, or we wouldn't be in this situation of demanding this kind of direct discussion on this subject.
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Those are major sub-systems, missiles or key production facilities for missiles. So they're big and significant items.
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The problems between the two parties are complex, they are deeply entrenched and they will not be solved by one trip.
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We have no illusions about China an d will continue to operate with the expectation that China, like many other countries, will seek to acquire sensitive information and technology for military uses.
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We have no illusions about China's desire to acquire sensitive information and technology for military uses by many different means. It is absolutely not true that we downplayed any evidence of this. We took the issue seriously, as our actions demonstrate.
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We have no reason to think this is any way related to Deputy Secretary Talbott's visit.