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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Secretary Albright had asked Ambassador Ross to travel to the region this week. Of course, she will be following the situation closely.
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Secretary Albright asked the State Department's senior human rights officer to undertake the mission to further develop the administration's understanding of the dimensions of the conflict in Kosovo and to emphasize U.S. support for proponents of democracy as well as victims of human rights abuse in the region.
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She will make clear the stakes involved in this crisis, the threat posed, the diplomatic efforts we've sought to resolve this without the use of force, and the reasons why the use of force may be necessary.
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SFOR's mandate is to ensure a secure environment, and SFOR will take action when necessary to carry out its mandate. There will be a zero tolerance for violence,
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the timetable for the ... grave situation we're in today.
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The situation in Kosovo is quite troubling, extremely dangerous. We believe the Yugoslav National Army has been engaged in a firefight along the Albanian border with myriad deaths involved.
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The secretary is always hopeful but thinks significant gaps remain between the Israeli and Palestinian positions. She will work to overcome those gaps but at this time has no reason to believe we're in a position to bridge those gaps. She is nether optimistic nor pessimistic but believes the process cannot go on indefinitely.
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Russia has found itself out of the mainstream.
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concerned over the lack of due process in military trials of civilians accused of terrorism in Peru.
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Court opinions, in our view, are not going to change our policy ... and we have made clear that we are intrigued and encouraged, not only by the election of President Khatami, but by the statements that he has made in public.
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Essentially she has been arguing that Iraq's initial step -- this famous two-part letter -- is unacceptable because it's not an unconditional climbdown.
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The whole world sees Iraq responsible for the current crisis.
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The work on Iraq, the work on the Middle East peace process and on the Asian financial crisis continues with no effect.
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These are the commanders, to the best of our knowledge, of the units that are in Kosovo.