John Bolton
John Bolton
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth20 November 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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This is not a 60-minute clock like football, ... We've got time. We're going to keep working.
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My instructions and my intentions are very clear: which is to move as far and as fast as we can during the month of February.
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In our view, qualified nations should meet criteria in the following areas: size of economy and population; military capacity; contributions to peacekeeping operations, commitment to democracy and human rights; financial contributions to the United Nations; nonproliferation and counterterrorism records, and equitable geographic balance,
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The remarkable thing is that Congressmen Hyde and Lantos agree on the 39 reforms that they want, ... The signal that they're sending I think is that they want substantial reform, and that's certainly something the administration is committed to.
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The United States is very pleased at the council's unanimous adoption
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Addressing these issues now will facilitate continued international support for Iraq's security, and it will give the newly elected Iraqi government time to assume office, address constitutional questions and consolidate its authority before confronting issues such as those addressed in this resolution.
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are not that dissimilar to changes that we've been talking about here at the U.N. for months.
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I took a list of when they (council members) came in. We started just before 10:15.
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After an initial read, the results are clearly troubling and will require further discussion with the international community.
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Quite some time ago the president said unequivocally we support the development goals in the millennium summit declaration, ... Now that's different from the goals that were actually written by the secretariat. There is no backing away by the United States in the support for the millennium summit declaration.
boys pass
This is not something we can pass off as boys will be boys,
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All three of these countries are indeed states of very great proliferation concern -- especially North Korea, which uses its exports of military technology to finance other dangerous activity,
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If I were a Syrian taxpayer, and my intelligence activities were visible, I would demand a refund, ... So these are the sort of things that remain unanswered.
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Sanctions were put in before, it's not clear they're being adhered to, ... The question (is) whether we should do something else in that area in terms of arms into the country.