Joseph Prueher
Joseph Prueher
Joseph Wilson Prueherserved as United States Ambassador to the People's Republic of China from 1999 to 2001. He was succeeded as ambassador by Clark T. Randt, Jr. Prior to his posting as ambassador, Prueher was a United States Navy Admiral and the Commander, United States Pacific Command from 1996 to 1999 and Vice Chief of Naval Operations from 1995 to 1996...
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I think we'll be busy with it for the next day or so. We're trying to get it sorted out.
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It is . . . a great concern to the most senior leaders in the U.S. government that the aircrew has been held incommunicado over 32 hours,
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I think it's a time for rhetoric to be very measured and constructive, and not be rhetoric that does not lead toward solutions, ... I think it's a time to proceed very cautiously and thoughtfully, and a time for creative solutions.
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What is hard for us to understand well, and hard for me to explain to Secretary (of State Colin) Powell, is the inability to get a phone call through to the aircraft commander or to talk to the crew.
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We are very eager to do that so we can reassure their families. ... those are the norms of international law, and as time goes by that gets to be a worse and worse situation.
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We've got assurances that our crew is safe and sound and that we'll get to see them soon.