Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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They must be prosecuted now that they have been indicted, and the United States will not be party to any agreement at Dayton to pardon them, or to plea bargain for them or to let them off easy.
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He gave a pardon to his son-in-law and then had him executed. He tried to make up with the Iraqi Kurds five years ago, and then tried to destroy them.
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I think if you look at American foreign policy worldwide, the greatest change you will see in the next three or four years is a new American focus on South Asia, particularly in establishing a closer strategic partnership with India. It will be the area of greatest dynamic positive change in American foreign policy.
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Secretary Christopher believes that, based on his meetings today, that the tone (of the meetings) has been cooperative, that they are off to a good start, but he doesn't minimize the challenges ahead of us.
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If we're to maintain our position as a global power, we need a power like India.
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Our judgement is that it would not be wise or fair to ask Congress to make such a consequential decision without evidence that the Indian government was acting on what is arguably the most important of its commitments--the separation of its civilian and military facilities
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India is not going to formally join the entire apparatus. But it will begin to bring responsible practice in accordance with that regime. That's a step forward for the US and for non-proliferation.
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There's no way anybody from the outside can comment publicly and criticize the actions of our government midstream in a negotiation.
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The actions India committed to undertake are difficult, complex and time consuming,
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the high-water mark of US-India relations since 1947.
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This is the first time we are saying publicly that the future of the relationship is not adversarial, not rivalry... it's partnership.
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They're very important elections for the Haitian people and frankly the organization of the elections to date has not been sufficient,
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These two individuals are standing in the way of Serbia's progress with NATO and the United States as well as with Europe.
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simply put, the Dayton accords need to be modernized. They served Bosnia well over the last decade, but they were never meant to be immutable or set in stone.