Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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None of the participants have a veto power and certainly the sponsors of the talks do not have the veto power, ... Compromise will be the basis for the solution.
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The job we have is to be a good friend of Ukraine and support the reforms and to encourage private investment and have them work with us on the security issues that are so important for the world,
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the message from my government to the Haitian government is that they need to work with much greater speed and much greater efficiency in organizing these elections.
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This is a complex agreement. To reopen it, we're probably at risk of never being able to achieve it again and to reassemble it.
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This is a clear signal to Hun Sen and his associates that the United States will not be conducting business as usual with those individuals,
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All I can say is this -- when we deploy, we want it to be to preserve a peace that has been agreed to,
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the high-water mark of US-India relations since 1947.
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agreement to a timetable that will lead to decisions in the US Congress to change our law and the ultimate decision of the Indian government to meet their commitments.
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All the major issues in these peace talks remain open issues and by that, I mean, there are still in some cases significant divisions, significant disagreements and significant gaps among the parties,
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I think that will also be a key way for Serbia to escape its past. If Serbia wants to look forward, it has to look backward in order to atone for its mistakes of the 1990s.
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It's a waiver authority ... We are not seeking relief from US law for any country in the world except India and we don't anticipate putting any country forward. So it is India specific.
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We have to respect the prerogatives of Congress but we are suggesting India-specific amendments to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
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In this very complex, globalized world, despite the power of the United States, we cannot go it alone, ... We do have to work through multilateral institutions. Each of them has their own strengths and weaknesses. The United Nations has both.
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I think by the time that President Bush visits New Delhi in early 2006, we will see that both of our countries would have met our commitment in this landmark agreement,