Philip Reeker
Philip Reeker
Philip Thomas Reekeris an American diplomat and career foreign service officer with the Department of State. He currently serves as U.S. Consul General in Milan, Italy as of September 5th, 2014. He previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from 2011 through 2013. and as the ambassador to Macedonia from 2008 to 2011...
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Our policy toward Iran has not changed. The president has said we will be looking for indications that countries do want to change. But ... we've had long-standing concerns.
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If North Korea is looking gain the support of the U.S., this is not the way to do it.
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Inter-Korean dialogue is the key to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
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Inflammatory statements such as those attributed to President Chavez are not helpful in advancing the dialogue between the government of Venezuela and the opposition.
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It's provocative. We've asked both the Israelis and the Palestinians to refrain from provocative acts. That's why we are questioning ... why they would approve a wide range of settlement activity that includes construction of additional housing structures and infrastructure.
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It's our expectation that the secretary-general's mission ... will examine all the circumstances leading to the recent events in Venezuela.
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It really remains vital that press freedoms be preserved to the greatest extent possible, consistent, obviously, with the need to protect the security of military operations.
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They went over what the president has outlined as our goals for Afghanistan.
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The lack of accreditation and the government of Zimbabwe's limitation on observer access will detract from the credibility of the elections.
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They have the opportunity now to make real progress toward the reduction of tensions and a resolution of their differences through peaceful means.
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As Secretary Powell has always said, he and Deputy Secretary Armitage serve at the pleasure of the president and will continue to do so.
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As with the issue of censorship, while we understand the seriousness of the crisis that Sri Lanka faces, we call on the government to avoid restrictions of civil liberties.
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The meeting was businesslike and a useful beginning to the dialogue process.
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I'm not going to try to determine what steps the Israelis may or may not take or how they should take it. What we want to see is action to end the terrorism. We've called for that. Chairman Arafat's made statements. He needs to follow through on those statements. He can do more.