Richard Boucher
Richard Boucher
Richard A. Boucheris an American diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentfrom 2009 until 2013. He took up post on 5 November 2009. Prior to joining OECD, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, a post he took up on February 21, 2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation...
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We didn't think it was right, ... We didn't think that the American taxpayer, the Voice of America, should be broadcasting the voice of the Taliban.
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One of the unfortunate, maybe inevitable, side effects of that is that we're probably going to see a rise in violence as NATO spreads into this area in an even more dense fashion.
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The embassy strongly urges all American citizens in Saudi Arabia to be especially vigilant when they're in any area perceived to be American or Western.
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Some areas that spring to mind are agriculture, democracy building, disaster relief, education, and science and technology.
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The idea that we were out to get the president of Venezuela is just plain wrong,
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They discussed the issues that are of concern to us.
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Each post will look at its security posture and reopen at an appropriate time.
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Reports being compiled paint a very disturbing picture of the events and the government of Uzbekistan's reaction to them,
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The goal here is not to put someone on or off the hook ... stop exports of missiles. That's what really matters and that's what we have achieved.
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It remains important for North Korea to disclose their activity and to work with others on what we have all agreed on, which is the denuclearization of the peninsula,
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little pieces being picked out of a larger context.
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The worldwide caution we put out on June 22 does indicate that posts may temporarily suspend operations or close to the public in response to threat information, security concerns or simply to review security postures.
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I think they're different. Let's leave it at that.
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The United States regrets the resignation of David Trimble.