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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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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Americans should be careful and realize that there is still a threat out there,
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noted that President Bush has consistently pursued a diplomatic approach, despite North Korean threats and steps in the wrong direction.
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This development can strengthen cooperation between the United States and China to achieve our common objective of preventing the spread of ballistic missiles that threaten regional and international security.
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I'd note in the text, once again, these people threaten just about everybody.
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It's a matter that many governments have taken strong positions on. There's been a reaction in the region, been a lot of threats made by some of the militant groups.
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The issue is Iraqi compliance with a series of U.N. resolutions that specify that they won't develop weapons of mass destruction, that they'll destroy what they had, and in a variety of other ways that they're not going to threaten their own people and cause danger to the region again.
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so-called National Liberation Army, which has threatened civilians and deliberately puts civilians into jeopardy.
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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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I think they're different. Let's leave it at that.
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The United States regrets the resignation of David Trimble.
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There were people who argued, well, these two ideologies are too different, they'll never get together. The secretary made clear that we thought they were bound by a common hatred. That is what brought them together, ... I think that's really what you have bin Laden confirming today in this tape.