Stuart Eizenstat
Stuart Eizenstat
Stuart Eizenstatis an American diplomat and attorney. He served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 1993 to 1996 and as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001. He currently serves as a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington & Burling and as a senior strategist at APCO Worldwide...
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As painful as it may sometimes be, we must not sweep these issues under the rug of embarrassment, silence and indifference,
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In many cases well past the point where, from the Allied perspective at the time, there was a genuine threat of German attack,
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It appears that in practice, the value-added taxes applied to electronically delivered books and newspapers may be higher than those applied to sales of the same physical books and newspapers,
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It's better to take a little more time and do it right,
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It would create a winner-take-all race to the courthouse,
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Swiss banks have taken a number of steps to redress past mistakes and provide assistance to Holocaust survivors.
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This is a major achievement which will reverberate through our museums, galleries, auction houses and in the homes and hearts of those families who may now have the chance to have returned what is rightfully theirs.
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has the potential to rank ... as a landmark event.
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The Russia delegation, in effect, opened a new chapter in restitution. I am confident that some of the greatest collections in the world will be returned to their rightful owners and a vast storehouse of information about other works will open up.
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They want all cases dismissed -- state and federal cases -- and that will take time,
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Having an expansion of the 9/11 fund or something very similar is precisely what ought to be done, ... Create an administrative remedy, allow a quick payment.
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This agreement does not end moral responsibility for the Holocaust. Nothing can erase the memory of those who died or the culture and potential achievements lost or the suffering of those who survived.
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This was an effort in progress for months before the Bank of New York hit the news, ... This is a much broader issue than Russia.
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While most countries in the region recognize their obligation to return confiscated property, there remains in some countries a lukewarm commitment to completing quickly the work at hand,