We received assurances at a variety of levels.

What we’ve seen in the last three days is how emotional those small pieces of real estate can be for the Palestinians and Israelis.

The international community cannot force the Iraqi regime to spend its money on its own people. Only the regime can do that. What we can do is force them to spend all the money they...

These kind of episodes have taken place. This is not the only example — but it is the only time we’ve been able to match actual videotape with overhead imagery.

alerting them to the danger so they are aware of what the problems are, what the risks are and what the specific information we have is.

As far as we’re concerned, there still are very significant and difficult roadblocks to restarting the peace process. Hopefully we’ll be able to clear away some of those roadblocks in Secretary Albright’s meetings in London.

We have no illusions about China’s desire to acquire sensitive information and technology for military uses by many different means. It is absolutely not true that we downplayed any evidence of this. We took the...

Frankly, we want to talk with Chairman Arafat about that schedule and what is possible, and thus take stock for us in trying to assess how realistic it is to make that schedule that’s been...

Our focus is on deeds and not so much words and personalities.

A U.S. federal judge went down there and conducted an exhaustive review of the killings, concluding that the guardsmen were not — I emphasize the word ‘not’ — following orders from senior officers,

The idea is direct engagement.

People are dressed rather informally. It does appear that there is a better and more constructive and more pragmatic atmosphere to work on these problems than there had been in the past.

We don’t see a point in negotiations.

I don’t want to be in a position to discuss all the options, except to say that we of course would want the strongest possible action by the (Security) Council to back up the important...

We often hear that sanctions are hurting the Iraqi people, but an objective analysis of the facts reveals that Iraq has access to international markets and the money to buy food, but Saddam will not...

The feeling is that those meetings have been sufficiently good and constructive that they have … superseded committee meetings.

Our position is clear. Milosevic must halt the offensive against the Kosovar Albanians, withdraw his forces and embrace a settlement based on the Rambouillet framework.

We regard this suggestion as falling far short of what is necessary in order for NATO to stop its air campaign.

She will make clear the stakes involved in this crisis, the threat posed, the diplomatic efforts we’ve sought to resolve this without the use of force, and the reasons why the use of force may...

is a trained diplomat. She’s very even-tempered. She’s doing what she can to get the peace process back on track.

During that conversation the prime minister requested that ambassador Dennis Ross return to Israel as soon as possible to discuss how to bridge the remaining gaps needed to start accelerated final status talks in Washington.

Time and patience clearly are running out.

The purpose of these broadcasts is not to beam anti-government propaganda into Iran. Rather, this new service would provide more detailed, factual reporting on political, social and foreign policy issues affecting Iran.

This line has served as an effective means of preventing military tension between North and South Korean military forces for 46 years,

Secretary Albright asked the State Department’s senior human rights officer to undertake the mission to further develop the administration’s understanding of the dimensions of the conflict in Kosovo and to emphasize U.S. support for proponents...

[Miller has] made a threat that, if he is extradited, he will kill Americans, … And based on our experience and knowledge of this individual, we believe the threat is sufficiently specific and credible to...

Clearly, we would not be in a position to carry on business as usual with Pakistani authorities consistent with our laws,

At the end of that presentation, she was no more convinced than she was before that the endgame has been thought through.

[The composition of the team] depends on expertise and it’s up to the United Nations to decide (the members of the team), … The more often that other experts come forward in the world, the...

asked him to tell Secretary (of State Madeleine) Albright that they have approved the agreement as negotiated at Rambouillet and that they have authorized its signature.

concerned over the lack of due process in military trials of civilians accused of terrorism in Peru.

In the absence of direct, face-to-face discussions between the two sides it isn’t going to be possible to resolve this problem.

The range of views now include a unified consensus that the failures are Iraq’s, that the consequences are Iraq’s and that the international community believes that Saddam Hussein is failing to comply with his required...

We certainly see no reason why diplomats and journalists who have complied with the court-stated procedures for entering the courtroom should be arbitrarily prevented from doing so.

If he does indeed take power, he’s going to start out with a strategic goal of bringing Syria into the rest of the world, and that will require peace with Israel.

The U.N. Security Council should be prepared to take firm action to bring about Iraqi compliance in the event they don’t change their mind in the next day or so.

Clearly, both sides have a lot of work to do if we’re going to get the peace process back on track.

All the significant gaps have not been closed.

not conclude … that Dr. Rugova is speaking and acting freely and openly.

Attacks directed against the civilian population, the summary execution of detained persons and wanton destruction or devastation not justified by military necessity are war crimes under international law.

It’s part of the building of a stronger, deeper relationship between the United States and the Palestinian Authority.

Russia has found itself out of the mainstream.

The North Koreans have agreed to multiple site visits by a U.S. team to the underground site at Kumchang-ni.

The goal is to shine the international spotlight directly on China’s human rights practices.

In order to move forward to military action, it needs to be clear that Serbs are to blame

We think both sides need to understand that there is not that much time left for a negotiated solution which can give the legitimate rights to the people of Kosovo and protect the national interests...

With respect to the security work plan we believe that the Palestinians have met their responsibilities. There are other issues that we’re aware of that we’re working on.

The Russians understand the importance of maintaining a broad-based relationship with the United States. They are going to continue working with us on a wide variety of issues.

We’re not promising to bring it about. What we’re saying is we’re going to intensify our work. Right now, we’re focused on providing political support for the opposition. And Congress has given us the authority...

The ball is not in the Palestinian court. The ball is in the court of the Israelis to try to work with the Palestinians and work with us to come to a second ‘yes,’