We negotiated with the Honduran government the establishment of a regional military training center, for training central American forces, but the primary motivation for doing that was to be able to bolster the quality, improve...

They have provided some valuable intelligence information with respect to the war on terror.

I’ve been very reluctant to get into numbers.

It’s a very, very difficult issue,

But there’s no question that there’s a potential there for a number of weapons.

We’re not quite yet in a position to do that because there’s been both a lot of work being done on it in Washington, plus we’ve been having consultations with some of the other key...

It’s conceivable that they are exaggerating their progress, but I don’t have any knowledge to confirm that. … This is a very, very high priority, acquiring information about their nuclear program.

hastens the day when the people of Iraq are in full command of their own affairs.

The populations of Central America are very, very small indeed, so that while no one was denying and this was one of the great debates we used to have, whose fault was it that there...

In addition, we have contributed over $60 million to more than a dozen different U.N. agencies… as well as a multitude of non-governmental organizations.

We don’t know what to make of it (the passage). It’s unclear,

I am confident that with the creation of the NCS, the U.S. government will have a more cohesive and truly national human intelligence capability,

I’d heard enough. … I didn’t hear anything new and of course don’t accept any of the kinds of allegations and preposterous positions that he put forward.

In the worst, but not implausible case, central authority in one or more of these states could evaporate as rival clans or regions vie for power — opening the door to an expansion of terrorist...

The transitional arrangements that come into being will also allow the people of Iraq to benefit from their natural resources in a manner that will be transparent, and where the secretary-general and his representative will...

We assessed the threat to U.S. national security posed by DP World to be low. In other words, we didn’t see any red flags come up during the course of our inquiry.

I think people took Grenada for what it turned out to be, which was a very specific incident and from which one couldn’t necessarily make a lot of generalizations.

We continue to hope that this issue can be resolved peacefully, and we want to work within the framework of the U.N.,

Beijing’s biggest challenge is to sustain growth, sufficient to keep unemployment and rural discontent from rising to destabilizing levels, and to maintain increases in living standards.

elimination of Mr. Arafat or his forced exile.

It was clear that we weren’t going to be able to reach agreement on a resolution regarding the International Criminal Court by midnight,

The danger that it will acquire a nuclear weapon, and the ability to integrate it with the ballistic missiles Iran already possesses is a reason for immediate concern.

I think it’ll be a chance for the co-sponsors to explain the rationale behind the resolution in greater detail and address whatever questions the other members may have with respect to our proposal,

The organization’s core elements still plot and make preparations for terrorist strikes against the homeland and other targets from bases in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border area.

We believe that the vote would have been close. We regret that in the face of an explicit threat to veto by a permanent member, the vote-counting became a secondary consideration.

These people are being held. And they’re bad actors. And as long as this situation continues, this war on terror continues, I’m not sure I can tell you what the ultimate disposition of those detainees...

I think then the conditions will be created for the most expeditious and effective delivery of humanitarian supplies.

This resolution helps pave the way for the increased security in Afghanistan upon which nearly everything else is dependent,

Certainly, we know where the key installations are. Are there others that we’re not aware of at all? You don’t know what you don’t know.

Growing suspicions about Western intentions and Moscow’s desire to demonstrate its independence and defend its own interests may make it harder to cooperate with Russia on areas of concern to the United States.

sanctions should be lifted as soon as possible.

The consequences (of a civil war) for the people of Iraq would be catastrophic.

To the contrary, I think we bent over backwards to press for elections and for democratic reform.

trying to get to consensus.

This is another positive step in building an Intelligence Community that is more unified, coordinated and effective,

It’s a challenging job to say the least. We’re up and running and I think we’re starting to have an impact.

On the basis of our inquiry we assess that the threat to U.S. national security posed by DP World to be low. We didn’t see any red flags come up during the course of our...

Such chaos in Nigeria could lead to disruption of oil supply, secessionist moves by regional governments, major refugee flow and instability elsewhere in West Africa.

Our impression is that the council members have welcomed this resolution, and it enjoys strong support, … but I’d hesitate to predict to you at this moment what the precise vote count is going to...

If I were to choose one single watchword of this strategy, it’s ‘integration,’ and I think that the whole thrust of this strategy is to drive toward the best possible integration of our intelligence efforts...

Very hard, very hard to represent a country, or carry out a policy that does not have consensus support.

We judge that Tehran probably does not yet have a nuclear weapon and probably has not yet produced or acquired the necessary fissile material.

concern that the office be created consistent with the law that was passed last year.

I would say that those names were placed on the list based on information available to us which we considered to be reliable,

On the basis of our inquiry we assessed that the threat to U.S. national security posed by DP World to be low. And we did not see any red flags come up during the course...

I think the political leadership as well as the religious leadership is rising to this situation. They don’t want to fall down that precipice, so they are struggling to avoid that.

Trying to get a consensus.

We may find that our self-defense requires further actions with respect to other organizations and other states.

Right, well I am, I was a career diplomat for 37 years from 1960 until 1997 during the early 1980s from 1981 to 1985 I was the United States Ambassador to Honduras.

We can’t anticipate every single detail, but we think this is a good framework, we think it deserves strong support from council members and we look forward to the vote tomorrow morning at 10 o’clock,