The ban on new U.S. investment in Burma is the latest in a series of sanctions the United States has imposed in response to the utter lack of political freedom in that country, … and...

make the ledger slightly less out of balance.

The Berlin Wall crumbled, Politburos resigned and governments vanished overnight. Half a million Czechs and Slovaks gathered … in Prague and we sensed that a long, absent angel had returned home to Central Europe,

Until the parties have accepted all provisions of the agreement, preparations for NATO military action will continue,

here is a special place in hell for women who do not help other women.

I am looking forward to going to the region some time in August, and I most of all look forward to working with the prime minister, who is dedicated to the Middle East peace process,

We think it’s very important for them to be as cooperative as possible in trying to resolve this great tragedy,

Clearly the Russians disagree with us about the use of force in Iraq. They, however, have no good ideas about how to solve the problem,

But you better start figuring out what we’re going to do.

It is the substance we are interested in at this stage, not the process,

Failures to observe basic procedures put our nation’s secrets at risk

NATO is now prepared to act.

Whether it’s for commercial or research purposes, it should not be happening,

role as the leading upholder of democracy and law.

These people have to go back, otherwise there are no people in Kosovo,

state sponsors of terrorism.

The two parties are the ones that have to make the hard decisions, but the United States has to be there, … They need a catalyst, they need to have somebody there as an honest...

NATO’S fundamental purpose — safeguarding the ideals, interests and territory of its members — is unchanging,

If there was an agreement in the Middle East peace talks, we would like to get support from Japan, which is an important partner in the international community,

It is a subject of discussion with them and was raised both when President Clinton and I were in Pakistan and in Greece recently, … We are pressing them on it, but we are not...

That visit will allow for further discussions on regional security issues and other matters of mutual concern, … rich with opportunity.

courage and vision.

[Albright met with Abdullah on Thursday.] I wanted to stop here in order to make very clear that the U.S. stands with Jordan, … The relationship between the United States and Jordan has been a...

Maybe I was just the handmaiden,

This blatant, heavy-handed action is only the latest outrage committed against Aung San Suu Kyi and other party leaders by Burmese authorities,

We know the day is drawing closer when the community of freedom will once more encompass the pearl of the Antilles, and the hemisphere of the American democracies will be complete,

Saddam’s goal… is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction programs,

No one questions Russia’s right to combat insurgency and terror within its borders, … But the war in Chechnya has brought a tragic cost in human lives and a high cost in Russia’s world standing.

The process is in trouble, we cannot continue this way, … One option is simply for us to remove ourselves from the process.

This reflects the importance of the upcoming vote on China trade,

Israelis and Palestinians have cooperated in the past to achieve historic agreements as well as practical cooperation on the ground, … They must find a way again to end the current psychology of confrontation and...

Democracy is the key to our strategy throughout southeastern Europe,

We want to avoid anything that looks like there is a partition,

It is the responsibility of the United States, our partners in the hemisphere and the world at large to maintain pressure for democratic change,

Security is an inherent, inextricable and indispensable component of all our jobs,

There are gaps. We’re trying to narrow those gaps,

We call on the Burmese authorities to allow normal access and freedom of movement to Aung San Suu Kyi and other members of the National League for Democracy and immediately to cease all activities aimed...

Although a year has past … our mourning for those who died, Americans and Africans, has not diminished, … We miss them still and rage against their loss.

We welcome today’s step forward,

used every trick in the book to prevent a fair campaign, rig the election and distort the results.

We’ll see. We had good, constructive talks.

We have made clear that it has to be a fully democratic government, and that Milosevic should not have a role in it, … And as we talk about lifting the sanctions, I think that...

A vote at any time to oppose an authorization (of troops) would be seen by both sides (in Kosovo) as a green light to resume fighting,

a range of regional and bilateral issues.

We believe that a sustained air campaign can accomplish the objectives that we have laid out,

There are some specific security threats to a variety of embassies, … We are taking precautions … in what is a dangerous situation in the world, with terrorists.

Unlike the United States and the former Soviet Union during the Cold War, India and Pakistan do not have the benefit of a vast ocean between them,

the immediate restoration of their freedom of movement and access to others, including foreign diplomats.

That treaty has been amended before, and there is no good reason it cannot be amended again to reflect new threats from third countries.

What do you want to know? … It was good.