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Press Conference, Chris Hill At Japan Press Club
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:38 am | US State Department
This will be the first time those facilities have ever been disabled. And, of course, the idea of disablement is to create a situation where it is very difficult to bring those facilities back online and certainly a very expensive, difficult prospect of ... More >>
Secretary Condoleezza Rice Briefing In Tel Aviv
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:36 am | US State Department
And so rather than talking so much about the speculation about what Turkey may or may not do, we really did talk to the Turks about spending some time trying to develop a comprehensive approach to the PKK. More >>
Chris Hill, Remarks To The Media In Japan (2 Nov)
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:34 am | US State Department
I said that in Beijing, and I also suggested that you needed to ask the scientists or the technicians who are doing it. But there are a couple of things that are going on. One is the reactor, because they want to be able to facilitate the discharge ... More >>
Chris Hill, Remarks To The Media In Japan (3 Nov)
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:34 am | US State Department
The North Koreans asked if we could do some additional clean-up-type issues. So we're going to look at that -- because our interest is, of course, is not just shutting down and disabling, but finally getting rid of this whole Yongbyon complex. More >>
Press Availability, Chris Hill With Kenichiro Sasa
Tuesday, 6 November 2007, 9:32 am | US State Department
I raised there, as I have raised always, the very important issue of making sure that there is progress in the DPRK-Japan relationship and, namely, on this very difficult, sensitive matter of the abductions. More >>
Iraq/Turkey: Release Of Turkish Soldiers
Monday, 5 November 2007, 8:08 am | US State Department
We applaud the efforts of the Government of Iraq to secure the release of the hostages. We urge continued, deepened, and immediate cooperation between Iraq and Turkey in combating the PKK, which is a common enemy of Turkey, Iraq and the United States. More >>
Special Briefing On Turkey, Iraq, PKK
Monday, 5 November 2007, 8:07 am | US State Department
Well, we listened carefully and closely to Turkish concerns. You know, we understand their position. We understand their outrage. We understand the necessity of concrete things being done on the Iraqi side. More >>
Sec. Rice Interview With Zain Verjee Of CNN
Monday, 5 November 2007, 8:05 am | US State Department
Obviously, as we've said before, the United States would not support extra-constitutional measures and we would hope that whatever happens that there will be a quick return to a constitutional path. And we would urge everyone to be restrained and to avoid ... More >>
Secretary Rice, On-the-record Briefing, Israel
Monday, 5 November 2007, 8:04 am | US State Department
You know, we have met several times and sent both a public and private message that anything that would just make northern Iraq unstable is not going to serve our longer-term interests here or our broader interests. More >>
Rice At Neighboring Countries Of Iraq FM Meeting
Monday, 5 November 2007, 8:02 am | US State Department
The United States remains, of course, completely devoted to a united, federal, democratic and prosperous Iraq; an Iraq that can be for all Iraqis, an Iraq that can take its rightful place among the international community of states. And that is the Iraq ... More >>
Sec. Rice & Israeli FM Tzipi Livni Before Meeting
Monday, 5 November 2007, 8:01 am | US State Department
I look forward to working to try to advance (inaudible) bilaterally with the Palestinians as well as in time for the international meetings, but I think we need to have a full program here and we're going to get started on it very quickly. More >>
Remarks On Pakistan -- Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Sunday, 4 November 2007, 2:37 pm | US State Department
I just want to be clear that the United States has made clear that it does not support extra-constitutional measures because those measures would take Pakistan away from the path of democracy and civilian rule. More >>
Pakistan - A Setback For Pakistani Democracy
Sunday, 4 November 2007, 8:47 am | US State Department
The United States stand with the people of Pakistan in supporting a democratic process and in countering violent extremism. We urge all parties to work together to complete the transition to democracy and civilian rule without violence or delay. More >>
Briefing On Reconstruction Progress In Iraq
Sunday, 4 November 2007, 8:46 am | US State Department
There are four PRTs out in Anbar, three embedded at the brigade level, if I could put it that way, and then there's the one at the provincial level and that's the one I lead up. We engage the provincial government, the provincial council, the governor ... More >>
UNESCO Endorses Holocaust Remembrance
Sunday, 4 November 2007, 8:45 am | US State Department
The resolution, submitted by the United States, Russia, Australia, Canada, and Israel, and co-sponsored by 65 other UNESCO member states, clearly demonstrates the refusal of UNESCO's member states to countenance any form of Holocaust denial. More >>
The Burmese Junta's Hidden Victims
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 9:38 am | US State Department
Many of these people face literal enslavement at home and extreme exploitation in neighboring countries. They are victims of human trafficking, a phenomenon that destabilizes the region and bleeds trauma far beyond Burma's borders. More >>
Borders And Law Enforcement
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 9:37 am | US State Department
Today, a million Americans live in Mexico. Ours is a friendship and a partnership that has grown, in time, based on shared values and shared interests and extensive people-to-people relationships. More >>
Secretary Rice Briefing En Route Ankara, Turkey
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 9:36 am | US State Department
We have branded the PKK as a terrorist organization. It is obvious that it is a terrorist organization and it is a threat to our Turkish allies and to the stability of Iraq. And so we have a common enemy. More >>
Daniel Fried On Developing Europe's East
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 9:35 am | US State Department
Archeological evidence suggests that it was here that the grape was first fermented 8,000 years ago, and there is a statue outside which is a copy of one of those earliest archeological relics of wine cultivation. Noah famously got drunk not too far from ... More >>
Sec Rice With Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan
Saturday, 3 November 2007, 9:35 am | US State Department
The United States for us is a friend and an ally, and at the same time our strategic partner. Within this framework, these issues should be addressed. We are in agreement that these issues should be addressed together. More >>
