As Secretary Powell has always said, he and Deputy Secretary Armitage serve at the pleasure of the president and will continue to do so. |
As with the issue of censorship, while we understand the seriousness of the crisis that Sri Lanka faces, we call on the government to avoid restrictions of civil liberties. |
But that of course is insufficient. What we want is access so that we can make those determinations ourselves. |
East Africa has been an area of terrorist threats and indeed terrorist attacks in the past. Those threats are still out there. |
I think we've seen once again that Cubans are seeking to flee Cuba due to the lack of political and economic freedom that has spurred so many of them to undertake illegal voyages to the United States. |
I'm not going to try to determine what steps the Israelis may or may not take or how they should take it. What we want to see is action to end the terrorism. We've called for that. Chairman Arafat's made statements. He needs to follow through on those statements. He can do more. |
If North Korea is looking gain the support of the U.S., this is not the way to do it. |
Inflammatory statements such as those attributed to President Chavez are not helpful in advancing the dialogue between the government of Venezuela and the opposition. |
Inter-Korean dialogue is the key to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. |
Israeli incursions into Palestinian-controlled areas have contributed to a significant escalation in tension and violence. Israeli defense forces should be withdrawn immediately from all Palestinian-controlled areas and no further such incursions should be made. |
It really remains vital that press freedoms be preserved to the greatest extent possible, consistent, obviously, with the need to protect the security of military operations. |
It's our expectation that the secretary-general's mission ... will examine all the circumstances leading to the recent events in Venezuela. |
It's provocative. We've asked both the Israelis and the Palestinians to refrain from provocative acts. That's why we are questioning ... why they would approve a wide range of settlement activity that includes construction of additional housing structures and infrastructure. |
Our policy toward Iran has not changed. The president has said we will be looking for indications that countries do want to change. But ... we've had long-standing concerns. |
Responsibility for remedying electoral flaws still resides with Haitian authorities. |