Russia's treatment of Mr. Pope since his arrest raises serious concerns about the safety and security of American business travelers in Russia and about our ability to protect the health and welfare of American citizens who may be traveling or living in Russia. |
The lack of accreditation and the government of Zimbabwe's limitation on observer access will detract from the credibility of the elections. |
The legislation would allow broader authority to provide assistance to Colombia in this unified -- I guess what we could call a crosscutting -- threat posed by groups that use narcotics trafficking to fund terrorist and other activities, to threaten security and undermine democracy in Colombia. |
The meeting was businesslike and a useful beginning to the dialogue process. |
The Philippines deserves full credit for this successful outcome. |
The secretary reiterated what we have said before. We are not seeking to escalate this problem, but we are not going to give in to blackmail. |
The United States will continue to engage and support the Haitian people in pursuing our mutual interests, which include strengthening democracy, improving respect for human rights, eliminating poverty, stemming the flow of drugs through Haiti to the United States and addressing sources of illegal migration. |
They have the opportunity now to make real progress toward the reduction of tensions and a resolution of their differences through peaceful means. |
They went over what the president has outlined as our goals for Afghanistan. |
This is a matter of extreme seriousness. The sanctity of diplomatic personages is very important to us as well as the international community and must be upheld. No determination has yet been made as to precisely what happened or whose forces were involved. We are trying to establish these facts. |
Today, we are sending a second message [to Tehran] through the Swiss confirming that we are looking into it. We take seriously Iran's sovereignty and territorial integrity. |
We are determined ... to develop as broad a campaign against international terrorism as possible. And a positive Iranian role in this effort would obviously contribute to our goal of promoting peace and stability, and increasing our security. |
We are very pleased with the progress that we've had. We are working together with the Yemenis on all aspects of the case, and we think it is proceeding very well. |
We believe it's important to act now to reinforce the progress that has already taken place. |
We haven't made any decisions, in terms of announcements or any other forward moving there. I've described for you our goals and the road map. And I can't give you any more dates. It's something we're still looking at. |