As a result of his role in that, he knows the people now in the government, and he will slide easily into his role as director, if appointed. |
By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger, ... They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic. |
He [Young] and Ray Burghardt were instrumental in establishing channels of communication with the Chen team before the March 2000 election ... [and because of those communications], the transition in the spring of 2000 was smoother, and the US-Taiwan dimension of the transition was far smoother. |
How specifically to define the one-China principle -- and how concretely to realize it -- is best left to the two sides of the strait on a mutually acceptable basis, ... not to mediate, not to exert pressure, but to understand. |
I came up here to help out where I can. And not just medical stuff, but I've been moving bottles of water and everything else. |
I know from my time in government that there is never a good time to take an action that someone will perceive as a hostile act. You can always come with a reason why it is a bad time to do it. |
North Korea does not have the potential economic resources Iraq has in terms of its oil fields. So that gives us more leverage to work out a peaceful solution. |
States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world, |
Steps that promote a reduction of tensions, steps that promote cross-strait dialogue and steps that promote peace and stability in this region are good. |
This issue is only a skirmish in preparation for a huge battle -- over whether North Korea is willing to give up its nuclear weapons. |
Until South Korea ends its political transition, it might be perceived to be a little unseemly for us (America) to move forward. |
Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant? |