Many of those units were placed where they are right now in order to defend a border that no longer exists, to fight an army that no longer is there, and to fight a war that was contested and won 10 years ago. |
More broadly, she will talk to each side about the other responsibilities that they have under the road map. |
More needs to be done. |
Multilateral diplomacy takes some time. |
My understanding is they have a peaceful nuclear program. |
Neither Dr. Rice nor the White House has objected to allowing the committee access to CIA documents sent to the White House, and in fact, White House lawyers made copies of these documents available to the committee last summer. |
Now as for what actions the Security Council will take and what the timing of those actions will be, those are matters that are under discussion right now in capitals, between the secretary and her staff. |
Now we are just urging all sides to work together. |
On the Israeli side, you're familiar with our message to them, and that is that they take steps to ease the daily plight of the Palestinian people as well as to, again, take into account the effect of their actions upon what all share as the ultimate goal of bringing peace and stability to the region. |
On the Palestinian side, that responsibility is to act to stop any terrorism, to act to dismantle terrorist networks. |
On the Palestinian side, that responsibility is to act to stop any terrorism, to act to dismantle terrorist networks. On the Israeli side ... they take steps to ease the daily plight of the Palestinian people as well as to take into account the effect of their actions upon what all share as the ultimate goal of bringing peace and stability to the region. |
Once again they have chosen the pathway of defiance as opposed to the pathway of cooperation. And we would call upon the Iranian regime to reconsider the steps that it has taken. |
One thing we hope emerges is the episode will stimulate longer-term efforts to increase the transparency, openness and efficiency in energy sectors of the region. |
Our attitude is that the chips should fall where they will and the international community will have to take a look at the reports and decide what further actions, if any, are warranted. |
Our efforts to assist the Pakistani people in the wake of the terrible earthquake that the Pakistani people suffered are ongoing. We continue to engage with the CEOs that Karen Hughes went with over to Pakistan. While they were in Pakistan, they pledged to raise money on behalf of the Pakistani people for relief and reconstruction. |