We are not out there inside Iran fomenting them ... But if people wish to demonstrate peacefully and demonstrate for their right for a better life, that seems to us to be a proper thing to do, |
We are pleased with the level of cooperation in Iraq and Afghanistan. We also are pleased to look forward to continued cooperation in space, |
We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking to the West because they know that's where success lies, |
We are sensitive about Ramadan beginning in mid-November, ... But we cannot make that the sole determining factor behind what we do militarily. |
We are still examining whether or not it was a specific violation of the sanctions policy and if it was, we will call that to the attention of the sanctions committee so that they can take a firm reaction with respect to China, |
We are still supporting access to WTO, but I can say that if we have to go for a vote on normal trading relations again, this situation has not improved their chances of winning that again, |
We are very anxious to see the election for the Palestinian Authority president take place on the ninth of January, |
We are working hard to see if we can take this to a vote that would be a vote that would help unify the council, ... But we haven't excluded any of the obvious options that are out there. |
We are working hard with the new leadership to put together a new government. |
We ask all others to condemn them and [ask] all others who have any hope for a peaceful life in the future for the Palestinian people to do everything they can within their power to stop this terror and stop this violence, ... We must keep moving forward. We must find a way through this crisis. |
We believe ... based on what we have seen so far, that Iraq is failing to meet the mandate of [U.N. Security Council Resolution] 1441. Iraq has failed to cooperate. It has failed to put forward a believable declaration, as required, |
We believe diplomatic, political pressure still has a role to play. And there are countries who have considerable influence with the North Koreans who will continue to apply pressure, |
We believe in light of this new environment that they should review their actions and behavior, not only with respect to who gets haven in Syria, and weapons of mass destruction, but especially the support of terrorist activity, |
We believe it is our responsibility to create a missile defense that protects the United States, our allies and friends, all against the threat of missile proliferation that can deliver weapons of mass destruction to any of our countries, ... We should use all available instruments to deter and defend against that threat. We are committed to close allied consultations to address these issues together prior to deciding on specific technologies or architecture. |
We call on both sides to respect the agreements they've signed. For the Palestinians, this includes implementing their commitment to renounce terrorism and violence, to exercise control over all elements of the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, and to discipline violators, |