People might want to wish away the existence of Serbs. But there are Serbs there. And there have been provocations on both sides in Kosovo. |
Russia has found itself out of the mainstream. |
Saddam Hussein should change his mind and allow the U.N. to do its job. |
Saddam is again pushing the canard that sanctions -- rather than the misrule and the cynical manipulation of his own people that Saddam Hussein propagates -- are responsible for the suffering of the Iraqi people. |
Secretary Albright asked the State Department's senior human rights officer to undertake the mission to further develop the administration's understanding of the dimensions of the conflict in Kosovo and to emphasize U.S. support for proponents of democracy as well as victims of human rights abuse in the region. |
Secretary Albright had asked Ambassador Ross to travel to the region this week. Of course, she will be following the situation closely. |
Secretary Albright just got off the phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu and they agreed to meet here in Washington on Wednesday to discuss ways in which we can overcome remaining differences |
Secretary Albright will do what she always does and that is tell it like it is on the subject of human rights. There has been an unfortunate deplorable pattern of crackdowns on political dissent. |
serious and intensive effort to try to make the key decisions necessary for us to put the peace process back on track. |
SFOR's mandate is to ensure a secure environment, and SFOR will take action when necessary to carry out its mandate. There will be a zero tolerance for violence, |
She continues to consult with both sides. But she's not in a negotiating mode. |
She is also a realist and not a magician. She has realistic expectations about what can be achieved. |
She will make clear the stakes involved in this crisis, the threat posed, the diplomatic efforts we've sought to resolve this without the use of force, and the reasons why the use of force may be necessary. |
Since we want the Arab world to be supporting us on another question -- the war on terrorism -- it would certainly make it easier to have things quiet on the Middle East front. |
sooner rather than later. |