Philip H. Gordon

We remain strongly committed to backing KFOR and EULEX politically and with the resources they need to combat that lawlessness.

Alleged crimes of that nature cannot go uninvestigated, and, if proven, unpunished.

So we are disappointed at the pace of government formation. Without forming a government at the state level, Bosnia really cannot move forward on the path to the European Union.

But when such a majority of the cases investigated and prosecuted are against political figures from the previous regime, it is impossible for friends not to ask the question about perceived selective prosecutions.

Ukraine has taken some steps in that direction, but on the question of democracy, there has been some backsliding as well and a failure to appropriately reform the electoral code.

We recognize Kosovo. It is a sovereign, independent country.

Our strong view, like that of pretty much every country in the world, with a very tiny number of exceptions, is to recognize Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.

We would like to see Serbia become a candidate for European Union membership because that... would help combat the notion that there is enlargement fatigue.

Europe will not be complete until these countries are in Euro-Atlantic institutions.

We have concerns about the direction Ukraine has been heading on the democracy front.

The Ukraine is a big and important country in Europe and when we talk about our desire to see democracy and prosperity spread throughout Europe, Ukraine is a critical piece of that.

We can't get Turkey to apologize for the Armenian genocide.