All parties have good reasons to make concessions. None of them can afford to watch Burma descend further into isolation and desperation and...
We haven't had an ambassador to Burma since 1990, how do you feel about this in terms of affecting your ability to engage the Government and...
We have urged Burma's senior leadership to abide by its own commitment to fully comply with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1874.
A key part of your role as defined by the JADE Act is to consult with regional partners and others to coordinate policy.
I would strongly agree with your summation on that.
You would agree, would you not, that sanctions from the outside affect the ability of a country to evolve economically and in other ways?
Well, at a time when we have had these sanctions in place, Beijing has made well more than $5 billion in direct investment without asking fo...
It's difficult to say how quickly they will move forward with the succession process, but I think our advice to Pyongyang would be that, if ...
This is, indirectly, a sovereignty issue. Water, that is the availability of water in that region, can become a national security issue too ...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'm clearly going to support them, and I wish them the best in carrying out their responsibilities.
there's no real indication that the official in charge is accountable for what is in the letter.
I think what we want to try to accomplish is to have a base or military presence that makes sense.
I wanted to come down, first, to express my best wishes and congratulations to the two nominees.
It's a little disconcerting when Members of the Senate write very specific policy-oriented letters... and receive a response from your offic...
it's a matter of real concern when we're trying to figure out what the exact policies are in our executive branch...
But I think you would agree that there are differences between responses generated directly from your office...
We abhor those attacks, and we called on North Korea to refrain from all such provocative actions in the future.
