Diplomacy

Stanley Tuemler Escudero, of Florida, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Peter Francis Tufo, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Hungary.

Today, through your strong leadership and quiet diplomacy, you are serving also as a different kind of peacemaker.

Madeleine Albright has the strength and wisdom to help ensure that America remains the indispensable nation.

He was prepared to make a phone call to get the meeting to happen.

Secretary Perry's many trips abroad were as much about checking in with our troops and their families as they were about meeting with defense ministers and military leaders in other lands.

I hereby designate the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan a major non-NATO ally of the United States.

The White House announced that the President will host a U.S.-European Union summit on December 16 at the White House.

We look forward to continuing the close work between our two countries as we lay the foundation for a bright new century.

Diplomacy is another instrument for combating the potential illegal importation of WMD.

Yitzhak Rabin was truly a light unto the nations.

We remain committed to our common goal, a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace in the Middle East.

I believe the calm, constructive, face-to-face meetings Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chairman Arafat have had here will help to build trust between them and promote progress on the issues that still divide them.

The Prime Minister and the Chairman agree that they are partners in peace, understand that it is vital to take into account each other's needs and concerns, and realize the importance of removing the frictions between them.

I am sending Dennis Ross, our Special Middle East Coordinator, to the region now.

The United States here—after all, our role is to try to help people get together and to move forward.

Our role is to try to help bring people together and create the conditions in which a successful resolution of these matters can occur.

I transmit herewith the Inter-American Convention on Serving Criminal Sentences Abroad.