Liberia Perspective

I'm not troubled by this. I think the American people will put this in context and perspective, and understand perfectly why the President felt it was necessary to undertake this military operation with a willing coalition, in order to remove this tyrant from office, to make sure there are no more questions about weapons of mass destruction, because the regime that was determined to have them is gone. And we now have to focus on the future, and that is to build a better Iraq for the Iraqi people, and help them put in place a representative form of government that will make sure that there are never any more weapons of mass destruction in this country, and that it's a country that will live in peace with its neighbors. And we can chew on the sentence and the State of the Union address forever, but I don't think it undercuts the President's credibility. ... [Read More]

Remarks to The Africa Policy Advisory Panel Conference

I have read the report that has been produced with great interest, and I am so pleased to see that many of the insights contained in the report reflect priorities that President Bush and his Administration are actively pursuing. It is good to know that we are all working on the same issues with the same perspective and that we're moving in the same direction. ... [Read More]

2003

1111--10/30/03   U.S. Perspective on Financing for Development; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Statement at UN High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development; New York, New York ...

1111--10/30/03   Millennium Challenge Account and the U.S. Perspective on Development; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Remarks at Luncheon During UN High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development; New York, New York ... [Read More]

FY 2004 Refugee Admissions Program

MS. RYAN: Thank you.MR. NIEDZWIECKI: SEARAC's third recommendation is that the U.S. Government should encourage the Government of Cambodia to admit Montagnard Asylum Seekers within its borders and allow UNHCR appropriate access to them. SEARAC would be interested in partnering with the U.S. Government and other interested parties to protect the human rights of Montagnards for resettlement and implementation of other durable strategies. And thank you very much for your attention. MS. RYAN: Our next speaker is Leonard Glickman. MR. GLICKMAN: Good afternoon everybody, Kelly, Colleagues in PRM, Volags. I want to thank PRM for convening this public meeting. My name is Leonard Glickman. I am President and CEO of HIAS, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, and I am the current chair of Refugee Council USA, a coalition of 19 refugee and human right ... [Read More]

IEW Events > Africa

Activities will stretch throughout the month of November, beginning with the arrival of a delegation of 15 admissions officers from American colleges and universities. They will receive a briefing on Zimbabwe's socio-economic conditions and the Zimbabwean educational system. At a reception they will meet the Headmasters and Guidance Counselors from 40 top high schools in and around Harare. Site visits and a College Fair will wrap up their visit. Five members of the Embassy PAS staff will travel to Bulawayo for educational outreach activities. A reception will be held to announce U.S. Embassy support for libraries and library science programs in the Bulawayo area, in which U.S. officials will donate to the Bulawayo Public Library an "American Corner" collection of books and reference materials. Further events will include specially arranged individual advising appointmen ... [Read More]

On the Record Briefing: The Assistant Secretary Discusses Tenure at Department of State

So, it's not only problematic for the Zimbabweans, but it is truly problematic for the region.  Because if you have a country sitting in the middle of a region with these dramatic and drastic problems, the spillover effect is there.  There is no two ways about it.Yes.QUESTION:  (Inaudible.)  I mean, you have this unique position, unlike the Europeans, who've got this colonial baggage.  You could have really put the pressure on, if you'd wanted to.ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER:  I think that our approach ... [Read More]

Remarks

1111--10/30/03   U.S. Perspective on Financing for Development; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Statement at UN High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development; New York, New York ...

1111--10/30/03   Millennium Challenge Account and the U.S. Perspective on Development; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Remarks at Luncheon During UN High Level Dialogue on Financing for Development; New York, New York ... [Read More]

Remarks toThe American Enterprise Institute

But they need to be fully country teams. One of the things that I've been very much in favor over the last few years is DIA and DOD, per se, have stepped up their presence in Africa. That military insight, that security insight, is an invaluable tool, just like the AID insight, to a country team. And if we're going to approach Africa in any real fashion that gets us where we want to go, both where Africa wants to go and where we would like to see Africa, these country teams need to be more fulsome than they are in many places. There needs to be the security perspective. There needs to be a development perspective. And yeah, there needs to be the political perspective. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Daily Briefing, July 15

But let's put this in perspective. This issue here relates to the threat that Saddam Hussein and his regime posed to the region, to his people and to the world. And the statement in the State of the Union was one piece of one part of a much larger body of evidence that -- ... [Read More]