Afghanistan Recipe

And yet, today the Middle East -- a region of 22 countries, with a combined population of 300 million -- has a combined GDP less than that of Spain.  It is a region suffering from what leading Arab intellectuals call a political and economic "freedom deficit".  And it is a region where hopelessness provides a fertile ground for ideologies that convince promising youths to aspire not to a university education, a career, or a family, but to blowing themselves up -- taking as many innocent lives with them as possible.   These ingredients are a recipe for great instability and pose a direct threat to America's security. ... [Read More]

Remarks With Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura

FOREIGN MINISTER MACHIMURA (voice of translator): It has been exactly one month since I met with Secretary Rice previously. I’m very happy to have her here in Tokyo, and today we were able to discuss a variety of issues -- including bilateral issues as well as international issues -- very frankly, and with very good atmosphere. We had discussions from the viewpoint of the Japan-U.S. alliance in the global context. One of the issues that we discussed was, coming from the previous 2+2 meeting we had, concerning the force realignment of U.S. Forces Japan. On this issue, we are having good discussions on the official level, so we agreed again to accelera ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: The U.S. Is Determined to Disarm Iraq and Support the Iraqi People

Iraq is different than Afghanistan, so the recipe of Afghanistan, what was done there -- there are lessons to be learned from it, clearly, from what was done in Afghanistan. But it doesn't mean we would have to follow -- it doesn't mean that we would follow exactly the same model. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, February 11

QUESTION: So the deal is you don't mind multiple numbers of cooks; you just want them working on the same recipe? Is that the idea? ... [Read More]

Arab-American Perceptions of U.S. Policy Toward the Middle East.

Many in the West are understandably looking into the internal dynamics of Arab and Muslim societies, including Islamic theology, to understand terrorism as a phenomenon.  One of the most pernicious notions to emerge is that, unlike other religions, violence is inherent to Islam.  This view reveals a complete disregard of history, and implies that future conflict is inevitable, even desirable.  Rhetoric that demonizes one out of every five people on earth is no recipe for peace.  Proponents of such views are, to be very frank, America's Taliban, the soul mates of bin Laden, whose dangerous and atavistic appeals to hatred need to be exposed and denounced. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: World Food Aid Needs at Record Level, USAID Official Says

Mr. Chairman, as I have just reported, global food insecurity is complex and dynamic. There is no standard recipe of assistance that will solve all of the country or regional crises that I briefly described above. Each food security crisis must be addressed based upon the unique causes of that particular situation. The international community must develop a set of tools that are flexible enough to address the unique causes of each particular crisis. Those tools, together with the recipient government's attention to good governance and sound policies, will enable the global community to provide truly effective assistance. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: Taylor Urges Monetary, Banking Reforms to Help Japanese Economy

Japan has already used public funds to try to strengthen its banking system, and more may be required. But I agree strongly with statements made by the Japanese government that public funds are not a solution in themselves. Effective banking reform can be aided by the use of public funds. But using public funds without condition is a recipe for moral hazard and delay. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: U.S. Background Briefing at NATO Summit

What it is not is a global cop. And in Afghanistan, the President was absolutely right strategically in forming a coalition of countries that included Pakistan and India and Russia and Saudi Arabia, not just the 19 NATO countries, to fight the Taliban and al Qaeda successfully, as we did. And so NATO is not going to be the recipe for every crisis around the world. But the fact that it exists, the fact that we have the military capacity to enforce peace as we did in the Balkans and to keep it, makes us the most significant military organization in the world. ... [Read More]

Press Releases, U.S. Consulate Chennai

Excerpt: Bush Calls Economic Isolationism Recipe for Disaster March 10, 2004 ... [Read More]

Washington News-Latest, U.S. Consulate, Chennai

Excerpt: Bush Calls Economic Isolationism Recipe for Disaster March 10, 2004 ... [Read More]