Chechnya Photo War
Human Rights Panel Needs "Reasonable Standards of Membership," U.S. Says - US Department of State
QUESTION: A question for the Senator. Senator, the Mexicans are putting forward a resolution to create a three year mandate for a rapporteur to look into human rights and the war against terrorism. I was wondering what you think of this, and secondly, you mentioned Sudan as one of your priorities. But the Sudan is being dealt with by the African group who've made it clear they are not willing to condemn one of their own. Why was the Sudan resolution not sponsored by another country, like yours, for example? ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Daily Briefing, Friday, March 10, 2000
Q: Please indulge me with one more question on this LaBella stuff. The LA Times report also said that the Department of Justice had a White House photo of the Vice President at a meeting looking through documents, in which the meeting was largely held to discuss the implications of hard versus soft money. Would you be willing to release that photo? ... MR. LOCKHART: You know, listen, I think it's impossible to draw any conclusions based on the information we have now. This is obviously a cowardly act and a terrible tragedy for those involved, which we condemn. But at this point, I don't want to draw any further conclusions from that. ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Byliner: Secretary of State Powell on Broad U.S. Strategy of Partnerships
One of these common problems is, of course, terrorism, and American strategy endeavors to solve it by integrating it into the management of our key international relationships. We do not see the war against terrorism and the nurturing of constructive relationships among the major powers as mutually exclusive tasks. We conduct the war on terrorism with an eye toward great-power cooperation, and we seek enhanced great-power cooperation with an eye toward success in the war on terrorism. ... [Read More]
"The Federalism Path", Iraq Elections: Road to Democracy, February 2005
Federalism can open one path toward a new nation that preserves national unity while recognizing and honoring diversity and local autonomy. It can serve one of several institutions of freedom helping forge an Iraqi national identity that does not replace Shia, Sunni, Kurdish, or other religious or ethnic identities—but transcends them. Iraq, Elections and the Role of Women >>>> [Read More]
I - Middle East Overview
The Egyptian and US Governments continued their close cooperation on a broad range of counterterrorism issues in 2002. The relationship deepened in 2002 as the countries coordinated closely on law-enforcement issues and the freezing of assets, consistent with the requirements of UNSCRs 1373, 1267, 1390 and 1455. Egypt also cooperated with the United States in freezing the assets of individuals and organizations designated by the United States pursuant to Executive Order 13224. In law enforcement, the Egyptian Government deepened its information-sharing relationship in terrorist-related investigations. The Government provided immediate information, for example, in the investigation of the shootings on 4 July at Los Angeles airport, which involved an Egyptian national. Its response was c ... [Read More]
2002
In a joint news conference with South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung in Seoul, President Bush reiterated his support for Kim's efforts to establish a dialogue with North Korea. Bush said the United States had not yet received a response from North Korea to his offer of unconditional talks. Bush also stressed that his comments about North Korea as part of an axis of evil were directed "toward a regime, toward a government-not toward the North Korean people." He noted that the United States provided more food to the North Korean people than any nation in the world, averaging nearly 300,000 tons of food a year. ... [Read More]
Remarks to the United Nations Security Council
Here we see cargo vehicles are again at this transshipment point, and we can see that they are accompanied by a decontamination vehicle associated with biological or chemical weapons activity. What makes this picture significant is that we have a human source who has corroborated that movement of chemical weapons occurred at this site at that time. So it's not just the photo and it's not an individual seeing the photo. It's the photo and then the knowledge of an individual being brought together to make the case. ... [Read More]
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