Philip Reeker Quotations

What we're doing is focusing on trying to resolve the issues, trying to resolve what we call freedom of travel disputes that involve U.S. citizens in Saudi Arabia. And we're going to keep up that effort.

But that of course is insufficient. What we want is access so that we can make those determinations ourselves.

Responsibility for remedying electoral flaws still resides with Haitian authorities.

Our policy toward Iran has not changed. The president has said we will be looking for indications that countries do want to change. But ... we've had long-standing concerns.

We haven't made any decisions, in terms of announcements or any other forward moving there. I've described for you our goals and the road map. And I can't give you any more dates. It's something we're still looking at.

We are determined ... to develop as broad a campaign against international terrorism as possible. And a positive Iranian role in this effort would obviously contribute to our goal of promoting peace and stability, and increasing our security.

We urge India and Pakistan to continue to act responsibly to avoid a conflict that can have no good result on either side.

We urge all parties there to work together to maintain peace, support the constitution and promote national reconciliation.

We believe it's important to act now to reinforce the progress that has already taken place.

The Philippines deserves full credit for this successful outcome.

We are very pleased with the progress that we've had. We are working together with the Yemenis on all aspects of the case, and we think it is proceeding very well.

We want all of these things to happen now. The time is now for a cease-fire and the start of Tenet.

The secretary reiterated what we have said before. We are not seeking to escalate this problem, but we are not going to give in to blackmail.

Russia's treatment of Mr. Pope since his arrest raises serious concerns about the safety and security of American business travelers in Russia and about our ability to protect the health and welfare of American citizens who may be traveling or living in Russia.

The United States will continue to engage and support the Haitian people in pursuing our mutual interests, which include strengthening democracy, improving respect for human rights, eliminating poverty, stemming the flow of drugs through Haiti to the United States and addressing sources of illegal migration.

This is a matter of extreme seriousness. The sanctity of diplomatic personages is very important to us as well as the international community and must be upheld. No determination has yet been made as to precisely what happened or whose forces were involved. We are trying to establish these facts.

They have the opportunity now to make real progress toward the reduction of tensions and a resolution of their differences through peaceful means.

As Secretary Powell has always said, he and Deputy Secretary Armitage serve at the pleasure of the president and will continue to do so.

As with the issue of censorship, while we understand the seriousness of the crisis that Sri Lanka faces, we call on the government to avoid restrictions of civil liberties.

It really remains vital that press freedoms be preserved to the greatest extent possible, consistent, obviously, with the need to protect the security of military operations.

It's provocative. We've asked both the Israelis and the Palestinians to refrain from provocative acts. That's why we are questioning ... why they would approve a wide range of settlement activity that includes construction of additional housing structures and infrastructure.

It's our expectation that the secretary-general's mission ... will examine all the circumstances leading to the recent events in Venezuela.

They went over what the president has outlined as our goals for Afghanistan.

The lack of accreditation and the government of Zimbabwe's limitation on observer access will detract from the credibility of the elections.

I'm not going to try to determine what steps the Israelis may or may not take or how they should take it. What we want to see is action to end the terrorism. We've called for that. Chairman Arafat's made statements. He needs to follow through on those statements. He can do more.

Inflammatory statements such as those attributed to President Chavez are not helpful in advancing the dialogue between the government of Venezuela and the opposition.

If North Korea is looking gain the support of the U.S., this is not the way to do it.

Inter-Korean dialogue is the key to peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

The meeting was businesslike and a useful beginning to the dialogue process.