Tom Casey Quotations

There is no obstacle to that discussion being taken up and we certainly believe that will happen shortly.

Therefore, it is no surprise when the United States is confronted with an event like Hurricane Katrina that those in the international community have responded in kind.

We have reason to believe that the individual was in harm's way and has not turned up or otherwise made contact with his friends and family members in London. And we're looking to verify the situation.

seamless end-to-end connections to ... customers from Europe to North and South America to Asia.

If this provides them with a justification to release Jill, that would be wonderful, but we are not sure it will. We just want her released by any means.

We've got to grab hold of what we have and continue to fight for it. In a way, it feels more like we have to do something now, more than ever before.

We support the . . . efforts and the proposal they have put forward to find a diplomatic solution to this problem.

We are extremely pleased with our strong first quarter results, which reflect our continuing transformation from a carrier's carrier to a value-added telecommunication services provider.

He is the established constitutional president of Mauritania.

Right now, our main focus is on continuing the good work that we've done with the Saudi government and moving forward in our relationship under the new Saudi leadership.

You bring the gun up, and if you see orange, you don't pull the trigger. I guess he got caught up in the frenzy of the birds going up.

We continue to leverage the competitive advantages of our global network and increasingly strong sales team to expand and diversify our revenue streams,

We can't have a situation where the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) pretends to abandon its nuclear weapons program and we pretend to believe them.

Those numbers are picking up day by day, and I can tell you we're feeling very good about our early results. They far exceeded our expectations.

We recognize the challenges we face in our public diplomacy effort. We are using all the tools at our disposal to ensure that foreign publics have an accurate understanding of American policies and values.

We recognize the challenges we face in our public diplomacy effort, ... We are using all the tools at our disposal to ensure that foreign publics have an accurate understanding of American policies and values.

There are areas where we differ and we think we can have a frank and candid exchange of views with them on those subjects. And we're certainly going to continue to make clear our concerns about those areas where we do have problems.

We urge the Romanian government to observe due process, to be open and objective in handling the case and to ensure that the judicial process is fully transparent.

We urge the government of National Unity to continue to take steps to stop the violence, to promote reconciliation and to maintain momentum on implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement.

We believe the committee is going to make the proper decision. And the proper decision is to confirm him and to send him there so that he can work on the important project of U.N. reform.

We call for a peaceful return to order under the constitution and the established government of President Taya.

We congratulate Mr. Preval on his victory and we look forward to working with the new government to help the Haitian people build a better future for themselves. Our understanding is that the results of these elections respect Haitian laws and regulation.

We back the EU's efforts and their proposal to exploit diplomatic ways to solve the issue.

The president is the head of the constitutional government in Mauritania.

We certainly want to have a declaration that... makes it clear what the obligations of all parties are.

We are very pleased to have once again exceeded our financial targets, and we continue to see strong demand,

We do not use food aid as a weapon. Decisions on such assistance are based on need and our ability to ensure that food will reach those for whom it is intended.

continue to believe that Mr. Bolton is absolutely the perfect choice for this job.

The monitors worked on a rotation basis and the Americans did not happen to be on this morning.

The United States joins the African Union in condemning the overthrow of the government of Mauritania. And we oppose any attempts by rogue elements to change governments through extraconstitutional or violent means.

You can't have the regime pursuing enrichment on any scale, because pursuing (that) allows them to master the technology, complete the fuel cycle and then that technology can easily be applied to a clandestine program for making nuclear weapons.

As U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has said, the United States has been at the forefront of providing assistance to those in need throughout the world at times of crises or natural disasters,

It's a hunting accident, it happens, and he lucked out that the guy didn't get killed. Everyone has had their little laugh about it and played their talk show jokes, but that's it. Drop it.

In order to stop (the work) we would have to sue for an injunction and we don't want to bring that heavy of a hand in.

Certainly, the Uzbekistan government owes its citizens and owes the international community a serious, credible and independent investigation of these events. And we are continuing to push for such an investigation with the government of Uzbekistan and with our partners in the international community.

I can't tell you whether that is going to be in the next two days, next four days, next six days. I don't want to pin it down on specific timing.

I am not aware of any specific proposals or any specific ideas that would require or force any kind of delay in Security Council action.

The Chinese have been doing, we think, an outstanding job of trying to move forward on this process.

The main point for us is that the U.S. and Russia have an active and constructive dialogue on a broad agenda of priority issues. Certainly we're cooperating well with them on counterterrorism issues, on proliferation issues ... and on a variety of other areas as well.