Richard Boucher Work Quotations

If confirmed, I will work closely with other US agencies to bring to fruition the initiatives Bush and Singh agreed to in Washington last July.

It was important for us to have a senior and knowledgeable person who could shepherd this work forward and move forward.

Experience has shown that the commission works best when the U.S. is a full, voting member,

We will continue to work with the German and the Australian embassies in Islamabad and continue to press the Taliban for information about the status of investigation of the detainees and on how the case might proceed under the Taliban legal system.

We have been working with Italian authorities, and we'll continue to work with them as they investigate those who have been arrested.

We'll have to work out mechanisms in the agreement -- work out a framework in the resolution or some other mechanism, ... So that these states are allowed to continue to do what they need to do vis-a-vis their trade with Iraq, and particularly in civilian goods for the people of Iraq.

We've made clear we're looking at the policy with regard to North Korea, that it's policy that will be built on the work that's been done before and the commitments that have been made before.

Reconstruction work is not possible while the fighting is going on or while the insurgents have been in charge of the town. But once it's back in government hands, we'll be able to get on with these projects very quickly.

from the U.S. point of view, the broader picture is to stop the proliferation activity and to help the international community get at the networks that have been involved.

We've given ourselves another five months to work through this.

We will work with our allies to re-energize the sanctions. Obviously, military force always remains an option for the United States.

It remains important for North Korea to disclose their activity and to work with others on what we have all agreed on, which is the denuclearization of the peninsula,

And, as I said, this has been something the whole U.S. government has worked on.

We have worked closely with Mexican authorities to take the appropriate steps to ensure the safety and the security of U.S. citizens in Mexico,

At this point we are waiting for the final approval from the Saudi government. We will keep in touch with them. We think this can be worked out.