Madeleine Albright
US President BIll Clinton (2nd-R) answers questions from reporters 17 December before the start of a meeting with his foreign policy team including National Security Advisor Sandy Berger(L), Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Defense Secretary William Cohen(C) and Vice President Al Gore(R)at the White House in Washington, DC. After the 16 December militray strike on Iraq, Clinton warned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein against threatening his neighbors. Clinton also indicated his determination to complete the operations that continued 17 December with renewed bombing of Iraqi sites suspected of housing parts to manufacture weapons of mass destruction.
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What is interesting I think that many people don’t know about Secretary Kerry. He has been very interested in climate change all along as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and has been pushing and arguing for a long time, so I do think that there will be more
What is interesting I think that many people don’t know about Secretary Kerry. He has been very interested in climate change all along as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee and has been pushing and arguing for a long time, so I do think that there will be moreMore quotes »
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Pentagon Shoots Down Kerry’s Syria Airstrike Plan
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Samantha Power -- Idealist or Ambassador?
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Facing our Enemies with Open Eyes
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American decline has been exaggerated: Olive
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