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This will help us address the threats we face today, and also prevent such risks from arising in the future.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
He was quite focused on how he was going to approach his conversation with President Zelensky and, in part, how the two of them were really going to look out over the course of 2023 and try to come to a common understanding of what the objectives are, where Ukraine is trying to get and how the United States can most effectively support them alongside our allies and partners in getting to where it wants to get.
Found on CNN 1 year ago
It's a sign that he is struggling very badly in Ukraine, that the Russian army is struggling badly, and that he doesn't have a lot of options left because he really did not want to have to move to mobilization.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
President Biden has indicated that he is not certain that the statesponsor of terror designation specifically is the right fit for what's going on with Russia.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If Russia crosses this line, there will be catastrophic consequences for Russia. The United States will respond decisively.
Found on Reuters 2 years ago
Right at the top of the meeting with the crown prince, he raised the issue, both the direct issue of Jamal Khashoggi and his brutal and grisly murder and the broader issue of human rights as well and let the crown prince know exactly where America is.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We assess an official Russian delegation recently received a showcase of Iranian attack-capable UAVs. We are releasing these images captured in June showing Iranian UAVs that the Russian government delegation saw that day, this suggests ongoing Russian interest in acquiring Iranian attack-capable UAVs.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We have information that the Iranian government is preparing to provide Russia with several hundred UAVs, including weapons-capable UAVs, we assess an official Russian delegation recently received a showcase of Iranian UAVs.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Brittney Griners is wrongfully detained, unjustly detained and we have made that clear as an official determination of the Jake Sullivan government. Second, the Russian government should release Brittney Griners and allow Brittney Griners to be returned and reunited with Brittney Griners family and come home safe and sound.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
If something does occur, it will only serve to reinforce and highlight the fact that Patricia Kim is going to be engaged in the Indo-Pacific, is going to be a stalwart ally, and is going to stand up to and not shrink from any acts of aggression.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We have communicated directly to the Russians, and I ’m not going to speak further to it here.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We will collect the form and nature of our response based on the nature of the action Russia takes, and we'll do so in coordination with our allies.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
But of course, this is something we are monitoring closely, we will continue to monitor it.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
If in fact an American journalist was killed, it is a shocking and horrifying event, it is one more example of the brutality of Vladimir Putin and his forces. They’ve targeted schools and mosques and hospitals and journalists. And it is why we are working so hard to impose severe consequences on him and to try to help the Ukrainians with every form of military assistance we can muster to be able to push back against the onslaught of these Russian forces.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The secret hotline may be the key to unlocking the mystery of Trump's ties to Russia.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow, computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The way they have built up their forces, the way they have maneuvered things in place, makes it a distinct possibility that there will be major military action very soon.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This could be the most direct link yet between Donald Trump and Moscow, computer scientists have uncovered a covert server linking the Trump Organization to a Russian-based bank.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We obviously can not predict the future, we don't know exactly what is going to happen. But the risk is now high enough and the threat is now immediate enough that this is what prudence demands.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our intelligence community has developed information, which has now been downgraded, that Russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating the pretext for an invasion, we saw this playbook in 2014. They are preparing this playbook again and we will have, the administration will have, further details on what we see as this potential laying of the pretext to share with the press over the course of the next 24 hours.
Found on CNN 2 years ago
We have communicated our willingness and readiness to engage in that diplomacy, and in the meantime, we're continuing to enforce our sanctions and align closely with our allies.
Found on FOX News 2 years ago
As we pursue diplomatic channels, we will also prepare for all contingencies, just as we have been doing for weeks now, including through the preparation of specific responses to Russian escalation should they be required -- specific, robust, clear responses should they be required.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Our message to our friends in the Ukrainian government, as our message was today to President Putin, is that the United States supports the Minsk process, wants to see progress made towards a ceasefire, towards confidence-building measures. And that is the best way forward.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
One of the dynamics of when they talk now is they both revert back to previous things each of them have said.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Ensuring peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, having clear communication, avoiding miscommunication, is going to be an important and intensive aspect of work between our militaries, our national security councils and between our diplomats, so you will see at multiple levels an intensification of the engagement to ensure that there are guardrails around this competition so that it doesn't veer off into conflict.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We do go through nongovernmental organizations who are still operating on the ground in Afghanistan, it will not flow through [the Taliban.].
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We are running biometric and biographic background checks on Afghan evacuees before bringing them to the United States, everyone is being vetted at some point, at least once or twice.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
August 31st is not a cliff. After August 31st, we believe that we have substantial leverage to hold the Taliban to its commitments to allow safe passage for American citizens, legal permanent residents and the Afghan allies who have travel documentation to come to the United States.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The Taliban have informed us that they are prepared to provide the safe passage of civilians to the airport, and we intend to hold them to that commitment.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We believe that this can go'til the 31st. We are talking to them about what the exact timetable is for how this will all play out, and I don't want to negotiate in public on working out the best modality to get the most people out in the most efficient way possible.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
What the president was not prepared to do was enter a third decade of conflict, throwing in thousands more troops – which was his only other choice – to fight in the middle of a civil war that the Afghan army wouldn't fight for itself. He would not do that to America's men and women or their families. And that is why he made the decision with withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
While OPEC+ recently agreed to production increases, these increases will not fully offset previous production cuts that OPEC+ imposed during the pandemic until well into 2022, at a critical moment in the global recovery, this is simply not enough.
Found on FOX News 3 years ago
We will see if the Iranian negotiators come to the next round of talks prepared to make hard choices that they have to make.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
What we're going to do is continue to rally support in the international community, and if it turns out that China refuses to live up to its international obligations, we will have to consider our responses at that point, and we will do so in concert with allies and partners.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
What Jake Sullivan was saying was that if Vladimir Putin wants to come and say,' I'm prepared to make sure that cyber criminals are held accountable,' Trip AbroadPresident Biden is perfectly willing to show up and say cyber criminals will be held accountable in America, because they already are.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Vladimir Putin gets to hear from Trip AbroadPresident Biden as well, so that Vladimir Putin will go into Geneva with the full support and solidarity of all of our NATO allies.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
Jake Sullivan does want to have an opportunity after that meeting to read it out and speak about Jake Sullivan impressions and what Jake Sullivan sees as the way forward.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
I'm only going to say that President Biden is going to make statements in principle on this front, president Biden's not issuing threats or ultimatums ; President Biden's going to simply convey President Biden deep-seated belief that we need to stand behind and protect this protocol.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
There is never any substitute for leader-to-leader engagement, particularly for complex relationships, but with Putin this is exponentially the case, he has a highly personalized style of decision making and so it is important for President Biden to be able to sit down with President Biden face to face, to be clear about where we are, to understand where President Biden is, to try to manage our differences, and to identify those areas where we can work in America's interests to make progress.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
But it is still uncertain as to whether this will culminate in a deal in Vienna.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We’ve seen willingness of all sides, including the Iranians, to talk seriously about sanctions relief restrictions and a pathway back into the JCPOA, but it is still uncertain as to whether this will culminate in a deal in Vienna.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
The power of America's example is a power to influence the choices of other countries, whether they're going to be transparent, respect human rights and deliver good governance to their citizens or go the route of a China or Russia. That comes down in part to America showing the world that its model can effectively deliver for its citizens, he believes a world in which there are more like-minded capable democracies is a world that is more hospitable to American interests and values.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community, in terms of the specific measures that we would undertake, we are looking at a variety of different costs that we would impose and I am not going to telegraph that publicly at this point, but we have communicated that there will be consequences if Mr. Navalny dies.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We have communicated to the Russian government that what happens to Mr. Navalny in their custody is their responsibility and they will be held accountable by the international community, in terms of the specific measures that we would take, we are looking at a variety of different costs that we would impose and I'm not going to telegraph that publicly at this point.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We have begun to communicate with the Iranians on this issue, yes, and we will continue to do so as we go forward.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
We intend to very directly communicate with the Iranians about the complete and utter outrage -- the humanitarian catastrophe that is the unjust, unlawful detention of American citizens in Iran, we have begun to communicate with the Iranians on this issue, yes, and we will continue to do so as we go forward.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
From our perspective, a critical early priority has to be to deal with what is an escalating nuclear crisis as they (Iran) move closer and closer to having enough fissile material for a weapon.
Found on Reuters 3 years ago
Literally dozens of written requests for information are outstanding as we speak.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
North Korea in particular.Now kind of comes back to the lack of visibility that we have right now into a number of critical issues relating to military operations because of( Department of Defense)'s obstruction and roadblocks, and North Korea in particular.Now will mean that we are going to have to take time at the beginning of the administration after January 20 to take a hard look at how we're postured, and what threats we're up against, and what continuing the drawdowns look like in the way of risk to force and other considerations.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
My team needs a clear picture of our force posture around the world and our operations to deter our enemies, we need full visibility into the budget planning underway at the Defense Department and other agencies in order to avoid any window of confusion or catch-up that our adversaries may try to exploit.
Found on CNN 3 years ago
The Cuban people must be allowed to exercise the universal right to freedom of expression.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We just didn't do much about it, paying attention to that and actually actively addressing it is important.
Found on CNN 4 years ago
The vice president intends to do two things: hold Trump accountable for a catastrophic set of failures in his approach to China, and a colossal gap between tough talk and weak action.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Trump is literally leaving a vacuum for China to fill, you've got someone in the Oval Office who is fixated on steel, coal and battleships, instead of quantum computing, AI (artificial intelligence) and biotechnology.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's fine for the president to want to push China to make changes, but you get judged not by the pushing, but by the changes.
Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Secretary Clinton supports diplomacy with Iran. In fact, she helped launch the diplomacy that helped, but normal relations with Iran right now? President Obama doesn't support that idea. Secretary Clinton doesn't support that idea. And it's not at all clear why it is that Sen. Sanders is suggesting it.
Found on CNN 8 years ago
It is alarming that partisan politics on the Hill is keeping our diplomats and diplomatic security service from getting the training they need to stay safe.
Found on CNN 9 years ago
The key issue is not how many times does the plane touch down at the airport. It’s how intensive and effective is the engagement that leads to progress.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's an interesting question with a totally wrong premise.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It’s an interesting question with a totally wrong premise.
Found on Reuters 9 years ago
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