I know I will face numerous issues at the United Nations. With only a very short time to prepare, I am hardly an expert in all of the areas that will be in my portfolio.
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The subtext of Danforth's report was that if the Waco episode had any valuable lesson, it was that government should come clean about what it knows. When federal authorities refused to admit early on that three pyrotechnic rounds had been fired at the Mount Carmel compound, it tainted their credibility. We want them to learn from this experience the importance of candor, even about very small things, ... Yet government officials were not open enough then They weren't candid enough, they didn't tell, they knew things and they didn't disclose those things, and the result of that is that those who want to believe the worst about government say, 'Aha, this is something that is really bad.' And if government lies about one thing, it will lie about everything, so everything is suspicious. I think the lesson is that government has to be open.John Danforth
We were all set to get a U.S. government plane, ... fly Bashir and Garang to Washington for the State of the Union and claim the success of the Naivasha peace talks -- that was nine months ago, there is no reason why this is dragging on.
John Danforth
We are pleased with this ruling and look forward to proceeding to the patent phase of our case. We have great confidence in our intellectual property position and are pleased with the opportunity to present our position to a jury.
John Danforth
The people who believe that religion has entirely different meaning have been strangely silent. I think that it is really time for them to speak out.
John Danforth
we have stated for a long time that the African Union is the key to this and that getting the African Union actually on the ground in Darfur is crucially important -- whether this will be actually facilitated in practice by the Government of Sudan remains to be seen.
John Danforth
We are expressing confidence in the Secretary General and in his continuing in office,'
John Danforth
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