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...Department’s rhetoric emphasizes close cooperation with regional allies in the interest of peace. “Everyone in the region has a stake in this issue and no peaceful nation wants to see a nuclear-armed North Korea,” said State Department spokesperson Richard Boucher, “this is an opportunity for peace loving nations in the region to deal, effectively, with this challenge...
...declaration of nuclear ambitions by an "Axis of Evil" state - they're expressing concern and consulting with allies, but constantly stressing the need for a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the crisis. Japanese and South Korean talks with North Korea are to continue as scheduled, and State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said Thursday that even as far as U.S. discussions with Pyongyang are concerned, the nuclear revelations are "not a showstopper...
...first formal exchange in nine years between China and the exiled Tibetan leader. The delegation included the Dalai Lama's representatives in the U.S. and Europe, Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen. The purpose of the high-level visit was not revealed but U.S. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher said: "We do see the trip of Lodi Gyari to Beijing and then to Lhasa [Tibet's capital] as a positive development." In 1950, China took control of Tibet, a move it calls a "peaceful liberation" and the Dalai Lama terms an invasion. After an anti-Chinese uprising failed...
State Department spokesman Richard Boucher repeated Powell's public assertion that he has no intention of leaving. "He serves at the pleasure of the President," Boucher said. A Powell exit could cause political problems for the Republicans. The loss of his moderating voice would embolden the hard-liners and hurt the party's efforts to broaden its base. And those who dream of a Powell presidential candidacy in 2008 have little cause for hope. Powell, the aide says, will "never run for President." --By Massimo Calabresi
...State Department won't say whether a cash payment is involved, but they will confirm some assistance is forthcoming. "We have decided to target some of the reconstruction assistance in that area," says State spokesman Richard Boucher. Afghan officials say villagers in the Deh Rawood district are soon to be the beneficiaries of a number of building and rehabilitation projects. American drilling teams are scheduled to dig much-needed deep wells at twelve district schools, and two high schools in the province's capital, Tarin Kowt, are to be renovated, as well as a small hospital in the dusty district...