Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations for 1997 and Supplemental for 1996: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, Part 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996 |
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... Middle East . These include maintaining the free flow of Persian Gulf oil ; preventing radical Mideastern states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction ; preventing Mideast - originated international terrorism ; containing the ...
... Middle East . These include maintaining the free flow of Persian Gulf oil ; preventing radical Mideastern states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction ; preventing Mideast - originated international terrorism ; containing the ...
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... Middle East . I would re- spond that we are at an historic moment that few of us can truly appreciate . The Middle East is changing rapidly ; the United States has an opportunity to steer the course of these changes in a way that will ...
... Middle East . I would re- spond that we are at an historic moment that few of us can truly appreciate . The Middle East is changing rapidly ; the United States has an opportunity to steer the course of these changes in a way that will ...
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... Middle East in particular is one of the world's most dangerous areas -- and yet also one of the most important for U.S. interests . The Middle East is high on America's foreign policy agenda . Among " five key areas that offer ...
... Middle East in particular is one of the world's most dangerous areas -- and yet also one of the most important for U.S. interests . The Middle East is high on America's foreign policy agenda . Among " five key areas that offer ...
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... Middle East : " We should tackle the immediate problems -- such as Persian Gulf security and the Arab- Israeli conflict that threaten to trigger further bloodshed . Unless we succeed in meeting these challenges , the cradle of ...
... Middle East : " We should tackle the immediate problems -- such as Persian Gulf security and the Arab- Israeli conflict that threaten to trigger further bloodshed . Unless we succeed in meeting these challenges , the cradle of ...
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... Middle East .... I believe strongly in the benefit to American interests from strengthened relationships with Israel .... Israel's security must be assured . " Mr. Chairman , my testimony is divided into ... Middle East Oil The Middle 3 35.
... Middle East .... I believe strongly in the benefit to American interests from strengthened relationships with Israel .... Israel's security must be assured . " Mr. Chairman , my testimony is divided into ... Middle East Oil The Middle 3 35.
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Page 176 - Earlier at the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in September 1994...
Page 139 - ... to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and to unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to ensure, by the acceptance of principles and the institution of methods, that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest...
Page 444 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; If I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 427 - The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Page 350 - In no case should abortion be promoted as a method of family planning. All Governments and relevant intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations are urged to strengthen their commitment to women's health, to deal with the health impact of unsafe abortion as a major public health concern and to reduce the recourse to abortion through expanded and improved family-planning services. Prevention of unwanted pregnancies must always be given the highest priority and every attempt should be made to...
Page 128 - The peace we seek and need means much more than mere absence of war. It means the acceptance of law, and the fostering of justice, in all the world.
Page 128 - There can be no peace without law. And there can be no law if we were to invoke one code of international conduct for those who oppose us and another for our friends.
Page 354 - Nevertheless, the balance of evidence suggests that there is a discernible human influence on global climate.
Page 139 - ... all members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations. " UN Charter article 2(4) is the provision Iraq violated by its invasion of Kuwait; b. the North Atlantic Treaty article 1 which states that "the Parties undertake... to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner...