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I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I'm worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.
Warren Christopher
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Warren Christopher
Age: 85 †
Born: 1925
Born: October 17
Died: 2011
Died: March 18
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Former United States Deputy Secretary Of State
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Scranton
North Dakota
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We see considerable strain in Russia, and that's obviously a matter of concern to us. It's in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
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I'm very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.
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Sometimes you have to learn how to give the right answer to the wrong question.
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It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
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It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else you're doing.
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My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice.
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I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
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It will be undertaken, of course, in the June or July summit, and then to bring NATO closer to Russia or vice versa is a way to move toward integration - toward the integration of Europe.
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Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.
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Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try to do is to spend time together alone. And one of the things we really enjoy doing together is seeing a good movie.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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I wish the meeting had been as good as the lunch.
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An independent and free media is essential to ensure democracy.
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My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years old, and we went to California three years later in an attempt to recover his health, which never happened.
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I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.
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I ask the Philippines Government to put an end to journalists' killings by giving journalists' safety the priority it deserves.
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We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train their forces is completely conditional on the foreign forces being gone.
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It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.
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It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.
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