Marc Grossman
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"Marc Isaiah Grossman" is an American former diplomat and government official. He served as United States Ambassador to Turkey, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs/Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. He was most recently the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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We're not in a position at this time to provide revised numbers. (But) it's safe to assume we will not make our third- or fourth- quarter numbers.

[Other industries will likely feel the pinch. Hotels may be left with more empty rooms, and destinations may have fewer paying visitors.] The fact is, in the short term, there's going to be a pretty significant impact on travel generally, ... We have seen a severe drop-off in reservations over the next few days.

Other countries have an interest in UN reform as well and not just in how the Security Council works.

Turkish people have a right to choose who will be their leaders and we... look forward to working with the new Turkish government.

Understand our priorities and certainly understand the issue that if there's no security, nothing else is going to get done.

We don't believe that the period between the first of July and the end of December should be a time for making new laws.

Had some questions, we tried to give some answers... it was not negotiations.

We have not seen the lawsuit, and we therefore cannot comment.

What's going to keep this moving is the US, not just because the US is the country that provides a considerable portion of the UN budget, ... but quite frankly because the US needs the UN to be effective in the world.