We ... believe that a military solution to Sri Lanka is not possible ... We are supportive of the Norwegian initiative.

We have reached some understandings.

Someone either waved or threw hand grenades at (a guard). He refused to open the gate. When the hand grenades came, of course, he ran away to save himself. The blast went off, knocked him down, and he survived.

Over the years, we've taken steps to improve and build better embassies and to secure them. We continue to do that on a regular basis. Every one of our embassies as a matter of record each year has to review their security system and many do more frequently. We get 30,000 threats each year and we take those seriously and they often require reviews of embassy security, ... Late Edition.

There is no plan, and there is no proposal, and there is no idea of committing American forces in Colombia to do anything but ... providing training.

We believe we have developed a relationship with Russia that can sustain controversy, differences and difficulties, however sharp they may become.

I don't think we received an eviction notice, and I don't think it's come to that point yet.

There are no signs of stress in the financial sector.

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.

We know foreign governments want our technology. We know they will go to all lengths to get it, ... It is incumbent upon us to have the best security practices, constantly to review them, learn the lessons from the past and make sure that it doesn't happen again.