#region

In this century, the 21st century, the U.S. recognizes our prosperity and our security depends even more on the Asia-Pacific region. ↗

— Leon Panetta

#century #depends #even #more #our

As winter strips the leaves from around us, so that we may see the distant regions they formerly concealed, so old age takes away our enjoyments only to enlarge the prospect of the coming eternity. ↗

— Jean Paul

#around #away #coming #concealed #distant

Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#countries #destruction #development #engaged #hussein

We are ready to engage in international co-operation against terrorism with a view to safeguarding national interests and regional security and stability. ↗

— Li Peng

#co-operation #engage #interests #international #national

Israel's willingness to cooperate closely with the U.S. in protecting American interests in the region altered her image in the eyes of many officials in Washington. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#american #american interests #closely #cooperate #eyes

So the president set out the policy guidance and said it had to take place in a multilateral fashion so that other countries in the region could be invested in the success of this process. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#countries #fashion #guidance #had #invested

The format's better because it gives us a much stronger hand to play when going to the North Koreans unified, with our allies and partners in the region, all of us saying the same thing: telling them their current course is unacceptable. ↗

— Mitchell Reiss

#because #better #course #current #format

And, perhaps most importantly, regional conflicts will again and again confront us with a cruel choice between costly engagement and costly indifference. ↗

— Lord Robertson

#between #choice #conflicts #confront #costly

I know it's very idealistic and utopian, but I believe we need to just let everyone not be judged in terms of religion, groups or nations or region. ↗

— Shahrukh Khan

#everyone #groups #i #i believe #idealistic

Our talks in Paris tackled economic, democratic, security and political issues; we talked on means for combating terrorism, in addition to latest regional and international developments of mutual interest, especially those in region. ↗

— Ali A. Saleh

#combating #democratic #developments #economic #especially