Nicholas Burns Deal Quotations

Obviously we did not suggest this deal for Pakistan.

There is no deal yet, and there remains the need for additional movement and additional work by both the Israelis and Palestinians before there can be a deal.

There is a great deal of frustration in the United States that this problem has not been resolved after such a long time.

We're prepared for that debate. We will advise the Congress that it is our very clear judgment that this is a good deal for the United States as well as for India.

It is a unique deal for India. Despite our friendship for Pakistan, there have been proliferation problems of a quite serious nature over the last several years that would make this kind of deal impossible.

We hope and we trust that that deal will not go forward.

We are convinced that this deal is in our national interest. And the greatest advantage is that it takes a country that is outside the international non-proliferation regime and begins to bring it ... into conformity with the practices of that regime,