Richard Boucher Matters Quotations

But what also matters to us is the degree of cooperation we get, the degree of transparency we get, and the degree of commitment we get towards avoiding a repetition.

The Israelis need to understand that incursions like this will not solve the security problems. They only make matters worse. As a consequence, we believe the Israelis should withdraw their forces from this area.

a very long-standing practice not to comment on matters of that kind.

The goal here is not to put someone on or off the hook ... stop exports of missiles. That's what really matters and that's what we have achieved.