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	R. Nicholas Burns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nicholas Burns is the United States Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, the Department of State’s third ranking official.
		Nicholas Burns was born on January 28, 1956 in Buffalo, New York but he was reared in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
		From 1997 to 2001, Ambassador Burns was U.S. Ambassador to Greece.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/R._Nicholas_Burns (671 words)

	State Department Archived Biographies -- R.Nicholas Burns (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Nicholas Burns was appointed by Secretary of State Christopher as Spokesman of the Department of State and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs in January 1995.
		Burns began his Foreign Service career in the Middle East, where he was Vice Consul and Staff Assistant to the Ambassador in Cario, Egypt between 1983-1985, and then Political Officer at the American Consulate General in Jerusalem from 1985-1987.
		Burns was born on January 28, 1956, in Buffalo, New York.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/biographies/burns.html (477 words)

	Interview of Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns by Aleksey Venediktov of Ekho Moskvy Radio
		Burns will be asked to comment on the results of the voting.
		Burns has already visited our radio station in 2003, while he was U.S. Ambassador to NATO and after he visited Ekho Moskviy, he advanced his career.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: Well, look, we have nothing against the people of Belarus, of course, but we think that the government of Belarus is autocratic, anti-democratic, and is not giving anywhere near the same rights to their people as for instance the Russian government has done, or the Ukrainian government, or the Latvian government.
	www.usembassy.ru /embassy/print_transcript.php?record_id=144 (6827 words)

	NATO Who's who?: Permanent Representative
		Ambassador R. Nicholas Burns is the United States Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
		Burns has been awarded the State Department's Superior Honor Award for outstanding performance three times, the Department's James Clement Dunn Award for Excellence in 1994, and in 2000 the Charles E. Cobb Award for Trade Development by an Ambassador.
		Burns is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Order of St. John.
	www.nato.int /cv/permrep/us/burns.htm (640 words)

	RealClearPolitics - Articles - Nicholas Burns, Paul Bremer, Roundtable
		BURNS: I think there's going to be enormous pressure on Hezbollah by all the other elements of the Lebanese government to agree to stop this fighting, because there has been a toll among civilians, of course, and it's very tragic to see what happened today in Qana.
		BURNS: You know, all you need for a force like this, based on our experience in Afghanistan, in Bosnia, Kosovo, is a core group of countries with strong militaries to form the basis of a force.
		HUME: Well, Nick Burns was saying here on this program this morning that they would only go in in a permissive environment in which a cease- fire had been agreed to and that everybody agreed on the presence of an international force that would be there to restrain Hezbollah.
	www.realclearpolitics.com /articles/2006/07/nicholas_burns_paul_bremer_rou.html (7482 words)

	Power Line: In praise of Nicholas Burns
		The Sun editorial described Burns as a "Kerry-ite" and decried his appointment to the third-ranking position in the State Department.
		I think you're quite mistaken on this one, and you do a disservice to perpetuate the myth that the professional foreign service is not to be trusted and only the politically annointed can serve their country honorably.
		Burns has also gone out of his way to praise Secretary Rumsfeld before a crowd of State Department officers, many of whom would have eaten up a jab or two at the Secretary of Defense.
	powerlineblog.com /archives/012347.php (1163 words)

	Scoop: Nicholas Burns & Shabana Azmi - Charlie Rose Show
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS,: This deal was meant to do one thing: Take the largest country in the world, soon to be largest by population, which had been completely outside the international mainstream -- we had zero impact on its nuclear facilities.
		CHARLIE ROSE: Nicholas Burns is the undersecretary of state for political affairs, the number three job at the State Department.
		CHARLIE ROSE: Regarding Nicholas Burns talking to a U.S.-European group in Brussels on May 26th, he said: "The greatest change we will see in the next three or four years is a new American focus on South Asia, particularly in establishing a closer strategic partnership with India.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0603/S00180.htm (6397 words)

	Nicholas Burns on As It Happens, Jan. 30 1997
		The linkman is Barbara Budd, the interviewer Michael Enright, and the State Dept. spokesman Nicholas Burns.
		Nicholas Burns is a spokesperson for the American State Department and we reached him in Washington.
		Burns: - money for some concerts, so because we have to be concerned with the situation of American citizens we've chosen to, to look into this, and we've had a private discussion with the Germans and we have been mildly critical in public as well.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~cj871/aih.html (1028 words)

	Joint Press Interaction by US Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Mr. Nicholas Burns and Foreign Secretary, Mr. ...
		Burns, there is sense here that Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Agreement for extending assistance to India is also linked somehow to India slowing down their Iran pipeline project.
		NICHOLAS BURNS: As I said before, actually we have not even had a discussion today about this because we are discussing regional issues tomorrow.
		Burns, … the Press Secretary of the White House said that this agreement with India on nuclear cooperation is based on a realistic assessment of things and a commitment by India to abide by certain restrictions.
	www.indianembassy.org /press_release/2005/Oct/29.htm (3866 words)

	The Hindu : National : Deal unlikely during Bush visit, says Nicholas Burns
		Addressing a joint press conference, U.S. Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns said that for any agreement to be credible with the American Congress and the Nuclear Suppliers' Group, it would have to be detailed and substantial.
		Burns that India remained "very supportive" of the European initiative to "engage" Iran in finding an amicable solution to some of the issues raised with regard to Teheran's nuclear programme.
		Burns, who is also travelling to Islamabad and Colombo, said the U.S. was concerned about the level of violence and the breakdown of the ceasefire in Sri Lanka.
	www.hindu.com /2006/01/21/stories/2006012107601200.htm (522 words)

	The Hindu : National : Nicholas Burns to discuss civilian nuclear matters
		NEW DELHI: The United States Under Secretary of State, Nicholas Burns, will be in the capital on October 21 and 22 for a meeting of the joint working group constituted to follow up on the July 18 India-U.S. agreement on civilian nuclear matters.
		Burns, who arrives in the capital on October 20, will also hold bilateral official consultations — termed the `Asian Security Dialogue' by the Ministry of External Affairs — during his three-day visit.
		Burns will also call on External Affairs Minister Natwar Singh and National Security Adviser M.K. Narayanan during this stay in New Delhi, it was officially stated on Tuesday.
	www.hindu.com /2005/10/19/stories/2005101903081300.htm (338 words)

	[EXCERPTS] U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY BRIEFING BRIEFER: NICHOLAS BURNS MONDAY, APRIL
		BURNS: You know, if we were going to tie food aid to political issues, there are four or five political issues we could tie it to in North Korea.
		BURNS: Well, we think the North Koreans should turn their attention to the civilian needs of their population.
		BURNS: Well, first we are aware of the reports about the missile, and it's obviously one of the issues that we wish to raise on the 12th and 13th of May with the North Koreans in New York.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/dprk/1997/bmd970429f.htm (1181 words)

	rediff.com: 'We were ready to walk away from N-deal'
		Burns, who turned 50 on January 28, denied that the US had given India much more than it got as critics have charged, saying, "We were prepared to walk away from the agreement." But it was a treat negotiating with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, "a man of great dignity and integrity."
		You were never an India hand or a South Asia expert, but just one week into your new position as under secretary for political affairs, you became the point man for the United States-India strategic partnership and then as chief negotiator of the civilian nuclear agreement with all of its technicalities.
		I was very pleased to be able to wrap it up after eight months of hard work.
	specials.rediff.com /news/2006/mar/23sld01.htm (277 words)

	On-The-Record Briefing on UN Reform
		On the question of the veto, I think it's been made clear to us by most of the members of the group that is supporting a large expansion of the Council that they would not insist on retaining the veto if any one of them came on to the Security Council.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: I try to defer to the wires but I just saw Charlie, and since the Red Sox won last night and he and I are Red Sox fans, I thought I'd call him.
		So her strong view is, and I'm sure she''ll -- I know she'll say this if you ask her about it at 3 o'clock -- is that we've got to focus at this main body of reforms.
	www.state.gov /p/us/rm/2005/48186.htm (5037 words)

	KOSOVAREPORT: R. Nicholas Burns G8 Press Roundtable in London
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: I am here for a G8 meeting of political directors, and that's under British chairmanship, and we are talking about all of the foreign policy issues, including Iraq and Iran and Afghanistan and the Middle East peace negotiations, the Broader Middle East reform effort, North Korea, Sudan, United Nations reform.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: We said at the time in New York when we abstained on the French resolution that we did not believe that this established a precedence for the ICC to be involved in other parts of the world.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: I used to be State Department Spokesman ten years ago and I remember one of the golden rules is: when the leaders are about to meet, it's probably best not to try and predict what they might say and what they might agree upon.
	kosovareport.blogspot.com /2005/06/r-nicholas-burns-g8-press-roundtable.html (6175 words)

	U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing Monday, April 14, 1997 Briefer: Nicholas Burns
		BURNS: Didn't see that statement, don't believe it to be an accurate reflection of North Korean behavior because, as of today, North Korea is meeting all of its obligations to us and the Koreans and the Japanese in the agreed framework.
		BURNS: I don't accept that the United States, for instance, is to blame for the economic problems of Cuba or Iraq or North Korea; because that's the premise in your statement.
		BURNS: I think, analytically speaking, it's probably true that because of the dire economic straits and problems in North Korea, they are looking for broader - they're opening up to the international community, to the World Food Program, the other agencies of the U.N. They need help; there's no question about that.
	www.fas.org /news/dprk/1997/bmd970415f.htm (2356 words)

	Plan Colombia and Beyond: “Mission Accomplished,” says State’s Nicholas Burns
		Its author is Nicholas Burns, who as undersecretary for political affairs is the third highest-ranking official in the State Department.
		Let’s hope, for instance, that Nicholas Burns and others are not right now making policy decisions based on these arguments from today’s op-ed.
		Burns ends his piece with a call on the U.S. Congress to maintain current assistance to Colombia.
	www.ciponline.org /colombia/blog/archives/000247.htm (1598 words)

	[EXCERPTS] DEPARTMENT OF STATE DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BRIEFER: NICHOLAS BURNS MONDAY, APRIL 21, 1997
		BURNS: Well, as Secretary of Defense Cohen said yesterday, there's no question that the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea is one of the most dangerous spots on Earth -- that 151-kilometer-wide zone.
		BURNS: Well, just to review the state of play, we were supposed to have had a meeting on Friday and then one on Saturday.
		BURNS: Well, yes, I think that the North Koreans have raised the issue of food assistance throughout these meetings in New York, the meetings that were held last week.
	www.fas.org /news/usa/1997/04/bmd970423g.htm (2985 words)

	NAYO - The people page - Nicholas Burns - Conductor
		Nicholas Burns made his debut in 2000 as conductor of the Bristol University Chamber Orchestra (BUCO).
		Later that season he conducted the orchestra on a tour of the Czech Republic and was awarded the Miles Napier Prize for outstanding work conducting the orchestra at the end of the year.
		Nicholas is also a pianist and is very active as an accompanist and chamber musician.
	www.nayo.org.uk /nicholas_burns.htm (457 words)

	Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns
		Burns, when you say two or so as far as the expansion is concerned, is this a kind of a move to divide the G-4, because two or so is reasonably vague.
		Burns, the Prime Minister goes to the U.S. in July.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: Well, first I should tell you that President Bush is very much looking forward to hosting the Prime Minister in the middle part of July.
	www.usindiafriendship.net /viewpoints1/burns.htm (4268 words)

	An Open Letter to Nicholas Burns
		Burns, perhaps you would care to announce whose army occupies the water-rich Shebba farms and the
		Burns, with all due respect, there is not a single sensible person that would agree
		Burns, maybe you are too young to recall 1953.
	www.payvand.com /news/06/mar/1158.html (951 words)

	Hoopville - Nicholas Lozito (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Nicholas Lozito is a Hoopville Staff writer living in Sacramento.
		James Burns and Nicholas Lozito are Hoopville Staff writers, and each week the two pick an array of topics and argue their sides.
		James Burns and Nicholas Lozito are a Hoopville Staff writers living in Sacramento.
	www.hoopville.com /column/lozito.asp?EntryID=2109 (1341 words)

	Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns Seeks Congressional Support of US-India Nuclear Deal
		The Bush administration’s proposed U.S.-India civil nuclear energy cooperation initiative is a good deal for the United States, according to Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns.
		Burns maintained that the initiative would help bring India into the global nonproliferation order.
		Burns called the initiative one of the administration’s “top foreign policy and legislative priorities for this year,” saying that he and other administration officials would work closely with Congress to study ways that the existing laws can be modified to allow the initiative to move forward.
	www.usindiafriendship.net /viewpoints1/burns2.htm (3542 words)

	On-the-record Briefing, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs R. Nicholas Burns on U.S. Strategy for Kosovo, ...
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: Well, you know, certification is a rolling process and back in June we did certify that over the course of the first five months of 2005 Serbia had turned, I think, by that time, ten individuals indicted for war crimes over to the tribunal in The Hague.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: I said that we think that a successful Kosovo final status talks should be the emergence of a stronger, healthier Serbia and Montenegro that has the prospect of future involvement with EU and NATO.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: If you look at the constitutional charter for the state union, both Serbia and Montenegro have the right to hold separate referendums, or a referendum in one part of the state union on the question of independence.
	belgrade.usembassy.gov /policy/kosovo/051114.html (3824 words)

	U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement
		Burns, this is Sridhar Krishnaswami from The Press Trust of India.
		First let me say that countries that are signatories to the NPT, unlike India, then of course have, as they live by the rules of the NPT, they have the interest of all countries in the world to cooperate on electricity production through the growth of civil nuclear power.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: Well, you know, the difference here is that the great majority of countries in the Middle East and your region are signatories to the nonproliferation regime.
	fpc.state.gov /fpc/63542.htm (5698 words)

	Scoop: Nicholas Burns With Christian Schwarz-Schilling
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: And I think we are and I think you've seen Secretary Rice's leadership and we're seeing the fulfillment of that as constitutional reform proceeds.
		The Dayton Accords were written in such a way in the middle of a war in the autumn of 1995 designed to stop the fighting and designed to provide a temporary way for the parties to begin to create a political life.
		Burns, there is also opposition for constitutional change, to mention just the Catholic Church and some political party.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0604/S00392.htm (1382 words)

	Scoop: R. Nicholas Burns Interview With India Today
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: I think that there is going to be a great debate in Congress and obviously only Congress can make a decision to change U.S. law but we are confident that this deal with India is a good one for both countries.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: It felt like a five-day test match to me. But I think the turning point was frankly, the fact that we felt that the Indian government wanted to see this through the end.
		UNDER SECRETARY BURNS: I think we are committed to a diplomatic track, but we are also committed to see that Iran is denied nuclear weapons and we hope that India and other countries of the world will apply some diplomatic pressure to Iran to convince it not to seek nuclear weapons.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0603/S00114.htm (3447 words)

	Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns Interview with Chetan Sharma of Headlines Today (October 21, 2005) - U.S. ...
		Perhaps we should be asking Nicholas Burns, U.S. Under Secretary of State, who is right here with us and, of course, he is the one point person as far as America is concerned and its relations with India.
		Under Secretary Burns: Let me say first the earthquake in Jammu and Kashmir was a great tragedy for obviously the victims and the families of the victims.
		She said that India is such a rising power, that it is playing a greater and greater role in some of the multi-lateral institutions like the United Nations.
	chennai.usconsulate.gov /prind051022b.html (2062 words)

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