Mike Mullen, and former U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering, asking them to meet with congressional investigators for private interviews.

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That evening Russian and American business leaders, U.S. Ambassador Thomas Pickering and President Boris Yeltsin's wife attended a party in Lauder's honor.

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He said he planned to send letters asking that the two leaders of the review board, longtime diplomat Thomas Pickering and retired Adm.

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Though actually building a line to China would be difficult, "Pakistan is smart to talk about China, " says Thomas Pickering, former U.S. Ambassador to India and Russia.

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If only things were as smooth for U.S. undersecretary of state Thomas Pickering, who met with Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan three days later on June 16.

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Two retired American diplomats, William Luers and Thomas Pickering, agree.

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Thomas Pickering and, of course, the ubiquitous Trita Parsi.

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It was supposed to involve just retired Career Ambassador Thomas Pickering and me, but wound up featuring as well comments from one of the prime-movers behind the denuclearization initiative, former Reagan strategic arms negotiator Max Kampelman.

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Amirahmadi discussed his close relations with almost all of Iran's senior government officials as well as his strong association with senior U.S. officials through AIC, saying he has worked with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, current Secretary of State John Kerry and former Ambassador to the United Nations Thomas Pickering.

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