Kimmitt, US deputy secretary of the Treasury, said at a press conference held at the US Embassy here yesterday.

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Talks also took place between "the three Bs" - Mr Brahimi, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdonov, and the US Deputy Secretary of State William Burns.

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Cyber security is a crucial element for the 28-nation alliance to adopt at its summit of leaders in Lisbon November 19 and 20, US Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn said in Brussels.

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"We may not like them, " he is reported to have told James Steinberg, deputy US secretary of state, but "they are a neighbour".

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Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes will give us an update on the joint investigation and on the pressure on industry to clean up the spill.

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Mr Susman's comments chime with that of ex-UN deputy secretary general Mark Malloch-Brown, who said the US would be wise to keep out of the debate.

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As undersecretary, deputy secretary and then secretary of the Treasury, Larry helped guide us through several major international financial crises--and was a central architect of the policies that led to the longest economic expansion in American history, with record surpluses, rising family incomes and more than 20 million new jobs.

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Mr Coronel, 45, was detained in Agua Prieta, near the border with the US state of Arizona, along with four other men including his son, Interior Deputy Secretary Eduardo Sanchez told journalists.

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