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"It's fair to say that we're looking at the beginning of a process of preparing his son for leadership, " said the US official.

One senior US official said there was "no doubt" that China was monitoring e-mail traffic on unclassified government networks.

A US official said the mechanism was the "first of its kind" in US international economic relations.

"Holbrooke was a floodlight, " said the US official explaining the different approaches of the two diplomats. "Grossman is a laser" .

"We have to be able to show China that it is in its own interest to take a particular action, " a US official says.

McCain off the coast of the Philippines, according to CNN, quoting a US official who said it was an "inadvertent encounter" .

"We're working with Chinese government officials in the area to ascertain their whereabouts and welfare, " said the US official.

As one US official (who insisted on anonymity) observes: "The dark parts of earth are now the areas we must watch. "

"A slash of assistance is not on the cards, unless there is another big surprise [like bin Laden's whereabouts], " said the US official.

One senior US official said the Pentagon had pinpointed the exact origins of the attack.

"China has begun providing us with its views on specific measures for a new round of sanctions, " said a US official.

A former senior US official said the US had made headway in the area but that more needed to be done.

A senior US official recently told the Financial Times that Iran appeared to be providing the Chinese-made weapons.

One US official assumes the new virus is circulating throughout the United States, even if cases aren't confirmed everywhere yet.

"The disagreements of earlier this year should not be seen as the norm for the relationship, " said a US official.

A US official has claimed that Chinese hackers have penetrated the White House computer network and read official e-mails.

Earlier this summer I heard a senior US official set out two possible paths for the next decade or so.

But whatever they sometimes feel obliged to say publicly, every US official I know thinks US disengagement is inevitable.

While the US official confirmed the missile movement, he cautioned that Pyongyang might be engaging in deception.

A top US official claims that North Korea has called for fresh negotiations on its nuclear program and called for direct talks with the US.

We've collected this data from the US official casualty site (it also includes figures for each state of deaths in Iraq).

As for India, as a senior US official told me recently, its "soft" power is already felt almost everywhere.

Last week, a senior US official suggested Pakistan was involved in the killing of a journalist.

"The short term was getting more attention than the long term, " the senior US official said.

One brown envelope slipped to a US official alleging a Chinese company has military ties could derail a deal.

Five Americans from Nato-led foreign forces in Afghanistan have died in a helicopter crash, a US official says.

"Certainly China is a topic of active discussion between our governments, " said a US official. "We don't have identical concerns. "

The US official said China had pledged it was committed to implementing UN resolutions against Iran.

Mubarak's refusal to step down caught the administration of US President Barack Obama off guard, a senior US official told CNN.

"It makes huge sense for the US and China to work together on clean coal , " said a senior US official .

"China is moving at a pretty rapid pace to becoming a military contender, " said a senior US official.

US official said Washington was sympathetic to improved safety nets but needed more details on the Korean-IMF plan.

The US is to officially recognise Somalia's government in Mogadishu after more than 20 years, says a US official.

A senior US official said border guards took the journalists "into custody on the Tumen river" .

The US is considering reimposing bilateral economic sanctions on North Korea after its recent missile tests, a top US official said.

"We were like that, too, when we were a colony, " one US official pointed out recently.

US official said that China's proposals were helpful but Beijing needed to provide figures.

"The low-hanging fruit have already been plucked, " says one US official.

"We are still climbing the diplomatic chain right now, " said a US official.

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