Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same.

However after Reiss denied Gerry Adams a visa to the United States to spur the endorsement of policing and justice in Northern Ireland by Adams and his political party Sinn Féin Adams criticized Reiss on March 16 2006 saying "I don't have high regards for Mitchell Reiss's input into this process" and "If it is he who is advising the president it's very very bad advice. Mitchell is married to Elisabeth Reiss


Books
Negotiating with Evil: When to Talk to Terrorists ASIN B003MZ14OQ
Bridled Ambition: Why Countries Constrain Their Nuclear Capabilities ISBN 0-943875-71-4
Without the Bomb: The Politics of Nuclear Non-proliferation ISBN 0-231-06439-X
Nuclear Proliferation after the Cold War (co-editor/author) ISBN 0-943875-64-1
The Nuclear Tipping-Point (editor) ISBN 81-7049-227-0


External links
Washington College — Official Washington College Website
Mitchell B. Reiss (born 1957) is a senior American diplomat who became the 27th president of Washington College in Chestertown Maryland on July 1 2010.

He has degrees from Williams College The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University Columbia University Law School and Oxford. Reiss (born 1957) is a senior American diplomat who became the 27th president of Washington College in Chestertown Maryland on July 1 2010. He also served as the United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland with the diplomatic rank of Ambassador until stepping down in 2007.