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Secretary Rice (Oct. 10): "Many thought this day would never come, but doubts have been silenced now. The agreement we are about to sign is unprecedented and it demonstrates the vast potential partnership between India and the United States, a potential that, frankly, has gone unfulfilled for too many decades of mistrust, and now potential that can be fully realized. The world's largest democracy and the world's oldest democracy, drawn together by our shared values and, increasingly, by our many shared interests, now stand as equals, closer together than ever before." Full Text | Media Note |
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|  | | Promotion of Democracy
Secretary Rice (Oct. 8): "I think we recognize that while the Middle East may, in fact, have been the last place that the United States was really willing to speak forcefully for democracy, that we have plenty of experience that if the United States continues to insist that no man, woman, or child should live without basic freedoms, we can make a difference." Full Text | | |  | | Free Markets and Free Trade Open to All
Secretary Rice (Oct. 7): "The Bush Administration has concluded free trade agreements with 17 countries around the world. And here in this hemisphere, under the Pathways to Prosperity initiative, which President Bush and nine other leaders launched at the UN General Assembly last month, we are deepening our ties among trading partners." Full Text | | |  | | Libya Claims Settlement Update
Assistant Secretary Welch (Oct. 9): "The agreement ...with Libya provides for a humanitarian fund which would settle claims on both sides. The total value of that humanitarian fund is to be $1.8 billion, of which 300 million would be for...Libyan victims, and ...1,500,000,000 would be for American victims." Full Text | | | ![Department Spokesman Sean McCormack taking questions during a State Department daily press briefing. {State Department photo]](/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_thumb96_sean_mccormack_newdpbvv_9622.jpg) | | Nobel Prize Awarded to President Ahtisaari
Spokesman McCormack (Oct. 10): "The United States warmly congratulates President Ahtisaari and commends the Nobel Committee for its wise decision to award the Nobel Prize to Martii Ahtisaari. President Ahtisaari has dedicated his life to promoting peace throughout the world. It is deeply gratifying to see his work and achievements honored in this manner." Full Text
| | | ![Secretary Rice presents General David Patraeus and Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker, seen on video screen in left background, the Secretary's Distinguished Service Award [AP Image Oct. 6, 2008]](/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_top_250.jpg) | | Presentation of the Distinguished Service Award
Secretary Rice (Oct. 6.): "[A]s both Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus would be the first to say, they’ve achieved nothing alone and everything together. Indeed, the seamless bond that these men have formed is emblematic of the unity of effort that has defined our entire civil-military partnership in Iraq during these two years." Full Text | |
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The Netherlands
![De Haar Castle is reflected in the moat at Haarzuilens, central Netherlands, November 7, 1998. AP Images]](http://www.state.gov/cms_images/netherlands.jpg) During the 17th century, considered its "golden era," the Netherlands became a great sea and colonial power. Among other achievements, this period saw the emergence of some of painting's "Old Masters," including Rembrandt and Hals, whose works--along with those of later artists such as Mondriaan and Van Gogh--are today on display in museums throughout the Netherlands and the world. More l Post of the Month [PDF]
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