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Photo showing Deputy Secretary Sullivan delivering opening remarks at the United States-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2018. [Department of State]

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future