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Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken meets with African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 16, 2023. [State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy/ Public Domain]

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future