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Agreement Needed to Protect Innocent People of Darfur
Secretary Rice (May 1): "The President feels very strongly and very passionately about the need to get an agreement, about the need to get a robust security force, a blue-hatted force in to be able to protect the innocent people of Darfur. We feel very strongly that it is time to move that process forward." Deputy Secretary Zoellick travels to Abuja, Nigeria

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Secretary Rice greets Special Envoy James Wolfensohn at the State Department on May 1, 2006. [State Department photo]U.S. Department of StateSecretary Rice Discusses Middle East Peace With Special Envoy James Wolfensohn
Secretary Rice (May 1): "But the goal right now has to be for everyone to send as strong a message as possible to Hamas that ...the best interests of the Palestinian people are served by a peace process and by constructive engagement with their Israeli neighbor."  watch | listen
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Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso (center), Japanese Defense Minister Fukushiro Nukaga (right), and Secretary Rice (left) take part in a joint statement about defense realignment at the State Department on May 1, 2006, in Washington, DC. [© AP/WWP file photo]U.S. Department of StateU.S. and Japan Approve Recommendations for Realignment of Military Forces in Japan
Secretary Rice (May 1): "...We have issued a joint statement on which we all agree and that there is a realignment and implementation report which is responsive to the effort to create a stronger, sustainable alliance that demonstrates our global partnership and that is one that pushes us forward into the 21st century." watch | listen
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A part of Iran\'s Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen February 26, 2006. [© AP/WWP file photo]U.S. Department of StateUnder Secretary Burns Travels to Paris to Discuss Iran Nuclear Issue
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns is visiting Paris May 2-3 for discussions on the urgent need for a significant United Nations Security Council response to Iran’s decision to accelerate its nuclear enrichment research.
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