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| | | U.S. Calls on Sudan To Comply With UN Resolution 1706
Ambassador Bolton: "[T]he Security Council upheld its responsibility and passed a strong resolution which offers the best hope to bolster the Darfur Peace Agreement and end the tragedy we are witnessing in Darfur. We must devote all of our energies now to secure its immediate and full implementation." full text
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| ![Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice speaks during the American Legion national convention Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2006, in Salt Lake City. [AP/WWP]](/all/20060901225041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_060829_rice1_legion132.jpg) | | Address to the 88th Annual American Legion Convention
Secretary Rice (Aug. 29): "I want to thank the members of the American Legion for your service to our country, and I want to join with all of you today in sending this message to our fighting men and women overseas: Your service is bringing hope to others, honor to yourselves, and you are making every American very, very proud." full text | video
| | ![As part of the $230-million assistance pledged to Lebanon by President Bush on August 21, materials and supplies are being distributed in southern Lebanon [Photo courtesy U.S. Embassy Beirut]](/all/20060901225041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_060829_usaid_supplies143.jpg) | | Reconstruction in Lebanon
Ambassador Tobias (Aug. 31): "The pledges we are making here today—including our own $230 million commitment—must be more than numbers. We, as donors, must continue to work with the Government of Lebanon to identify ways we can support its priorities. And, once identified, we must move quickly to disburse funds in order that our good intentions quickly translate to action on the ground." full text | more from President's announcement | photo gallery
| | ![A local farmer on his tractor ploughs through fields of poppies in Afghanistan. [AP/WWP]](/all/20060901225041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_poppy2_afghanistan2502.jpg) | | U.S. Support for Afghanistan's Counternarcotics Campaign
The United States and the international community are helping the Government of Afghanistan in its efforts to counter cultivation, production, and trafficking of opium....Estimates of increased opium cultivation in 2006 highlight the challenge confronting Afghanistan and its international partners. fact sheet | briefing
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![The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, votes during a Security Council meeting on the situation in Sudan, Thursday, Aug. 31, 2006 at the U.N. headquarters. [AP/WWP]](/all/20060901225041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/bolton3.jpg)
