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Friday, September 22, 2006 
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, left, talks with United States Sectary Rice after a meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters September 21, 2006. [© AP Images]
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Better Life for Palestinians To Be Won on Basis of Roadmap, Two-State Solution
Secretary Rice (Sept. 21): "...The incentive for Hamas should be to be able to live up to the promises that it made to the Palestinian people in the elections that they would have a better life. And clearly a better life is only going to be won on the basis of the roadmap, on the basis of a two-state solution, and that two-state solution can only be achieved if both parties are committed to peace."  Full Text
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President Bush shakes hands with Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf September 22, 2006, at the end of a joint press conference in the East Room at the White House in Washington, DC. [© AP Images] U.S. Department of StatePresident Bush Welcomes President Musharraf of Pakistan
President Bush (Sept. 22): "This President is a strong defender of freedom and the people of Pakistan, and I appreciate your leadership. ... He understands that we are in a struggle against extremists who will use terror as a weapon. ... I admire your courage. And I thank you very much for working on common strategies to protect our respective peoples."
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Deputy Spokesman Tom Casey (Sept. 21): "...As we move forward there must be a swift return to democratic rule. And as we move forward and move towards elections in Thailand, that also means that there's got to be unfettered participation for all the political parties and for the media in the democratic life of the country; that goes without saying. Full Text
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Marlene Urbina de Breen

Marlene Urbina de Breen,  Deputy Chair
of the Africa Area Studies Program in the School of Professional and Area Studies.

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