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Secretary Rice (Oct. 11): "We want to help the Palestinian people to lay the economic foundations of a successful state. The Palestinians are some of the most talented, best educated, and hardest working people in the Middle East. What they need more than anything are opportunities to prosper....[and] we want to help the Palestinians establish the environment of security and the rule of law that a successful state requires." Full Text
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President Bush (Oct. 11): "Our goals remain clear: peace and security in Northeast Asia and a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula. We will take the necessary actions to achieve these goals. We will work with the United Nations. We'll support our allies in the region. And together, we will ensure that North Korea understands the consequences if it continues down its current path."
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Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Oct. 12): "...We believe that what we will get is a good strong resolution that sends a clear strong message to the North Korean regime that they have to change their behavior, that this behavior will not be tolerated. And furthermore, in a very practical sense, a resolution that will further everybody's objective of not allowing North Korea to in any way benefit from outside help that would further development of its nuclear program, WMD programs or missile technology programs." Full Text
| | ![Secretary Rice, right, shares a laugh with Iceland\'s Prime Minister Geir Haarde prior to signing an agreement that provides for future defense cooperation between the two countries October 11, 2006 at the State Department in Washington, DC [AP photo]](/all/20061013075013im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2006_1011_rice1_963.jpg) | | Secretary Rice Welcomes Icelandic Prime Minister
Secretary Rice (Oct. 11): "Today we take comfort in knowing that the threat of military attack against Iceland and the North Atlantic area is lower than at any time in our generation. The Cold War rivalries that provided the basis for our common defense have been relegated to the books of history." Joint Understanding between U.S. and Iceland
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Pedro Jose Martin
