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Assistant Secretary Lowenkron (Apr. 5): [This report] documents the many ways the United States worked worldwide last year to foster respect for human rights and promote democratic government. As President Bush has said, what every terrorist fears most is human freedom--societies where men and women make their own choices, answer to their own conscience and live by their hopes... Our diplomatic strategies and assistance programs in support of human rights and democracy are aimed at doing exactly that: helping men and women across the globe transform their hopes into constructive programs for peaceful change. Full Text | Report
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|  | | Deputy Secretary Negrponte at the Excellence in Government Conference
Deputy Secretary Negrponte (Apr. 5): "By people, I mean, in the first instance, the key colleagues who form the leadership cadre of any large enterprise. By purpose, I mean being clear about why you are undertaking a given leadership mission and what you plan to accomplish. By procedures, I mean, very broadly, the way in which you organize and employ your resources whether they be human, financial, or technical. By the public, I am thinking of the Congress, which is the tribune of the people in our form of government." Full Text | Q&A
| | ![Department Spokesman Sean McCormack at podium at the U.S. Department of State press briefing room. [State Department file photo]](/all/20070406023059im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_mccormack_96a2.jpg) | | Daily Press Briefing: Deputy Secretary Negroponte’s Travel to Africa
Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Apr. 5): "Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte will travel to Sudan, Chad, Libya and Mauritania, April 11th through the 19th. The focus of the trip will be the crisis in Darfur and ongoing efforts to achieve peace in Sudan through the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.." Full Text
| | ![Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, meets with Haiti\'s Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis to discuss immigration and job creation April 4, 2007, at the State Department in Washington, DC. [State Department photo by Michael Gross]](/all/20070406023059im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_rice_2007_0404.jpg) | | Secretary Rice Meets With Haitian Prime Minister
Secretary Rice (Apr. 4): "Haiti has made a lot of progress over the last year. When one thinks back on the very difficult circumstances of just a few years ago, it is remarkable. The government is making good progress on behalf of its people, doing so in partnership with the international community... But also in partnership with countries like the United States that are providing opportunities for economic development..." Full Text
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Hungary has long been an integral part of Europe. Although it was a monarchy for nearly 1,000 years, Hungary's constitutional system preceded by several centuries the establishment of Western-style governments in other European countries. More...
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