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President Bush (May 7): "Our two nations hold fundamental values in common. We honor our traditions and our shared history. We recognize that the strongest societies respect the rights and dignity of the individual. We understand and accept the burdens of global leadership. And we have built our special relationship on the surest foundations -- our deep and abiding love of liberty."
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| ![Secretary Rice, center, flanked by East-West Center President Charles Morrison, right, and Marshall Islands President and Pacific islands Conference of Leaders (PICL) Chairman Kessai Note, poses with the participants of the Eighth Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders, Monday, May 7, 2007, at the State Department in Washington, DC. [© AP Images]](/all/20070508191041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2007_0507_rice1_2502.jpg) | | Secretary Rice Addresses Pacific Island Conference of Leaders
Secretary Rice (May 7): "As the countries of the Pacific became independent over the past four decades, we were proud to establish formal diplomatic relations and to join the world in welcoming each of your countries into the United Nations." Full Text
| | ![DepartmentSpokesman Sean McCormack during a daily press briefing at the U.S. Department of State [State Department photo]](/all/20070508191041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_mccormack_blue_120.jpg) | | Sudan: International System Needs To Step Up on the Issue of Darfur
Deputy Spokesman Sean McCormack (May 7): "...The international system really has to step up on the issue of Darfur. They have to step up in pressuring the Sudanese Government to accept the phase three package and also step up in providing logistics support, supplying troops that would comprise that AU/UN hybrid force. ... That will allow greater humanitarian efforts and ultimately the implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement..."
| | ![General view of the Expanded Ministerial Conference for the Neighbors of Iraq on the second day session of the Iraq conference at the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheik, Egypt May 4, 2007. [© AP Images]](/all/20070508191041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2007_0507_iraq_962.jpg) | | International Compact Supports Democracy in Iraq
Secretary Rice (May 4): "The international community took its place alongside Iraq and its neighbors to commit, as it did yesterday through the International Compact, to a set of obligations as Iraqis move forward on their obligations, but also to continue the process to foster international support for the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Maliki." More from Trip...
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| | ![Andrew Simkin, Director of the Office of Fraud Prevention Programs, provides testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary. [State Department photo]](/all/20070508191041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_2007_0504_simkin_96.jpg) | | Interrupting Terrorist Travel: Strengthening the Security of International Travel Documents
Andrew Simkin: "The Department is committed to ensuring that U.S. citizens have passports when they need to travel and to providing transparent, efficient visa adjudication for whose visits to the United States we encourage and value. At the same time, we will not compromise our commitment to the security of such documents and the integrity of the consular adjudication processes."
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Canada is a constitutional monarchy with a federal system, a parliamentary government, and strong democratic traditions. The 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees basic rights in many areas. Queen Elizabeth II, as Queen of Canada, serves as a symbol of the nation's unity. More...
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| The U.S. Ambassador to India discussed the U.S.-India relationship and India's spectacular growth. |
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![President George W. Bush and Mrs. Laura Bush wave to an audience of 7,000 guests during the Arrival Ceremony for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Monday, May 7, 2007, on the South Lawn. [White House photo by David Bohrer]](/all/20070508191041im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/2007_0507_queen3_2502.jpg)
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