SECRETARY CONDOLEEZZA RICE SPEAKS AT THE MEETING OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY PROMOTION
October 10, 2008
October 10, 2008
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct. 10 -- The U.S. Embassy issued the following press release:
"So when we look out and we see new democracies being born - struggling democracies - whether in Afghanistan or Iraq or in Palestine or in Lebanon, I think we recognize that while the Middle East may, in fact, have been the last place that the United States was really willing to speak forcefully for democracy, that we have plenty of experience that if the United States continues to insist tha . . .
"So when we look out and we see new democracies being born - struggling democracies - whether in Afghanistan or Iraq or in Palestine or in Lebanon, I think we recognize that while the Middle East may, in fact, have been the last place that the United States was really willing to speak forcefully for democracy, that we have plenty of experience that if the United States continues to insist tha . . .