02/23/2016
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"The Administration's Summit for Democracy last year represented a significant opportunity to galvanize our allies in these efforts, but if the goals of the Summit are not translated into concrete and ..."
"We must counter the dangerous narratives which authoritarians spread to manipulate, to distract, and to cause people to question whether democracy has anything to offer the modern world."
"I think President Biden and his national security team did a masterful job of pushing Putin off his game"
"we are in the moment when pushing back on authoritarianism, strengthening the tools of democracy, and responding to a whole series of global crises is exactly what we should prioritize investing in."