12/17/2013
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"There is no equivalence between the promotion of democracy and Russian and other attempts to interfere in democracy."
"the major faultline in global affairs repeatedly is the competition, really a global competition between autocratic systems of governance and the democratic system"
"Promoting democracy is in the vital national interests of the United States."
"They point to our model and say, 'It is dysfunctional.'"