04/17/2014
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"These are values that have guided our Nation since its founding."
"We will continue to provide humanitarian assistance to the displaced and vulnerable in Iraq and Syria."
"we [cannot] take the place of [our] Arab partners in securing their region."
"Michele Thoren Bond, of the District of Columbia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Consular Affairs), vice Janice L. J..."