11/30/2009
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"When innocents are being slaughtered and global security endangered, we don't have to choose between standing idly by or acting on our own."
"Our safety is not directly threatened, but our interests and values are."
"the United States is committed to support the universal rights of all the people of the region"
"NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Brian T. Baenig, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, vice Krysta Harden."