09/15/2009
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"We have huge interest in this--the world does, obviously--in the stability of the region and the avoidance of violence and conflict."
"Since Aleksandr Lukashenko rose to power in 1994... he has consolidated virtually all power into his own hands."
"In today's Belarus, civil liberties are sharply restricted in almost every way imaginable."
"I went to demonstrate the U.S. Government's support for the people of Belarus."