09/21/2009
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"Turkey is a critically important partner of the United States."
"We need Turkey working with us not against us."
"If that goes forward, it seems like that is a possible violation of section 231 of the Russian-Iran-North Korea sanctions bill."
"At the very least--at the very least--we can be true to our values and perhaps we will get the Turkish Government's attention by being public in our censure of their human rights record."