12/02/2009
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"I want to pledge to you that, as Secretary of State I view these issues as central to our foreign policy, not as adjunct, or auxiliary or as any way lesser than all of the other issues that we have to..."
"This is not culture, this is not custom--this is criminal."
"We cannot have a free, prosperous, peaceful, progressive world if women are treated in a such a discriminatory and violent way."
"We're going to be speaking out consistently and strongly against discrimination and oppression of women, and slavery, in particular."