09/29/2009
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"This position I think, as most people know, is a very, very important position."
"implementing the IMF quota reforms bolsters our leadership in the Fund and provides the United States with leverage to continue to preserve our national security and economic interests abroad."
"But if you suspend sanctions, which you can do, certainly the permanent lifting we have to vote on."
"I think the administration has been long on making statements, you know, like a new era of power relations or a pivot, without much definition or policy to go behind that."