03/21/2002
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"The United States supports efforts to promote democracy, strengthen religious freedoms, and bolster civil society in Kazakhstan."
"We're safer because you stand ready to put on the uniform."
"I recommend that the Senate give early and favorable consideration to the Protocol, along with the Joint Declaration and give its advice and consent to ratification."
"We declare our common commitment to strengthen the independence, sovereignty and security of, and to develop democratic institutions in, the countries of the region."