08/03/2001
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"Iraq and Afghanistan have held free elections and are now building free societies."
"To help young democracies succeed, we need to recognize that freedom movements can create a vacuum."
"Much of our focus is on the broader Middle East, because I understand that 60 years of Western nations excusing and accommodating the lack of freedom in that region did nothing to make us safe."
"Our first trade priority is to pass the Central American and Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, known as CAFTA."