11/19/2001
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"Azerbaijan has been an important partner in the war on terror, not only through its cooperation on counterterrorism, but in contributing troops in both Afghanistan and Iraq."
"The Vice President, and the President, who thought it important enough to send him there on this kind of mission in the middle of this kind of crisis, I just would not underestimate the importance of ..."
"Russia has just taken a military action against one of its neighbors."
"I think Russia has gotten the message."