09/26/2006
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"We must help these young democracies build the free institutions that will protect their liberty."
"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."