Remarks by Secretary Rice to the Travel Pool
08/15/2008
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We threw all the muscle and all the weight of the United States behind the vision.
Japan is a strong ally of the United States of America, an ally in defending our liberties, and an ally in spreading liberty as the great id...
I think it began— it's the beginning of a very difficult vision to implement.
Americans will never forget the harrowing sacrifices made in the Pacific by soldiers and civilians.