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Secretary Rice (Jan. 7): "I just want to make one comment also about the humanitarian situation. We have deep concerns about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. I am pleased that the Israelis were able to open a humanitarian corridor and to provide a pause for humanitarian action, but that needs to be repeated again and again because the people of Gaza need to be in a position to be able to get a lifeline to goods and supplies and to sanitation and to medical help." Full Text | P3 + Arab Group Meeting | Cease-Fire Needed in Gaza| Fact Sheet |
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Deputy Secretary Negroponte (Jan. 8): "I first visited China in June of 1972 on a delegation led by Dr. Henry Kissinger at a time when our two countries had lived in political, economic and diplomatic isolation from each other for more than two decades. The changes in our relationship since that time have been truly dramatic. Our two countries have interactions and exchanges across the entire spectrum of human activity on a scale and depth that simply could not have been imagined when we first established diplomatic ties in 1979." Full Text | Deputy Secretary's travel to China | | |  | | Urgent Need for Cessation of Hostilities
Deputy Spokesman Wood (Jan. 7): "...as we have said, the situation, the humanitarian situation on the ground, is dire, and we’re working it very hard to try and see what we can do to help alleviate the situation. As I said, I’d go back to my comments about the Israeli initiative to open a humanitarian corridor. That is certainly something that we welcome, and we want to see that we can try to build on that as best we can." Full Text | | |  | | Dedication Ceremony for New U.S. Embassy in Baghdad
Deputy Secretary Negroponte (Jan. 5): "It is from here that the men and women, civilian and military, will help build the new Iraq." Full Text | Press release | View Video | Photos | |
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 The relationship between the United States and Canada is the closest and most extensive in the world. It is reflected in the staggering volume of bilateral trade--the equivalent of $1.5 billion a day in goods--as well as in people-to-people contact. About 300,000 people cross the shared border every day. More...
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