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Bloomfield, Sara - Director
TO DEAL WITH PRESENT-DAY GENOCIDE, PARTICULARLY THE AREAS OF RESPONSE AND PREVENTION. THE COMMITTEE ON CONSCIENCE HAS TWO MAJOR GOALS. FIRST, PUBLIC...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
PRELIMINARY HOUSEKEEPING. I THINK WHEN YOU CAME AND YOU WERE HANDED PIECES OF PAPER, AND SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR AMBASSADOR RICE, PLEASE WRITE...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
ME AND FOR THAT VERY KIND INTRODUCTION. IT'S A REAL PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE AT THE HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM. I HAVE GREAT ADMIRATION FOR THE...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
THE UNITED NATIONS. IN PART, BECAUSE THE ISSUE THAT WE FACE TODAY, THE FAILURE TO PREVENT THE ATROCITIES IN RWANDA, BUT ALSO THE PERCEIVED ANTI-AMERICANISM,...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATING THAT, IS THE FACT THAT SURVEY AFTER SURVEY, INCLUDING RELATIVELY RECENT ONES, INDICATE THAT SUPPORTS THE UNITED NATIONS...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
GOING DOWN IN FLAMES, IF THAT WAS REQUIRED. I WONDER IF YOU COULD TELL US WHAT GOING DOWN IN FLAMES ARE COMING DOWN ON THE SIDE OF DRAMATIC ACTION MEANT...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
TO USE THE PHRASE THAT RESONATES FOR ME, AND I THINK I HAD IN THE BACK OF MY MIND WHEN I SAID THAT. HE REFERS TO THE PHENOMENON AS HAVING TO RUN NAKED...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
RWANDA, THOSE TAKING PLACE IN DARFUR. THAT'S WHAT HE SAID WHEN HE CAME TO OUR NEW CM IN APRIL. WHAT CONCRETE STEPS DO YOU THINK THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
GENOCIDE OF MASS ATROCITIES AND OUR ANALYST, OUR INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IS VERY MUCH ENGAGED IN TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT INSIDE AND THAT ANALYSIS. BUT...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
SPECIAL ADVISOR'S OFFICE ON GENOCIDE. OUR REPORT RECOMMENDED A BUNCH OF THINGS AND OTHER REPORTS -- I'M CURIOUS, JUST AS YOU REFLECTED UPON THIS, IF...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
THAT BEGINS IN PREVENTION AND IN SET PIECE CONSOLIDATION. AND THERE IS A NEED TO BUILD AND STRENGTHEN THE INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY ACROSS THE ENTIRETY...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
CONGO OR REPRESSED IN BURMA, THERE MUST BE CONSEQUENT TO. AND THE CLOSER WE STAND TOGETHER, THE LESS LIKELY WE WILL BE FACED WITH A CHOICE BETWEEN ARMED...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
GENOCIDE. AND YET, HE CONTINUES TO GOVERN. HE TRAVELS RELATIVELY FREELY. AND THE ONLY INDICTED WAR CRIMINAL TO SUBMIT TO JUSTICE AND THE CONTEXT OF...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
THE YEARS BEFORE PRESIDENT OBAMA TOOK OFFICE, MANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO NOW ARE IN THE ADMINISTRATION, INCLUDING YOURSELF, WERE QUITE IN FAVOR OF GREATER...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
BETTER THAN WHEN AT LEAST I MADE THE STATEMENTS THAT I DID. I SPOKE ABOUT MY OWN PERSONAL VIEW AS A SCHOLAR AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION, SEPTEMBER...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
THE. ONE IS, WHAT IS REALLY YOU THINK THE ANSWER TO THE PROBLEM IN CONGO? AND NUMBER TWO, AND THREE MINUTES, -- LEGISLATED THERE. I DESCRIBED A SITUATION...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
AN INTERSTATE WAR. THERE ARE THE REMNANTS AND INDEED THE ONGOING MANIFESTATION OF WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE CIVIL WAR AMONG CONGO'S PARTY. THERE IS THE...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
OF ISRAEL FOR THE OUTRAGES BUT SOME CERTAIN LEGAL EXPERTS CALL IT GENOCIDAL. DO YOU AGREE? >> I DON'T FEEL EQUIPPED TO MAKE A LEGAL JUDGMENT. I THINK...
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
THE ILLUMINATION OF A STATE OR ITS PEOPLE, THAT IS THE WORST KIND OF HATE SPEECH. AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MANY REASONS WHY OUR CONCERN ABOUT IRAN ACQUIRING...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
US A DAY IN THE LIFE OF BEING THE UN AMBASSADOR. >> IT DEPENDS ON THE
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
DAY. OFTEN A TYPICAL DAY BEGINS WITH A MORNING CUDDLE AMONG MY SENIOR TEAM. THEN I GET MY DAILY INTELLIGENCE BRIEFING. THEN MORE LIKELY THAN NOT,...
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Abramowitz, Michael - Director
IN THE AUDIENCE FOR BEING HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I DO AT THE MUSEUM IS ENCOURAGE OUR VISITORS TO REFLECT ON THEIR PERSONAL CAPACITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE....
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Rice, Susan E. - Ambassador
IMPORTANT WORK? ON THE REAL ISSUES OF GENOCIDE AND ATROCITIES EVERY DAY. WE NEED IT AND WE VALUE IT. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [APPLAUSE] >> TODAY
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