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GOOD MORNING. THIS SUBCOMMITTEE WILL COME TO ORDER AND I WILL APOLOGIZE, WE ARE RUNNING A LITTLE LATE. AS WE CELEBRATE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE...
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| 00:05:33 |
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CHAIRMAN. I APPRECIATE YOU HOLDING THESE HEARINGS. THEY ARE/nq IMPORTANT. IT'S CRUCIAL AND WE WILL HEAR TESTIMONY OF EXAMPLES OF THE PROMISE THAT THE...
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| 00:08:44 |
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DEPUTY:(c ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE BUREAU OF THE WESTERN HEM FIS FEAR HAS SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND COORDINATION FOR THE BUREAU,...
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| 00:09:45 |
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAR. I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT WE SHARE YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPORTANT SUCCESSES IN MANY SOCIETIES OF LATIN AMERICA AND...
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| 00:15:14 |
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SECRETARY. LET ME START OFF. YOU KNOW, PERHAPS ONE OF THE GREATEST AND LEAST COMMENTED ON THREATS IN -- DEMOCRACY TO ME IS MORE THAN ELECTIONS. ELECTIONS...
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| 00:17:10 |
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IN? >> THANK YOU. I THINK THAT IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE REVIEW. WITHOUT CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS ABLE TO WORK FREELY, ONE REALLY CAN'T TALK ABOUT FULLY...
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| 00:19:10 |
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LET ME PROCEED THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH YOU. SO YOU TELL ME THAT THE DEPARTMENT SPENT A LOT OF ATTENTION ON THIS AND I HEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SECRETARY...
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| 00:19:47 |
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OF WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN HELP SUPPORT CIVIL SOCIETY. ONE IS THE BULLY PULL PIT AND THAT'S ONLY ONE. ANOTHER IS ENGAGING WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN PROGRAMS...
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| 00:21:13 |
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A LITTLE BIT MORE DIRECT. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THERE WAS A TIME IN OUR COUNTRY IN WHICH WE WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE ABOUT PROMOTING DEMOCRACY THROUGHOUT THE...
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| 00:24:37 |
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YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT AND WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO IN MY OPENING REMARKS, WE FACED CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING PROGRAMS OF BRINGING...
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| 00:25:04 |
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THAT WE FACE CHALLENGES AND WE HAD CHALLENGES IN POLAND AND WE HAD CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, IN WHAT WAS THE CHEK REPUBLIC AND IN EASTERN EUROPE AND WE...
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| 00:25:31 |
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BEING WITH US THIS MORNING AND FOR YOUR STATEMENT. I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TALK ABOUT OFTEN ENOUGH BUT I THINK IT'S RELEVANT...
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| 00:26:45 |
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SENATOR. IN OUR EXCHANGE PROGRAMS, EFFORTS TO TRY AND UNDERTAKE EXCHANGE PROGRAMS IN CUBA, OUR GOAL IS TO WORK WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AS YOU REFLECTED...
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| 00:27:34 |
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IN TERMS OF THE CALCULATION, WHAT GOES INTO THE CALCULATION THAT SOMEHOW WE SHOULD WAIVE THOSE REQUIREMENTS WHEN IT COMES TO CUBA THAT WE PERHAPS WOULDN'T...
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| 00:27:50 |
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WE'VE WAIVED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR CUBA IN TERMS OF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS. I'D HAVE TO GET GREATER INFORMATION OR SPECIFICITY ON THAT. >> WELL, THE
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| 00:27:58 |
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EXCHANGE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN CUBA NOW VIOLATE -- ARE THEY NOT IN CONTRADICTION WITH WHAT THE LAW SAYS? WE SHOULD NOT BE DOING WITH COURT TREES...
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| 00:28:13 |
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THAT WE HAVE, SUCH AS THEY ARE WITH CUBA, I BELIEVE THEY FOCUS ON CIVIL SOCIETY. BUT I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU IN FURTHER DETAIL AS TO WHETHER...
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| 00:28:28 |
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THAT FURTHER. BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, THAT DID REQUIRE, AS THE REPORT OUTLINES, ALL OF THE FULL SANCTIONS AVAILABLE FOR COUNTRIES THAT FALL UNDER...
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| 00:29:24 |
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SENATOR. WE HAVE PROGRAMS IN VENEZUELA THAT ARE DIRECTED AT -- IN A NONPARTISAN FASHION TRYING TO WORK ON DEMOCRATIC PROCESS CEASE, OPENING UP DEMOCRATIC...
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| 00:30:20 |
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A CRITICISM. JUST TO HIGHLIGHT IT, THERE'S A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT THAT THERE'S AN EMERGING OPPOSITION MINORITY PARTY IN VENEZUELA THAT IS AN OPPOSITION...
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| 00:32:28 |
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ON T. I WANT TO REFER TO THIS LETTER THAT THEY WROTE ME. WE CAN CHECK INTO THIS DEEPER, WHETHER THE STATE DEPARTMENT WOULD BE WILLING TO SOLICIT AMERICAN...
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| 00:33:06 |
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YOU. IT'S INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THE TSE ACTUALLY JUST DISQUALIFIED -- I HADN'T SEEN THAT PRESS REPORT. MY STAFF SHOWED ME. THE FORMER FIRST LADY...
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| 00:34:26 |
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JOURNALISTS? >> THEY DO, SENATOR. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY HIGH PRIORITY FOR US AND WE'RE EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE TRENDS THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED....
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| 00:36:07 |
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WITH THE OESs, WHAT CAN WE DO WORKING WITH THE OES TO STRENGTHEN ITS RESOLVE IN PURSING ENFORCEMENT OF THE CHARTER? >> I THINK, SENATOR, IT'S
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| 00:36:25 |
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AN INTERESTING QUESTION AND -- >> I ONLY ASK ONE GOOD QUESTION. >> GOING TO HAVE
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| 00:36:28 |
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FUN HERE ALONG THE WAY, YOU KNOW. >> WHAT WE DO WITH THE
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| 00:36:31 |
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OES, BASICALLY, IS TO TRY AND SUPPORT WITH ALLIES IN THE HEMISPHERE THE ENGAGEMENT OF THAT ORGANIZATION THROUGH ITS MEMBERS INDIVIDUALLY AND MOST...
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| 00:38:09 |
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IMPLEMENTATION. >> GREAT. ANYTHING SNELS. >> JUST A BRIEF
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| 00:38:12 |
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STATEMENT. I WANT TO GET YOUR IMPRESSION ON IT. THIS MAY SHOCK YOU, BUT AS AMERICAN POLITICS, SOMETIMES PEOPLE RUN FOR OFRS AND SAY CERTAIN THINGS FOR...
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| 00:39:56 |
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SENATOR. ANOTHER EXCELLENT QUESTION. >> I GOT IT FROM THE CHAIRMAN. >> I THINK IT'S
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| 00:40:06 |
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A TERRIFIC EXAMPLE AND YOU'VE MENTIONED ALL OF THE COUNTRIES, FRANKLY, MANY OF THE COUNTRIES -- I SHOULDN'T LEAVE OUT OTHERS, PERHAPS -- WHERE WE HAVE...
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| 00:41:10 |
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ME THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TESTIMONY AND RESPONSE TO OUR QUESTIONS. WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH YOU IN THE MOMENTS AHEAD. LET ME...
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| 00:43:00 |
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HELLO. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND SENATOR RUBY OHIO. THANK YOU FOR THE AND LATIN AMERICA THAT HAILS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BOND, I TAKE IT...
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| 00:48:21 |
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IT'S AN HONOR TO BE HERE. IN MY REMARKS I CONCENTRATE ON A POINT THAT MY COLLEAGUE MICHAEL REED JUST MADE, THAT MOST LATIN AMERICANS TODAY LIVE UNDER...
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| 00:54:08 |
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MEMBER RUBIO, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT SOME OBSERVATIONS FROM A NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION INVOLVED. THE INTERNATIONAL REPUBLICAN ...
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| 00:59:13 |
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ALL. VERY INSIGHTFUL TESTIMONY. LET ME START OFF BY ASKING, TAKING OFF WHERE YOU JUST FINISHED YOUR STATEMENT, MR. FISK AND TO THE ENTIRE PANEL. SO,...
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| 01:00:00 |
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THAT SPEAKS TO MR. RUBIO'S QUESTION IS ELECTION OBSERVATION. ELECTION OBSERVATION IS A SET OF PROCEDURES, A SET OF INSTRUMENTS THAT HAS DEVELOPED...
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| 01:02:25 |
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MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD SAY FIRST, IT'S IMPORTANT TO AVOID KIND OF CRUDE ATTEMPTS AT PROMOTING REGIME CHANGE. I'M STRUCK FROM OUTSIDE OR EXPORTING DEMOCRACY...
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| 01:04:44 |
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THE ATTENTION AT THE BEGINNING THAT REGIME CHANGE, TRULY, YOU DON'T SUGGEST THAT ASSISTANCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY TO PROMOTE GREATER DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM OF...
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| 01:04:59 |
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MEAN TO. OF COURSE I DIDN'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE. I THINK IN THE PAST, SOME ELEMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA, FOR EXAMPLE, ATTEMPTED UNCONSTITUTIONAL REGIME...
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| 01:05:34 |
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HAD IRIs, DOING UNIQUE POLLING ON THE VIEWS OF CUBANS ON A VARIETY OF ISSUES, WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS WORKED? WHAT DO -- CAN WE DO IN PLACES LIKE CUBA...
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| 01:06:00 |
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I BELIEVE THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED WHILE THEY'VE HAD THEIR BUMPS IN THE ROAD OVERALL HAVE OVERCOME A LOT OF THE CHALLENGES PRESENTED...
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| 01:07:35 |
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YOU. THANK YOU TO THE PANEL. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF STATEMENT ON MY VIEW. SOMETHING'S BEEN ON MY MIND FOR A WHILE. THEN GET YOUR IMPRESSIONS, YOUR...
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| 01:12:09 |
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VERY -- EXPOSITION OF THE ISSUES. I THINK THE ANSWERS ARE NOT EASY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO STRESS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF ROBUST REPRESENTATIVE...
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| 01:14:39 |
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OUT OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND SOME COMMENTS IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT IN ALL OF THESE KEY ISSUES THAT IS EASIER TO SHAPE, AND IT'S STATESMAN SHIP. DAN...
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| 01:18:29 |
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IN TAKING ON EXPERIENCES, SENATOR, I'VE ACTUALLY, I THINK A NUMBER OF WHO HAVE SERVED IN POSITIONS AT VARIOUS TIMES, STRUGGLED WITH EXACTLY THE QUESTION...
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| 01:22:37 |
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BODY EXPERIENCES IN LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES, BUT IT WAS VERY INSIGHTFUL. I WANT TO PICK UP ON SOMETHING THEN I'M FINISHED FOR MY PART. YOU KNOW, PART...
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| 01:27:24 |
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ADMIRATION FOR PRESIDENT CALDERON AND CHALLENGES HE HAS BEEN UNDERTAKING. I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THAT IF YOU OR I WERE JOURNALISTS IN MEXICO, WE...
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| 01:30:18 |
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EXCELLENT PANEL. I WAS JUST TELLING THE CHAIRMAN, I WANTED TO BRIEFLY RUN, A DOCTRINE OF YOU, OF THE REGION AND SEE YOUR PERCEPTIONS OF IT. CATEGORIZING...
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| 01:32:35 |
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YOU. JUST BEFORE ADDRESSING THAT QUESTION COULD I ADD SOMETHING TO CHAIRMAN MENDEZ'S COMMITTEE ABOUT MEXICO. I LIVED IN MEXICO ABOUT FOUR YEARS IN THE...
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| 01:37:09 |
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JUST TO COMMENT ON YOUR CHARACTER CHARACTERIZATION, IT IS APT AND CAN GIVE US CLARITY ON A COUPLE OF POINTS. IT IS MORE EFFECTIVE FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT...
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| 01:39:14 |
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AGREE. I WOULD ADD THOUGH, ALSO GOT TO REMEMBER THERE'S GOING TO BE A GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT DYNAMIC AND A CIVIL SOCIETY TO CIVIL SOCIETY DYNAMIC...
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| 01:40:30 |
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MUCH. WE HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF YOUR TIME. YOU'VE BEEN VERY GENEROUS. IT'S BEEN VERY INSIGHTFUL. I THINK YOU WILL HAVE HELPED THE COMMITTEE'S WORK MOVE...
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