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U.S.-Russia Relations in Putin's Second Term

Mr. Chairman, Members of the Committee, I am delighted to be with you this morning to discuss the current state of U.S.-Russian relations and the prospects for their evolution. Hardly a day goes by without our addressing aspects of this important relationship in one way or another, and yet the occasions for reflecting seriously on its entirety are surprisingly few. I especially value the chance to share my thoughts with you this morning on where we are in the relationship and where we are headed -- and to hear your comments and questions. The time is certainly right, now that the Russian presidential election is behind us and the shape of the new Russian administration has become clear. Let me begin with a brief assessment of where we are at present. As I reported to your Subcommittee on Europe earlier this month, we have ma ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Text: CPJ Names Ten Worst Enemies of the Press for 2001

Jiang Zemin presides over the world's most elaborate system of media control. Twenty-two journalists were jailed for their work in China at the end of last year, more than in any other country. Wary of the Internet's potential power to break the state's information monopoly, Jiang has poured huge resources into policing online content. His campaign to strengthen "ideological conformity" has led to closings or reorganizations at several media outlets that had begun operating with unacceptable editorial independence. ... [Read More]

Remarks with Students at Max Planck School

So things are changing and shifting, and we had a major disagreement with some of our European friends and most of the European public over Iraq, but when you look at who is standing with us in Iraq, most of the NATO nations are in Iraq, even if NATO as an alliance is not in Iraq. So I think there is more shared interest in common values linking us together than pulling us apart, but history is always continuing and history always causes changes to take place; and so even though it isn’t like the days of NATO versus the Warsaw Pact, and Europeans are integrating in the European Union more, and getting closer together with respect to common currencies and common economic policies, I don’t see this as necessarily something that causes you to drift apart from your North American friends. In fact, I think it’s quite the contrary: as Europe becomes more integrated economically, the world is becoming more integrated economically. No block, the European Union, the United States, is separated ... [Read More]

Synopsis of Public-Private Partnerships for Mine Action

The following organizations are working in partnership with the U.S. Government to enable citizens of mine-affected nations "to walk the earth in safety."The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) and its Adopt-A-Minefield™ program have raised more than $2.9 million, including contributions from the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Humanitarian Demining Programs, since March 1999 to clear minefields in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, and Mozambique. To learn more about Adopt-A-Minefield™ and how you can personally contribute to mine action, go to www.landmines.org, email info@landmines.org, telephone (212) 907-1300, or fax (212) 682-9185.Warner Bros. has committed the use of its "Looney Tunes" characters to produce animated public service announcements for broadcast around the world to teach mine awareness and acceptance of landmine survivors to children i ... [Read More]

Confirmation Hearing by Secretary-Designate Colin L. Powell

I have seen more and more nations moving on to the path of democracy and the free enterprise system. The rise in democracy and the power of the information revolution combined to leverage each other. As a member of the Board of Directors of one of these transforming companies, America Online, I had a unique vantage point in which to watch the world start to transform itself. America Online and its various services have over 100 million people connected electronically. They can Instant Message; they can e-mail; they can trade photos, papers, ideas, dreams, capital, likes and dislikes, all done without customs posts, visas, passports, tariffs, guard towers or any other way for governments to interfere. With the speed of light they can communicate; with the speed of light, the concept of freedom can travel around the world. ... [Read More]

Synopsis of Public-Private Partnerships

The United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) and its Adopt-A-Minefield™ program have raised more than $6 million, including contributions from the U.S. Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement, since March 1999 to clear minefields in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Croatia, Mozambique and Vietnam. To learn more about Adopt-A-Minefield™ and how you can personally contribute to mine action, go to WWW.LANDMINES.ORG, email INFO@LANDMINES.ORG, telephone (212) 907-1300, or fax (212) 682-9185.People to People International (PTPI) was founded in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to enhance international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities involving the exchange of ideas and experiences directly among people of different countries and ... [Read More]