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Department Spokesman McCormack (Nov. 5): "We have 24 people working full-time on the transition. ...There are also countless other people throughout the building who are going to be helping out, producing papers, briefing books, giving oral briefings upon request. ...We have here the Looking Ahead [briefing book], which is essentially all the important dates that the next Secretary of State and his or her staff are going to have to deal with, everything from APEC summits to NATO ministerials to other scheduled meetings." Full Text | Media Note |
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|  | | American Democracy Takes a Step Forward
Secretary Rice (Nov. 5): "...I did not want this morning to pass without taking note of the extraordinary election last night. This was an exercise in American democracy, of which Americans across the political spectrum are justifiably proud." Full Text | | |  | | U.S.-Brazil Joint Action Plan
The U.S. and Brazil launched their Joint Action Plan to Eliminate Racial and Ethnic Discrimination and Promote Racial Equality on Oct. 31 with the inaugural meeting of the bi-national Steering Group, which brought together representatives of the two governments and civil society. Fact Sheet | Plan
| | |  | | Your Chance To Ask a Question: Briefing 2.0
Anything you want to know about U.S. foreign policy? Send us
a video question to be answered by State Department Spokesman Sean McCormack at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDP78qSMi2k. | | |  | | U.S. Public Diplomacy and the War of Ideas
Under Secretary Glassman (Oct. 28): "...A simple breakdown of public diplomacy puts our work into three categories: first, telling America’s story, explaining our policies and principles to the world; second, engaging in cultural and educational exchanges in battle-tested programs like the Fulbright fellowships; and third, fighting the war of ideas." Full Text | | |  | |  | |
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Peru
![Incan ruins at Machu Picchu, Peru, July 2006. [© AP Images]](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081106025808im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/peru2.jpg) When the Spanish landed in 1531, Peru's territory was the nucleus of the highly developed Inca civilization. Centered at Cuzco, the Incan Empire extended over a vast region from northern Ecuador to central Chile. More...
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