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Under Secretary Glassman (Nov.24): "Young people are using the internet to push back against violence in a new way, using social networking, convening large groups to have conversations, basically, to share information. And this is something that al-Qaida and the violent extremist groups cannot stand. ... You know, sometimes they’ll post videos on YouTube until YouTube takes them down, and they get tremendous amounts of critical comments." Full Text
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(Nov. 20): U.S. Department of State Spokesman Sean McCormack answers questions asked by participants during Briefing 2.0 November 20, 2008. Full Text

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Assistant Secretary Fried - March 12, 2008. [State Dept. photo]U.S. Department of StateUpcoming NATO Ministerial Meeting
Assistant Secretary Fried (Nov.26): "There will be discussion of Kosovo, and although the issues are very complicated there, NATO’s mission remains critical, especially as we enter a time of transition from the UN mission to the EU mission, which may sound to some of you a technical change, but it isn’t. It’s a very serious one, and there has been a lot of intense diplomacy over the past three weeks." Full Text		U.S. Department of State
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Deputy Spokesman Wood (Nov. 25): "[W]e want to see Venezuelans stand up and express themselves freely in the democratic election. That is a good thing. We want to see that type of thing happen throughout the hemisphere as well as other places around the world. And so we obviously want to see how things develop in Venezuela because ... a free and democratic hemisphere is important not just for that region, but globally." Full Text 		U.S. Department of State
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Date: 12/24/2007 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Description: Belfast AP photoBy the mid-1990s, gestures toward peace encouraged by successive British governments and by then-President Clinton began to open the door for restored local government in Northern Ireland. Key elements of the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 include devolved government, a commitment of the parties to work toward "total disarmament of all paramilitary organizations," police reform, and enhanced mechanisms to guarantee human rights and equal opportunity. More l Belfast: Post of the Month [PDF]


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