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WF-EUROPE archives - February 2005, week 3

Transcript: First Millennium Challenge Pact Expected Soon, Aid Official (243 lines) ...

U.S. Medical Official in Europe Highlights AIDS Work in Africa (128 lines) ...

Byliner: Corporate Governance Crucial to Emerging Markets, Experts Say (292 lines) ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Daily Briefing June 3

You've got the factsheet for today. The President is, in his remarks -- this is a conversation on welfare reform that he'll participate in at the Church of Rock Creek, and the church's welfare-to-work career link workshop -- assist the unemployed, primarily mothers who receive cash assistance to achieve self-sufficiency. And the program addresses practical, social, emotional and spiritual roadblocks to meaningful employment. And through mentoring, participants assess their strengths and weaknesses and develop the life skills needed to gain and maintain employment. And the program mobilizes the faith-based community in partnership with the government and other social agencies to restore dignity and help the families who are dependent on government assistance. ... [Read More]

Counterterrorism Policy

All of us on the Bush national security team, beginning with President Bush, knew we needed continuity in counterterrorism policy. We did not want terrorists to see the early months of a new administration as a time of opportunity. And for continuity, President Bush retained Director Tenet at the CIA. Director Tenet's Counterterrorism Center remained under the leadership of Cofer Black. He was kept on there until he joined the State Department last year to become my Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism. Dick Clarke was retained at the National Security Council. I retained Ambassador Edmund Hull as Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism until I was able to bring a new team in a little bit later in the year, under the leadership of former Brigadier General Frank Taylor of the United States Air Force's Office of Special Investigations. He was Cofer Black's immediate predecessor. I also retained David Carpenter as Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and kept Tom Fingar on as A ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: State Department Noon Briefing, July 1

QUESTION: And I apologize if this has been asked and answered while I've been away. But does the United States feel any kind of special responsibility or special relationship with the people of Liberia given their past, or do you basically treat it as another west -- simply another country in west Africa? ...

We have had various concerns about the Palestinian Authority leadership, which we have expressed, also questions of financial transparency, corruptions, things like that. Circumstances are changing, that reform efforts have been underway in the Palestinian leadership. ... [Read More]