Politics > Politics-USA > Hey, didja know that the tsunami disaster's a "wonderful opportunity"? Now ya know.
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"Harry Hope" |
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20 Jan 2005 10:11:54 AM |
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Hey, didja know that the tsunami disaster's a "wonderful opportunity"? Now ya know. |
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines05/0118-08.htm
Published on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 by Agence France Presse
Condi Rice: Tsunami Provided "Wonderful Opportunity" for US
WASHINGTON -
Asia's tsunami disaster provided a "wonderful opportunity" for the
United States to show compassion with relief efforts that reaped
"great dividends" on the diplomatic front, Secretary of
State-designate Condoleezza Rice said.
Rice's remarks, made at her Senate confirmation hearing, drew a sharp
rebuke from Democratic Senator Barbara Boxer who accused her of
insensitivity to last month's catastrophe that claimed some 168,000
lives across the Indian Ocean.
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"The tsunami was one of the worst tragedies of our lifetime. And it's
going to have a 10-year impact on rebuilding that area. I was very
disappointed in your statement. I think you blew the opportunity."
Senator Barbara Boxer
That's not all she blew, Senator.
Harry
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