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'The Palestinian woman is the mother, the sister, the wife, the companion and partner [of the man] in areas of education, resilience, building and struggle and therefore she knows all the forms of the struggle and its sufferings.

Greetings from Washington. I am delighted to congratulate each of you on the 20th anniversary of the restoration of Lithuania's independence.

The goal of the Camp Atterbury Facebook page is three fold: to support Soldiers and their families; to expand Army awareness; and to increase community initiatives.

In what appears to be a new initiative, the Dalai Lama invited Tibetan officials in Tibet to visit Tibetan communities 'in the free world' to understand the aspirations of Tibetans in exile.

In the past eight years, the United States has made great strides in what might be called tactical counterterrorism - taking individual terrorists off the street, and disrupting cells and operations.

Israel has once again shown the world how it deals with those who dare to criticize its actions, by publicly embarrassing Vice-president Joe Biden whilst on a peace-keeping trip to Israel.

High-level representatives from 44 African countries wrapped up a United Nations-backed conference in Nigeria today with the approval of an ambitious plan to generate employment, income and food security across the continent through agribusiness.

Good afternoon. Sorry for the unusual schedule today, but Rich Verma and I were hosting the Senate Youth Conference up in the Ben Franklin Room.