Susan Rice at her US Senate confirmation hearing for the post of new United States Ambassador to the United Nations said that Barack Obama “has affirmed America’s commitment to the United Nations as an indispensable, if imperfect, institution,” and she targeted Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe as an example of the kind of autocratic leader the US will work to dislodge, sometimes using quiet diplomacy. US Mission, Geneva
Posted by Ellen Wallace on 16 January 2009 at 16:05 | permalink
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News story, GenevaLunch, 16 January 2009.
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Tags: autocrats, Susan Rice, US Ambassador UN, Zimbabwe
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