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Article: Secretary Rice in Asia.(Opinion & Editorial)
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- Manila Bulletin
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- March 29, 2005
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rices first Asian tour as secretary (she was here, two years ago, as special adviser to President Bush when he visited Manila) apparently was aimed primarily at enhancing regional stability. She seemed to perform a good balancing act between India and Pakistan, citing warmer relations with India today than in the past (Cold War days when India was viewed as close to the USSR). Her six-nation tour started in New Delhi, thence to Pakistan, and on the Afghanistan where she commended President Karzai on to reconstruction of that war-ravaged country and reiterated Americas long-term commitment to Afghanistan.
From there, she went to ...