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TOPIC: Clinton to lead US delegation to OSCE summit (AFP 11/17/10)

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Date: Nov 18, 2010

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i9eADCy6CJkI0XIyEt3b-RdMxqaQ US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend the December 1-2 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) summit in Kazakhstan, a US diplomat said Wednesday. “Secretary Clinton plans to lead the US delegation to the OSCE summit,” Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake said in prepared testimony to a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee. Blake noted that the gathering, to be held in Kazakhstan’s capital Astana, would be the first ever in Central Asia. “We hope that this event will shine a light on positive developments in Central Asia, and the role that the OSCE has played, and can play in the future, in promoting its principles throughout the OSCE region,” he added. Kazakhstan took over the leadership of the OSCE on January 1, the first former Soviet republic to chair the transatlantic security body, despite its poor record in human rights and democracy. But Blake said the country had done “a very credible job,” notably in troubled neighbor Kyrgyzstan where the organization “has been at the forefront of efforts to promote peace, democracy and reconciliation.” __________________ Nobody puts THIS baby in the corner!

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