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04-26-2005, 09:02 AM
By Ralph Dannheisser
Washington File Special Correspondent
Washington -- The Bush administration is firmly committed to fostering democracy in the Arab Middle East, even though the emerging democracies might well have a strongly anti-American tilt in the short run, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development says.
Andrew Natsios took that position in a talk April 22 at the sixth annual conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), which focused on the relationship between democracy and development. http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Apr/25-307950.html?chanlid=iu
Washington File Special Correspondent
Washington -- The Bush administration is firmly committed to fostering democracy in the Arab Middle East, even though the emerging democracies might well have a strongly anti-American tilt in the short run, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development says.
Andrew Natsios took that position in a talk April 22 at the sixth annual conference sponsored by the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), which focused on the relationship between democracy and development. http://usinfo.state.gov/mena/Archive/2005/Apr/25-307950.html?chanlid=iu