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USA*Engage
sample letters opposing the “Syria Accountability Act”
Letter
to Administration
Letter
to Congress
May
20, 2002
USA*Engage strongly urges the Bush Administration to reverse
course and lift the forty-year embargo with Cuba as a means
of achieving the President's goal of promoting democracy in
that Caribbean country.
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the Press Release
May
15, 2002
USA*Engage today hails the recommendations made by the bipartisan
House Cuba Working Group in its review of United States policy
toward Cuba.
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the House Working Group Policy Review
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the Press Release
USA*Engage
hails former President Jimmy Carter's unprecedented speech
on Cuban state radio and television urging Cuba to "join the
community of democracies" and calling on the U.S. to "take
the first step" by lifting the 40 year old embargo on Cuba.
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Speech
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the Press Release
May
14, 2002
USA*Engage today applauds the pro-engagement recommendations
made in the report released today by the President’s special
envoy to Sudan, former Senator John Danforth.
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the Danforth Report
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the Press Release
May
2, 2002
In a letter to House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other key
Members of Congress, USA*Engage urged the House to reject
the “Syria Accountability Act of 2002” (H.R.4483).
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the Letter
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the Press Release
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analysis of the bill by Murhaf Jouejati of the Middle East
Institute
April
16, 2002
"A
Wider Lens: U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changed World,"
Council on Foreign Relations,
Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska
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the Speech
April
12 , 2002
While
unilateral sanctions continue to be imposed by the United
States, the frequency in which they are implemented has decreased
since the late 1990s, according to a new study released today
at the USA*Engage Annual Meeting by Dr. Barry Carter, Director
of the International Business and Economic Law Program at
the Georgetown University Law Center.
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the Press Release
March
27, 2002
USA*Engage
Commits to Fight Ineffective Cuba Policies. The
USA*Engage coalition has agreed to support changes in three
ineffective U.S. policies towards Cuba in 2002.
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the Press Release
March
21, 2002
USA*Engage
today hails the creation of the House Bipartisan Working Group
on Cuba that will review current United States policy towards
the Caribbean country.
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the Press Release
March
13, 2002
Prospects for Progress: America and Iran After 9-11, American
Iranian Council,
Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. of Delaware, Chairman,
Committee on Foreign Relations
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the Speech
February
21, 2002
Murray Hiebert of the Far Eastern Economic Review writes,
“Fight Evil or Win Friends? The American president has
a single foreign-policy obsession: eliminating "evil."
But on his coming visits to South Korea, Japan and China,
he'll find that a more nuanced approach might pay off.”
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February
12, 2002
On CNN”s “Greenfield at Large,” former Assistant Secretary
of Defense, Richard Perle, and Newsweek International editor,
Fareek Zakaria debate the future of U.S.- Iranian relations.
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February
12, 2002
The Senate Appropriations Treasury Subcommittee held hearings
yesterday questioning the effectiveness of the travel ban
on Cuba as a component of broad Cuba sanctions, reports the
Washington Post.
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the Article
February
10, 2002
Abbas Amanat writes in the New York Times, “Making an enemy
of Iran — much less attacking it, even surgically — would
have the effect of rallying the Iranian public behind the
conservative clerics of the Islamic regime led by Ayatollah
Ali Khamenei. The losers would be the voices of moderation
and political reform among Iranians deeply frustrated with
the domination of the hard-line clergy.”
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February
7, 2002
Michael O’Hanlon of the New York Times advocates engagement
with North Korea. He writes,“In his State
of the Union address, President Bush took aim at what he called
an "axis of evil" — countries like Iraq, Iran and
North Korea together with their terrorist associates. He implied
that the United States might take strong action against all
parts of this global collection of unpalatable actors. However,
Mr. Bush is wrong to lump these countries and terrorist groups
together. We will harm our security if we fail to appreciate
the great differences among them.”
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the Article
February
4, 2002
The Washington Post’s Alan Sipress writes, “By including Iran
last week in the "axis of evil," President Bush
put an end to one of the most unlikely U.S. initiatives to
emerge after the Sept. 11 attacks: the administration's delicate
exploration of closer ties with Tehran.”
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February
1, 2002
Citing the critical need for a sound trade policy in 2002,
USA*Engage applauds President Bush's endorsement of Trade
Promotion Authority in the State of the Union address.
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