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Original publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 2003. OCLC Number: (OCoLC)53916358 Subject: Iraq War, 2003- -- Reconstruction. Excerpt: ... 11 wanting to become part of the Department. We gave the Foreign Service exam three Saturdays ago and 20, 000 young Americans took the test that day because they want to be a part of the work that we are doing. We have fixed our information technology system so that we are now working at the speed of light and we are making sure that every member of the Department has access to information tech-nology. We have a Diplomatic Readiness Initiative, so we are deal-ing with all of the structural issues that have been problematic within our personnel system. We have lost lives along with our colleagues in uniform. Since I have been Secretary of State, three members of our family have lost their lives to terrorist incidents, two in Pakistan and one in Jordan. So we are out there on the front lines of offense. We are out there carrying the Nation's message. We are out there taking the values of this Nation to the people of the world, and we are dedicated people, committed to the values, committed to the values of this President. One can disagree about a particular policy. One can criticize about a particular policy and take issue with a particular policy, and that is all fine and good. But one has to do it in a manner that does not undercut the people who are carrying out those policies. There is no more loyal, faithful, group of employees in this Federal Government than the employees who are in the Department of State working for me, but more importantly working for the poli-cies of the President of the United States and, above all, working for the values of the American people. We will continue to transform the Department, not talk about it, not have panel meetings on it, but get on with the work of trans-formation. I can assure you, Mr. Chairman, that remains my goal, and at least some
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An enlarged NATO: mending fences and moving forward on Iraq: hearing before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate
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