Remarks at a groundbreaking ceremony for the United States Institute of Peace.(Week Ending Friday, June 6, 2008)(Speech)

Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents | June 9, 2008 | Copyright

June 5, 2008

Thank you all. Please be seated. Mr. Secretary, thank you for your kind introduction. And thank you for inviting me to join you to break ground for the United States Institute of Peace's new home. I'm really pleased to be here. I appreciate what you do to resolve conflict and support new democracies and to build peace by promoting effective diplomacy. And speaking about effective diplomacy, it seems like you used some to get this special piece of land. I congratulate you on picking a wonderful site.

I thank Robin West, the Chairman; Dick ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Work on linking Trans-Korean, Trans-Siberian railroads to be stepped up -Lavrov. Newspaper article from: Russia & CIS Business and Financial Newswire ; Work on linking Trans-Korean, Trans-Siberian railroads to be stepped up -Lavrov MOSCOW. Aug 31 (Interfax...inter-Korean summit will make sure work on linking the Trans-Siberian and Trans-Korean railroads will be intensified...
	Luxury on the move; Trans-Siberian Railroad offers exotic adventure Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ; On the Trans-Siberian Railroad -- Lake Baikal -- beautiful...largest by volume, used to stop the Trans-Siberian Railroad in its tracks...those who simply want to ride the Trans-Siberian Railroad from Moscow to Vladivostok, it...
	The Trans-Siberian Railroad and Russia's Asia: literature, geopolitics, philosophy of history.(Critical Essay) Magazine article from: CLIO ; ...paradoxical history of the Trans-Siberian Railroad: late-nineteenth...the significance of railroads in global power structures...literary work, the Trans-Siberian Railroad evolves from a spatial...establishment of the Trans-Siberian Railroad...
	Russia completes electrification of famed Trans-Siberian railroad Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) ; ...0000 Russia completes electrification of famed Trans-Siberian railroad THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Date: 12-26-2002, Thursday...full electrification Wednesday of the legendary Trans-Siberian railroad line, the world's longest track. The...
	Russia's legendary Trans-Siberian railroad line completely electrified News Wire article from: AP Worldstream ; ...Wednesday the complete electrification of the legendary Trans-Siberian railroad line _ the world's longest track that bridges Europe and Asia. The electrification of the Trans-Siberian railway line has taken 74 years to complete, and...
	Trans-Siberian Railroad Now Electrified News Wire article from: AP Online ; ...full electrification Wednesday of the legendary Trans-Siberian railroad line, the world's longest track. The line can...the electrification would boost traffic on the Trans-Siberian railway by up to 40 percent. The completion of...
	Mazda to ship vehicles through Trans-Siberian Railroad. Magazine article from: Auto Business News (ABN) ; ...September 2008-Mazda to ship vehicles through Trans-Siberian Railroad(C)2008 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing...is shipping vehicles within Russia through the Trans-Siberian Railroad. According to Yekaterina Kulbaka, marketing...
	Road to Power: The Trans-Siberian Railroad and the Colonization of Asian Russia, 1850-1917. Magazine article from: Business History ; ...construction projects in history -- the laying of the Trans-Siberian railroad linking European Russia to the Pacific. The stated...Marks argues that the major purpose in building the Trans-Siberian was for raisons d'etat -- to assert the metropolitan...
	Japan: Mazda to Ship Autos via Trans-Siberian Railroad. News Wire article from: TendersInfo ; Byline: shrishail98 it will begin shipping automobiles to Russia in October by the Trans-Siberian Railroad to reduce transportation times to meet growing demand. Mazda will transport vehicles by sea to Zarubino near Vladivostok and then...
	The Coming Rail Boom.(Trans-Siberian Railroad expansion through North and South Korea) Magazine article from: Newsweek International ; ...his own: chugging along the Trans-Siberian Railway at 40kph in a 21-carriage...Putin's idea to extend the Trans- Siberian Railway through North Korea and...significant economic benefits. The Trans-Siberian Railway extension, for example...