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SEAN MCCORMACK ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS SEAN MCCORMACK HOLDS STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING
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Washington Transcript Service
08-14-2006
STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING
AUGUST 14, 2006
SPEAKER: SEAN MCCORMACK,
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
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MCCORMACK: I don't have any opening statements. You all know
the president will be over here just in -- a little bit later this afternoon.
He's going to have some briefings. It's going to cover the war on terror,
counterproliferation, public diplomacy, transformational diplomacy, foreign
assistance reform, and the Middle East.
QUESTION: How many minutes?
MCCORMACK: Excuse me?
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