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USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta H. Fore (Feb. 11): "The U.S.-Palestinian Partnership was launched on December 3 in 2007. It brings together the private sector, civic leaders, the United States Government and the Palestinian Authority to create educational and economic opportunities for Palestinian youth, furthering progress toward peace between Israelis and Palestinians. As one component of the initiative, the United States plans to refurbish three youth centers in Nablus, in Hebron and in Ramallah. To support this effort, USAID will work in tandem with the Ministry of Youth and Sports to build upon existing youth training and job programs. USAID is also working to support the partnership's efforts to promote economic growth and new employment." Full Text
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Department Spokesman Sean McCormack (Feb. 11): "... it’s very common when the Secretary gets together with her counterparts, if somebody has a particular interest, has recently been to Russia or has some reason to follow the state of politics in Russia, that she asks them for their assessment, how they see things, and she shares her views as well." Full Text
| | ![U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, Afghan President Hamid Karzai, center, and Britain\'s Foreign Secretary David Miliband during a joint press conference at the Presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday Feb. 7, 2008. [AP image]](/web/20080212210407im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_afghanistan_96.jpg) | | Rebuilding Afghanistan's Infrastructure
Secretary Rice (Feb. 7): "I want to thank you again for your leadership of this country. And we have now been partners since 2001 and I think that it is fair to say that if you look at the Afghanistan of 2001 and the Afghanistan of now, there is a remarkable difference for the better." Full Text | Travel Page
| | ![Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs James Swan testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Africa and Global Health Subcommittee Hearing. [State Dept. photo]](/web/20080212210407im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/thumbs/thumb96_af2_swan96.jpg) | | Kenya: A Call for Justice and Peaceful Resolution
Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan (Feb. 6): "The United States and Kenya have a long tradition of partnership. We want to continue our close ties to Kenya, but this requires that its leaders take the necessary steps to quell the violence and make political compromises....We call on Kenya’s political leaders to honor their obligation to the Kenyan people..." Full Text
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The U.S. Department of State salutes Roots of Peace, a nongovernmental organization that turns minefields into productive farmland, for building a new school on a former battlefield near the Bagram air base in Afghanistan. The project was funded by 1 million pennies ($10,000) raised by American students through the “Roots of Peace Penny Campaign.” Full Text
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Andorra 
![Bikers ride past old church in the Envalira pass between Andorra and southern France, July 16, 1997. [© AP Images]](http://web.archive.org/web/20080212210407im_/http://www.state.gov/cms_images/andorra.jpg) Tourism is a principal component of Andorra's economy. Attractive for shoppers from France and Spain because of low taxes, the country also has developed active summer and winter tourist resorts. With some 270 hotels and 400 restaurants, as well as many shops, the tourist trade employs a growing portion of the domestic labor force. more
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