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Statement by the President on Zimbabwe
WHITEHOUSE.GOV - News ^ | November 22, 2008 | n/a

Posted on 11/23/2008 10:23:14 PM PST by Cindy

Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/11/20081122-3.html

For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary November 22, 2008

Statement by the President on Zimbabwe

White House News

Nearly eight months have passed since the Zimbabwean people voted for a new president, yet they still are governed by an illegitimate regime that continues to suppress democratic voices and basic human rights. In addition to its disastrous economic policies which have forced half the population to rely on food assistance, the Mugabe regime is now assaulting doctors and nurses, denying citizens access to basic medical services, and stealing donor funds intended for HIV/AIDS patients.

In October alone, independent organizations documented some 1,300 incidents of politically-motivated violence and harassment by the regime. We call for an end to the Mugabe regime's brutal repression of basic freedoms and for the formation of a legitimate government that represents the will of the people as expressed in the March 2008 elections.

In spite of the regime's aggressive actions against its own people, the United States will continue to honor its commitment to provide emergency humanitarian assistance, already totaling $186 million in 2008, and stands ready to provide other forms of assistance pending the formation of a legitimate government that represents the will of the Zimbabwean people.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; bush; mugabe; transcript; usaid; zimbabwe

1 posted on 11/23/2008 10:23:15 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Clive; backhoe

Ping


2 posted on 11/23/2008 10:23:56 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Cindy

There’s one way to fix the problem...


3 posted on 11/23/2008 10:26:06 PM PST by wastedyears (Every FReeper is on Obama's Black List. He will try to have us all "taken care of." Mark my words)
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To: wastedyears

?send them Obama?


4 posted on 11/23/2008 10:29:28 PM PST by television is just wrong (obama is going to pay my mortgage for me!)
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To: wastedyears
"There’s one way to fix the problem..."

Give them a bailout!

5 posted on 11/23/2008 10:38:07 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (SARAH *** JOE *** 2012!)
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To: Cindy

That’s nothing compared to the future of West Zimbabwe (formerly USA).


6 posted on 11/23/2008 10:49:11 PM PST by RebelViking
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To: Cindy

WHY??!! When they just said themselves that the money is being stolen! American taxpayers are NOTHING anymore but a cash cow for government spending, while our voices are ignored. I’m so SICK of it, I wish we could get away with not paying the stinking taxes anymore! Thanks a lot Woodrow Wilson! And FDR! And all the governments since, who have encroached more and more on our freedom, while confiscating more and more of our money! I don’t want ANYTHING from this government but to be left the hell alone by it!!!!!!!!


7 posted on 11/24/2008 12:11:04 AM PST by mrsmel (That one is not my president.)
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To: Cindy

Go ahead send some money down that rathole. If you let the people who made that wealth possible in the first place keep it you might end up with prosperity and that simply would not do!


8 posted on 11/24/2008 12:31:58 AM PST by Nateman ( Socialism: A social disease spread through ignorant, evil or crazy contact.)
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To: wastedyears
There’s one way to fix the problem...

Just send in the "Real Jason Bourne" but not the jerk that plays the part in the movies.

The "Real Jason Bourne" would not "blank out" and "fail" to do the "right thing."

One can only hope someone has the ball$ to do the job.

9 posted on 11/24/2008 12:40:35 AM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: Cindy; blam; Cincinatus' Wife; sarcasm; happygrl; Byron_the_Aussie; robnoel; GeronL; ZOOKER; ...

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10 posted on 11/24/2008 3:24:13 AM PST by Clive
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To: Clive
The US of old would air-drop weapons for the people to kill their oppressors.
11 posted on 11/24/2008 7:36:11 AM PST by Carry_Okie (If Barack Obama is Vladamir Lenin, Bill Ayers is Leon Trotsky.)
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