Posted on 04/14/2005 6:47:25 PM PDT by JustaCowgirl
Liz Cheney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs believes "Morocco could be a model for countries of the region," noting that "King Mohammed VI has put the country on the path of modernization while respecting Morocco's culture and traditions."
Cheney, who ended Tuesday a three-day official visit to Morocco, told Morocco Times that reforms instituted in the north African country were among the top issues she discussed with Moroccan officials.
"We have also discussed the new political parties' law and the new press code, which is before the parliament," she said, adding that talks also touched on education, notably girls' schooling.
On the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)'s assistance to Morocco, Cheney said "we provide technical assistance as the (Moroccan) government looks at the reforms they need to implement once we have the FTA."
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed between the two countries in June 2004, eliminates tariffs on 95 percent of all bilateral trade between the United States and Morocco, and includes stringent protections for intellectual property and the environment.
MEPI has granted USD 6 million to assist Morocco in the framework of the US-Moroccan FTA, and allocated USD 2 million to fund a programme related to the new family law (Mudawana).
According to Cheney, MEPI aims to disseminate knowledge about the family law approved by the Moroccan parliament last year to promote the situation of women and enhance genre equality.
She pointed out that the purpose of programs like MEPI is to support "reforms coming from people themselves and from the government."
"I think reforms are absolutely coming from the inside. Morocco is the model for the whole region in this regard."
MEPI, she explained, is not trying to impose reforms from outside, noting that it supports "universal values including the right to education, the right to vote, the right to have a jobÉ etc."
"These are a whole range of issues to which we will respond with our resources to the changes that are coming from people who live in each individual country," she said.
I got it from the net not mine unfortunately I think it was on Ebay or something similar
Requesting snugs to post some of the pics of Liz Cheney's girls with the VP, especially on Inauguration Day and from the Repub. conventions. They are just dolls, I think, and they obviously adore that wicked, evil old grandfather they have. And vice-versa.
Yes, Liz Cheney is actually a good bit better-looking than the pic you posted. She really looks more like the ones snugs posted. The resemblance to Babs S. is definitely there, though.
You're right, I'm sure Morocco hasn't cornered the market on barbarism by any means. Besides most of my so-called 'knowledge' comes from things like Michener novels, so I can't claim to be a culture expert!
Sounds like an interesting place to research a little bit, I'm going to have to go read a little more about it.
You were misinformed.
Big difference. BS is ugly.
My knowledge is not too hot on Morocco either but from what some people have said on this thread it does not seem to bad (in context at least). It seems that they have a cool headed King with a mind for diplomacy.
I'm guessing she already has trimmed her haircut a good bit. Don't know about the weight, but she's in her 30's and has four children, including a baby about a year old. She has a very high-level law degree (Georgetown? Yale?, I can't remember exactly), a kickass professional resume, and is now an undersecretary of state. Busy lady.
That picture I posted of her was when she was pregnant.
They have a duplicitous power-mad king who is preventing legitimate economic development, presides over a corrupt government, and is no friend of the West. He is just capable of keeping his mouth shut when it's to his advantage, and lying the rest of the time.
Most of the March 11 Madrid bombers came from Morocco, which has a very active Muslim terrorist movement - which the King has stalled any effort to investigate. Conditions are terrible there - why do you think Moroccans drown every day setting out in leaky little boats to get to Spain?
The Spanish government of Zapatero is sucking up to Morocco, giving it huge economic advantages at the expense of Spanish agriculture and fisheries, because Spain hopes to placate Morocco this way. BTW, Moroccan maps show the Spanish North African states (Ceuta and Melilla) as well as the Canary Island colored in Morccan colors.
Our motivations in recently sucking up to Morocco are a little harder to determine: perhaps it is because the King keeps his rhetoric down, perhaps it's to tell the Spanish that one newly unfriendly power controlling the Straits is enough (and that Gr. Britain can probably deal with Spain on that), and that we're going to be paying more attention to Morocco in the future.
Got it. It's brutal to see yourself on film, even when you're not pregnant!
I hear you. Most of us grapple with dieting, and the busier you are, the tougher it is.
Hope you enjoy these they are lovely looking children, real children not young adults
Here is a beautiful classic pose of Dick, Elizabeth and Grace listening to Lynne reading "When Washington Crossed the Delaware" in November 2004
Thank you snugs! I just love looking at those girls, they are such cuties. Kate is growing up so fast, isn't she! Every picture I see she looks taller and older. That Elizabeth just looks like a total imp, doesn't she?
Those are better pictures of Liz, too. You can see that she is actually an attractive woman, as well as a very sharp and accomplished one!
That's part of it. By the way, the Moroccans despise the French. The French influence is a fairly pervasive , but thin , veneer. Want to have a wild old time, go to a Moroccan wedding. Nothing , except the language occasionally spoken, is French. The King is trying to get people to learn English, he thinks that English is the language of the preset and the future. He is correct, too.
I didn't know that. Thanks
No way. Look at some other photos of this beautiful young woman (Cheney, not strysand)..
Amen. A brilliant young woman, daughter, mother with a great career ahead of her. She can stand on her own and certainly reflects women and what they can do. Gosh, she did all this without the direction of the feminists too. Just good ole love, support and encouragement from two wonderful parents and a desire to achieve. Am sure the green monster of jealousy will rear its ugly head as people try to criticize her but...she can handle it just like her dad and mom have. Great stock...that's for sure. Not money...just great stock with family values and the like.
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