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" We will have to stand up for and promote the power and promise of free markets and free peoples, and affirm that American preeminence safeguards rather than impedes global progress. "

Condoleezza Rice

Progress

Stand Up

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Condoleezza Rice

Football

War

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Condoleezza Rice

Caution

Want

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