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At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk human rights debates with the West. They had their arguments ready.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Allies Argument Cold Cold War Debates Did Had Height Human Human Rights President Ready Reagan Rights Ronald Reagan Satellites Shirk Soviets War West

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I first met Kim Dae Jung when he was a Korean dissident whose life was threatened by the military regime ruling in Seoul. I was Ronald Reagan's Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights, and Kim was directed to me because the East Asia Bureau at the State Department had long shunned him.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Asia Assistant Because Bureau Department Directed East East Asia First Had He Him Human Human Rights Kim Korean Life Long Me Met Military Reagan Regime Rights Ruling Secretary State State Department Threatened Whose

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Harry Truman, who was a Bible-believing Christian Zionist, defied the secretary of state he so admired, George C. Marshall, and won a place in Israel's history by recognizing the new state 11 minutes after it declared its independence in 1948.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Admired After Christian George Harry He History Independence Israel Marshall Minutes New Place Recognizing Secretary State Truman Who Won Zionist

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There are no Muslim ghettos in the U.S.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Muslim

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Grasping the realities of the Middle East is never easy. This is not primarily because they change quickly, but because so much time, effort, and money is spent to prevent reality from breaking through.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Because Breaking Change East Easy Effort Grasping Middle Middle East Money Much Never Prevent Primarily Quickly Realities Reality So Much Time Spent Through Time

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In the spring of 2007, Israeli intelligence brought to Washington proof that the Assad regime in Syria was building a nuclear reactor along the Euphrates - with North Korean help. This reactor was a copy of the Yongbyon reactor the North Koreans had built, and was part of a Syrian nuclear weapons program.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Along Brought Building Built Copy Had Help Intelligence Israeli Korean Koreans North North Korean Nuclear Nuclear Weapons Part Program Proof Regime Spring Syria Syrian Washington Weapons

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Pessimism is rife in Israel.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Israel Pessimism

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The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: American Convictions Debate Engaged Feelings Heartfelt Marriage Millions Over Same Sex

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For many societies, the journey to modernity has been painful and costly.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Been Costly Journey Many Modernity Painful Societies

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The U.A.E. is a firm ally of the United States and deserves better treatment than it received in the Dubai Ports World fiasco in 2006.

~Elliott Abrams

Topics: Ally Better Deserves Dubai Fiasco Firm Ports Received States Than Treatment United United States World

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Lawyer

Born: January 24th, 1948

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