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Rice: U.S. to continue support for Lebanese PM
 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday reiterated American support for Fuad Siniora after meeting the Lebanese prime minister in Paris during two-day European visit. "Not only he is a very good administrator, he is a very good leader," Rice said of Siniora aboard an airplane as she was returning Washington. "He has run his country through extraordinary difficult times since last July and continues to do that," Rice said of the Lebanese leader. "We will help in any way that we can," she added. Washington has been praising Siniora, in the face of a threat of violence and intimidation, for having stuck fast to the principles of political reform, democracy and sovereignty in the country. The U.S. Congress approved in late May a budget request of 770 million dollars in aid for Lebanon, with 280 million dollars of that earmarked for military assistance to Lebanon. @ Posted by: lotp 2007-06-27 |
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