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“Obviously in this difficult economy, the American people want prosperity. But in this dangerous world, the American people also deserve security. For the first time in 30 years, the Administration is going to have face-to-face talks with the Iranian government.
“As members of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, we ask the president, in these meetings, to reaffirm the fundamental principle of American foreign policy; that in expanding liberty for the oppressed, we ensure it for ourselves. We ask the president to talk about the freedom movement in Iran. To ask Ahmadinejad, the usurper, to explain why people like Neda Soltan were shot in the streets for wanting to be free. We ask the president to remind Ahmadinejad of what Natan Sharansky said: ‘how a nation treats its own citizens is how it will treat the world.’”
For more information, or to schedule an interview with Rep. McCotter,
please contact Anne Tyrrell or Melissa Garcia at (202) 225-8171. |