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【CondoleezzaRice:AddressattheRepublicanNationalConvention】 CondoleezzaRice AddressattheRepublicanNationalConvention Goodevening,distinguisheddelegates.Goodevening,fellowRepublicans.Goodevening,myfellowAmericans. Wegatherhereatatimeofsignificanceandchallenge.Thisyoungcenturyhasbeenadifficultone.IcanrememberasifitwereyesterdaywhenmyyoungassistantscameintomyofficeattheWhiteHousetosaythataplanehadhittheWorldTradeCenter,andthen,asecondplane,andthenathirdplane,thePentagon.Andlater,wewouldlearnthataplanehadcrashedintoafieldinPennsylvania,drivenintothegroundbybravesoulswhodiedsothatothersmightlive. Fromthatdayon--Fromthatdayon,oursenseofvulnerabilityandourconceptsofsecuritywereneverthesameagain.Then,in2008,theglobalfinancialandeconomiccrisiswouldstunus.AnditstillreverberatesaswedealwithunemploymentandeconomicuncertaintyandbadpoliciesthatcastapalloveranAmericaneconomyandarecoverythatisdesperatelyneededathomeandabroad. Andwehaveseen--wehaveseenthatthedesireforlibertyandfreedomis,indeed,universal,asmenandwomenintheMiddleEastriseuptoseizeit.Yet,thepromiseoftheArabspringisengulfedinuncertainty,internalstrife,andhostileneighborsourchallengingtheyoung,fragiledemocracyofIraq.DictatorsinIranandSyriabutchertheirpeopleandthreattoregionalsecurity.RussiaandChinapreventaresponse,andeveryoneasks,wheredoesAmericastand? Indeed--Indeed,thatisthequestionofthehour.WheredoesAmericastand?Youseewhenthefriendsorfoesalikedon'tknowtheanswertothatquestion,unambiguouslyandclearly,theworldislikelytobeamoredangerousandchaoticplace. SinceWorldWarII,theUnitedStateshashadananswertothatquestion.Westandforfreepeoplesandfreemarkets.Wewilldefendandsupportthem.Wewillsustainabalanceofpowerthatfavorsfreedom. Now,tobesure,theburdensofleadershiphavebeenheavy.Iknow,asyoudo,thesacrificeofAmericans,especiallythesacrificeofmanyofourbravestintheultimatesacrifice,butourarmedforcesarethesurestshieldandfoundationofliberty,andwearesofortunatethatwehavemenandwomeninuniformwhovolunteer,theyvolunteertodefendusatthefrontlin