-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.arc.org.tw/USIA/www.usia.gov/regional/ea/easec/alb724.htm <A HREF="http://www.arc.org.tw/USIA/www.usia.gov/regional/ea/easec/alb724.htm">US IA: The U.S. Commitment to Security in the A </A> ----- Was she there in drag? Picture . . .or does she write a good joke? Om K ----- Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Address to the International Diplomacy Council San Francisco, California, July 24, 1998 As released by the Office of the Spokesman U.S. Department of State [As Delivered] AMBASSADOR ROSENTHAL: Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I'm Jim Rosenthal, the President of the Board of the International Diplomacy Council. And on behalf of the Council, it's my great pleasure to welcome you to this very important meeting today. The International Diplomacy Council has been involved in citizen diplomacy for more than 45 years here in San Francisco, helping host nearly 100,000 international visitors participating in the U.S. Government's highly esteemed International Visitor's Program. In this way, the International Diplomacy Council has made a significant contribution to the success of American diplomacy over the years. So, it is a particularly great honor and pleasure for us to be able to welcome here today our country's top diplomat, and our boss so to speak, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. Secretary Albright will be taking questions after her remarks, so I wanted to tell you in advance that there are microphones on either side of the auditorium. Please line up behind those microphones if you wish to ask a question of the Secretary. To those of you who are not members of IDC, but would like to participate in such citizen diplomacy, I invite you to join today. The International Diplomacy Council is a major asset to our Bay Area Community, helping international visitors know and appreciate our great region and establishing invaluable contacts for our citizens in all fields: in business, in academia, in all kinds of cultural, social and environmental fields, for example. So we are greatly honored and pleased today to have with us the distinguished leader of our San Francisco community, Mayor Willie Brown. Mayor Brown will welcome and introduce our distinguished speaker. Mr. Mayor. (Applause.) MAYOR BROWN: Mr. Rosenthal, thank you very much for that kind introduction. Let me extend a San Francisco welcome to the Secretary of State. I believe that this is my first opportunity ever to introduce her. From the years of her activities with the Carter Administration, through the National Policy Center, Georgetown University, Madeleine Korbel Albright was always one of the persons whose voices was heard. I sometimes say to people, when they say "Why did you say that?": Secretary Albright would have seen it this way, she would have said it as well. She's always been very outspoken, very direct. (Laughter.) So unlike typical diplomats, but nevertheless, just as effective. As the 64th Secretary of State of these United States, the first female ever and the single highest-ranking female in our government, it is with a great degree of honor, pride and pleasure that on behalf of all the citizens of San Francisco I welcome Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. (Applause.) SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: Thank you very much Mr. Mayor, Ambassador Rosenthal, Charlotte Shultz, members of the diplomatic community, distinguished guests and friends. I am delighted to be back here in San Francisco. And I want to thank all of you for coming, especially those who passed up the opportunity to bond in Bohemia Grove. <snip> ----- DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
