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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had a question and answer session with European Union High Representative for Foreign Policy Catherine Ashton Tuesday in Washington. Below is the conversation.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, it is such a pleasure for me to welcome back to the State Department High Representative Cathy Ashton. 

The United States and the European Union are partners working together on, I think, every global issue and regional challenge that you can imagine. We’re doing the urgent, the important, and the long-term all at once, and we are united in a transatlantic community that is based on shared democratic values and limitless faith in human potential.

As always, Cathy and I had a lot to talk about because there is so much happening around the world at a time when people are standing up for their rights and demanding a say in their own futures. And both the European Union and the United States are very committed to advancing d! emocratic values and universal rights, and we know how important that is over the long term. But we also know that right now those rights are under threats from repression and reprisals. 

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