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This is an Air Force report . Secretary

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of State Condoleezza Rice received the

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first honorary degree from Air

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University for her contributions to the

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fields of international relations and

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National Security Secretary . Rice

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turned most of her attention towards

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South and Central Asia and the unique

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opportunity of democracy in the region

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for my partnerships with the newly

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democratic Pakistan and a free

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Afghanistan that is fighting the

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Taliban , not governed by it To our

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growing strategic partnership with

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India and are improved relationships

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all the way across South and Central

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Asia . The United States is in a

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dramatically different and better

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position in this region , and we were

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in 2001 . Rice says success in

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Afghanistan also poses as an important

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test to the credibility of

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NATO .