Embassy Press Release

US Ambassador Nicholas Taubman's Response to Reactions in the Media Following the USAID Event Speech

November 15, 2007

"I spoke as a friend of Romania, which is one of America’s closest allies. When I see problems that could affect that close relationship, I will continue to speak out. I think I made my views clear, and I stand by them."

Note from the US Embassy Press Office:

The speech that the Ambassador Nicholas Taubman is referring to in the above statement was delivered today on the occasion of the close-out ceremony of USAID’s "Strengthening Civil Society in Romania" program.

The speech is available at the following link: http://bucharest.usembassy.gov/US_Policy/Press_Releases/Ambassador_Taubman_11152007-en.html

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