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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2001

Condoeleeza Rice, President Bush's foreign policy advisor, defended the United States' decision to walk out of a recent conference on racism, saying Sunday that delegates wasted time ignoring relevant issues.

Instead of trying to single out Israel for its treatment of Palestinians, delegates should have condemned slavery in Sudan, said Rice on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Rice said the conference was "hijacked" because of the Zionism issue.

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Rice defends U.S. decision to quit racism conference (AP 9/9)

Relevant Links:
Human Rights Issues, State Department - http://www.state.gov/g/drl/hr
World Conference Against Racism, UN - http://www.un.org/WCAR

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