Bush Fires Back At Putin For Having "Derailed" Democratic Reforms
President Bush reaffirmed his commitment to his administration's struggling "freedom agenda" Tuesday, calling it the "most powerful weapon in the struggle against extremism."
Addressing a conference of democracy advocates from 17 nations on five continents, Bush denounced "the world's worst dictatorships" from Belarus to Zimbabwe. He also singled out Russia for what he described as backsliding on democratic reforms, and he criticized China for clinging to a closed political system even as it opens its economy.
Washington Post | Michael A. Fletcher | June 5, 2007 04:52 PM