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LEADERSHIP SECRETS OF HILLARY CLINTON

Our traditional relationships of confidence and trust
with Europe will be deepened. Disagreements are
inevitable, even among the closest friends, but on most
global issues we have no more trusted allies. The new
administration will have a chance to reach out across the
Atlantic to leaders in France, Germany, the United King-
dom, and others across the continent, including the new
democracies. When America and Europe work together,
global objectives are well within our means.
President-elect Obama and I seek a future of coopera-
tive engagement with the Russian government on matters
of strategic importance, while standing up strongly for
American values and international norms.
China is a critically important actor in a changing global
landscape. We want a positive and cooperative relationship
with China, one where we deepen and strengthen our ties
on a number of issues, and candidly address differences
where they persist.
But this not a one-way effort—much of what we will do
depends on the choices China makes about its future at
home and abroad.
With both Russia and China, we should work together
on vital security and economic issues like terrorism, prolif-
eration, climate change, and reforming financial markets.
The world is now in the cross currents of the most
severe global economic contraction since the Great
Depression. The history of that crisis teaches us the conse-

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