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Obama Says He Will Pursue Diplomacy on Iran and Syria






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Obama's U.N. Speech in 3 Minutes: Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama explained his positions on Syria and Iran, and the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians.
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UNITED NATIONS — President Obama said on Tuesday that Iran’s diplomatic overture in recent weeks could provide a foundation for an agreement on its nuclear program, but he warned that “conciliatory words will have to be matched by actions that are transparent and verifiable.”
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Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Obama sounded a cautiously optimistic tone about the prospects for diplomacy, saying he had instructed Secretary of State John Kerry to pursue face-to-face negotiations with Iran on its nuclear program.
“The roadblocks may prove to be too great,” he said, “but I firmly believe the diplomatic path must be tested.”
Mr. Obama also called on the Security Council to pass a “strong” resolution that would impose consequences on Syria if it failed to turn over its chemical weapons. The American threat of military action against Syria, Mr. Obama said, set in motion diplomatic efforts with Russia to take over and eventually destroy Mr. Assad’s weapons.
“Without a credible military threat, the Security Council had demonstrated no inclination to act at all,” the president said. “If we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the U.N. is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws. On the other hand, if we succeed, it will send a powerful message that the use of chemical weapons has no place in the 21st century, and that this body means what it says.”

A much-anticipated handshake between Mr. Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran on the sidelines of the meeting did not materialize, a senior American official said, apparently because the Iranians concluded it would be too complicated politically for their president.
Mr. Obama also announced that the United States would pledge an additional $340 million in humanitarian aid to help refugees from the civil war in Syria. And while he praised the diplomatic initiative by Russia on chemical weapons, he also said that the continuing support of Russia and Iran for the government of President Bashar al-Assad risked leading to further extremism in Syria.
Mr. Obama’s speech came at a time of swift, almost disorienting diplomatic developments, with the White House first threatening a military strike against Syria, then backing off, and then suddenly encountering a diplomatic opening with Iran on its nuclear program. Mr. Obama tried to take account of all of it, in a wide-ranging speech that echoed some of the themes of his address last spring on the changing American role in the world.
“For the United States,” he said, “these new circumstances have also meant shifting away from a perpetual war-footing.”
Part of the American recalculation, he said, involves restricting the use of drones in counterterrorism operations; transferring prisoners from the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and ultimately shutting it down; and rethinking broad surveillance activities.
“Just as we reviewed how we deploy our extraordinary military capabilities in a way that lives up to our ideals,” the president said, “we have begun to review the way that we gather intelligence, so as to properly balance the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share.”
Mr. Obama emphasized three areas: the civil war and the use of chemical weapons in Syria, the prospect of diplomacy with Iran, and the Middle East peace process between Israelis and Palestinians, which has recently restarted under the prodding of Mr. Kerry.
“The time is now ripe for the entire international community to get behind the pursuit of peace,” he said. “Already, Israeli and Palestinian leaders have demonstrated a willingness to take significant political risks.”
But much of Mr. Obama’s focus was on when the United States would use its power in the Middle East. Acknowledging that his reversal on Syria had prompted uneasiness in the region about American resolve, Mr. Obama insisted that the United States would still act to protect its interests and, in some cases, to avert humanitarian tragedies.


“The United States of America is prepared to use all elements of our power, including military force, to secure these core interests in the region,” he said. “We will confront external aggression against our allies and partners, as we did in the Gulf War.”


Speaking immediately after Mr. Obama, Turkey’s president, Abdullah Gul, welcomed the Russian-American agreement to rid Syria of its chemical weapons stockpile. But Mr. Gul, whose government has emerged as one of Mr. Assad’s biggest opponents, also said that the Syrian conflict had become a “real threat to regional peace and security” and that the United Nations had a responsibility to help resolve the crisis, which has left more than 100,000 people dead and millions displaced.

On Iran, Mr. Obama mixed hope with wariness, saying that three decades of estrangement would not be repaired quickly.
“I don’t believe this difficult history can be overcome overnight – the suspicion runs too deep,” Mr. Obama declared. “But I do believe that if we can resolve the issue of Iran’s nuclear program, that can serve as a major step down a long road toward a different relationship – one based on mutual interests and mutual respect.”

A senior State Department official, commenting on Mr. Obama’s remarks, emphasized the difficulties still looming over any negotiation with Iran. “The president has asked Secretary Kerry to help play a leading role as we determine the path forward,” the official said. “But actions speak louder than words, and the steps taken by the Iranians in the weeks ahead to show they are serious will determine how successful these efforts will be and how long they will take.”
President François Hollande of France, a strong American ally in dealing with both Syria and Iran, echoed some of Mr. Obama’s assertions in his General Assembly speech, saying he expected Iran to provide “concrete gestures which will show that this country renounces its military nuclear program even if it clearly has the right to pursue its civilian program.” Mr. Hollande was expected to meet with Iran’s new president later in the day.

The first speech of the day was from Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, who delivered a denunciation of the United States over reports that the National Security Agency monitored e-mails, text messages and other electronic communications between Ms. Rousseff and her aides. Last week, Ms. Rousseff canceled a state visit to Washington to signal her displeasure with the N.S.A. surveillance.


Mr. Obama, who spoke after Ms. Rousseff, also sent a warning to Egypt’s military-backed government that it would lose American support if it continued to crack down on dissident elements there.
“We will continue support in areas like education that benefit the Egyptian people,” he said. “But we have not proceeded with the delivery of certain military systems, and our support will depend upon Egypt’s progress in pursuing a democratic path.”

In Egypt, the state media saw only good news in Mr. Obama’s speech despite his criticism. On the Web site of Al Ahram, the flagship state newspaper, a headline declared: “Obama: the current Egyptian government took steps towards democracy.” The article reported that Mr. Obama had credited the government with "consistent steps towards democracy" and continued military aid "depends on the route Egypt takes on the democratic path".


As Mr. Obama spoke, the United Nations was crackling with speculation that he might shake hands with President Rouhani of Iran, who was scheduled to address the General Assembly later on Tuesday. But there was no sign of President Rouhani at a lunch for all the visiting heads of state given by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, where a possible encounter and handshaking opportunity would have presented itself.
Mr. Rouhani also was not in the General Assembly hall for Mr. Obama’s speech, though Iran’s foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, was.
The last time an American president met an Iranian leader was on Dec. 31, 1977, when Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, spent New Year’s Eve as a guest of the shah of Iran. As he made a toast to the shah at a state dinner, Mr. Carter said the idea for the trip had come from Mrs. Carter, when he asked her with whom she would like to celebrate the holiday.
“We have no other nation on Earth who is closer to us in planning for our mutual military security,” Mr. Carter said. “We have no other nation with whom we have closer consultation on regional problems that concern us both. And there is no leader with whom I have a deeper sense of personal gratitude and personal friendship.”
Less than two years later, an angry crowd overran the American embassy in Tehran, holding 52 Americans hostage for 444 days and plunging relations between Iran and the United States into a deep freeze from which they have not yet emerged.
Reporting was contributed by Somini Sengupta from the United Nations, Michael R. Gordon and Rick Gladstone from New York, and David D. Kirkpatrick from Cairo.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: September 24, 2013
An earlier version of this article misspelled the name of former President Jimmy Carter’s wife. She is Rosalynn Carter, not Rosalyn.

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    • Eugene Gorrin
    • Union, NJ
    President Obama today cautiously embraced overtures from Iran's new president as the basis for a possible nuclear deal, but a failed effort to arrange a simple handshake between the two leaders underscored entrenched distrust that will be hard to overcome.

    In his speech to the UN General Assembly, President Obama said he was determined to test Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's recent diplomatic gestures and challenged him to take concrete steps toward resolving Iran's long-running nuclear dispute with the West.

    But in a sign of the difficulties the two nations face in trying to seize a historic opening after decades of hostility, US and Iranian officials were unable to orchestrate a much-anticipated encounter between the leaders on the sidelines.

    Even a brief meeting or simple handshake would have been symbolically important given that it would be the first face-to-face contact between US and Iranian heads of government since before the 1979 Islamic revolution that ousted the shah.

    Still, baby steps are better than no steps.
      • John S.
      • Natick, Ma.
      Just to point out that Obama is lying when he says it is not up to the US to determine who leads Syria. In the very next breath he says Assad must go! If it's not up to the US, why do we get to dictate Assad going? And why do we need to make that a precondition for negotiations to end the civil war, as we have, to the great detriment of the Syrian people, for the last two years? We would be wise to accept the fact that, where we have no leverage with the Assad regime, Russia at least has some, and cooperation with the Russians is going to be much more fruitful than conflict, if we want to bring peace to Syria. So the checmical weapons intiative is hopeful. And progress can be made on the larger conflict as well, if we can swallow our "exceptionalism" for a moment, and cooperate with countries who are in a stronger position than we are to bring an end to the conflict.
        • Christoph R. Hoerstel
        • Potsdam, GERMANY
        Why isn't there any mentioning of that tiny little revolution there was in Iran, as chances were right before the US embassy mishap? Why not remind the esteemed readership of the torture applied to thousands, while that other Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Mr. Carter, was enjoying his New Year's party with the Shah? And just how come nobody thinks of tacit US approval to the take-over by Khomeiny, which helped save the region from the other more dangerous take-over in Iran: by the communists?
          • Dan Wafford
          • Brunswick, GA
          We are blessed with a president who gladly negotiaties with Russian dictators, Islamic heads of state who are committing genocide against their own citizens, and rabidly fanatic fundamentalists whose sworn and publicly avowed goal is to wipe an entire race from the face of the earth - but he won't sit down and with his own Congress to negotiate a compromise budget. He digs his heels in and calls anyone who opposes him on any point an obstructionist, a woman-hater, a racist, someone who wants to burn down the government. He wasn't joking when he said, "I'm not the same socialist Muslim youth that I used to be" - he's now an even more radical socialist Muslim. He sympathizes with the slightest slur on Islam, but says not one word as thousands of Christian churches are burned in Muslim states and tens of thousands of Christians are slaughtered.
            • snaggs mcsnaggs
            • Lansing, Mi
            In regard to post by "Diamena" stating that GDP of Denmark and Israel were about the same this is a falsehood. Denmark's GDP is $332 billion while Israel's is $242 billion. Israeli's population of 8 million includes 2 million "other" mostly Israeli Arabs. Denmark's population is 5.6 million.. Israel has launched preemptive strikes against Iraq and Syria in the past and is threatening to do so against Iran.In addition they continue to herd the Palestinian people into "bantustans" on the West Bank, seizing territory and burning olive groves. There is really no difference between this policy and that of the apartheid regime in Israel's erstwhile ally the Afrikaaner ruled South Africa. Denmark may be protected by NATO but Israel is protected by the US. The US taxpayer has funded Israel's 300-400 nukes. It is hypocritical for the US to insist that other countries in the Middle East refrain from developing a nuclear deterrent while Israel hangs on to a huge nuclear arsenal. For a peaceful Middle East all nuclear weapons must be scapped. Perhaps Saudi Arabia or Egypt will seek nuclear weapons in the future? Iran has never attacked anyone since the days of Cyrus the Mede. The new regime under Rouhani seeks peace.
              • Bosco
              • Boston, MA
              • Verified
              While the rhetoric may not be soaring, this is a great speech. It is measured and balanced; and it addresses the concerns of friends and foes alike. It even shows Iran respect going forward if it chooses to abandon its terrorist way
                • Cliffy
                • maine
                Iran and North Korea have signed a 'tecknowledgy pact /agreement
                North korea provides iran with the latest tecknowledgy(ie: nuclear war head?)
                and iran ships them oil
                North korea has a "mineaturized warhead " with a 7 megaton yield
                IF Iran were to mount this warhead (in the guize of being a comunications or weather satelite ,as the announced last year ) on the same missle that launched a chimp into space last year , and manuvered it into the same polar orbit as N korea's supposedly "failed" weather satelite , They could bring all the conunications satelite in the northern hemisphere to ruin
                When confronting a "Superior force " it is more important to render thier power inefective that try to match thier strength "
                If a7 megaton warhead were exploded at 700-1000 miles
                EVERY satelite within 1-3000 miles would be rendered usles
                Further the residual radiation and electromagnetic effect would disable every satelitethat has an orbital path that goes trhough the residual explosion
                The emp produced does not have to reach the surface
                EVERY aspect of our live is fueled by the computers that orbit our planet
                Soon after the succesful launch of the chimp ,Ahmadinajhad announced
                "soon we (iran ) will have a satelite in orbit with the powers of the west "
                It will bring peace to the world
                Trust me If we loose our satelites from this threat , we will be a 3rd world power
                Immagine : no computers( you may think your computer is hard wired but the feed is from a sattelite
                  • R Jones
                  • Southern New Jersey
                  Plain and simple, Iran is playing the world while it stalls for more time to build its nuclear capability. It seems so blaringly obvious. We must all seem like such chumps to them. With the Syrian debacle, Iran has even more reason to see our words as hollow, giving them greater cause to push ahead. I am saddened to say one day it will be too late and the world will act as if it was all an utter surprise.
                    • Joan
                    • Wisconsin
                    After listening to President Obama's speech at the United Nations gathering, I am so thankful for our genuinely sensible, extremely smart, caring, and truly patriotic national leader. Everything he said was absolutely accurate, respectful, realistic, and hopeful. President Obama has been able to appoint others to take the lead on relevant and vital initiatives and for them to receive the accolades. He was so sharp in realizing that if he took the lead, the Obama-haters would have non-of-it. I have nothing but respect and admiration for President Obama!
                      • Wizarat
                      • Moorestown, NJ
                      Thank you Mr. President, Your speech and acknowledgement of our past errors make us stronger. Let us build on it.

                      The results of this round would tell us if the Nobel committee was after all correct in awarding the peace prize to you in anticipation of what was to come.

                      Secretary of State has a lot of work to do with his Iranian counterpart.
                        • venimdenim
                        • nashville
                        Yes, all Obama needs to do is give another speech. After all, talking to our friends in the Middle-East has worked so well for Obama in the past. I'm sure deep down, they're very reasonable people. And if that doesn't work, he can draw a red line.
                          • MJK
                          • NM

                          Yes, by all means talk to Iran, but be under no illusions about who you're dealing with. This is the same Iran that enables Assad to murder thousands of women and children and materially supports terrorism on a continuing basis.

                          Iran is hurting economically while also being very, very close to their objective of nuclear weapons capability. Whether they actually build a bomb or leave the process at a point where they can put one together in a few days is completely immaterial. There isn't much difference between someone carrying a loaded gun or carrying a gun in one pocket and the bullets in another.

                          There hasn't been any indication that they are being deflected from this objective and now are putting together an end game; a "let's all be reasonable" act where they can run out the clock while dangling some superficial concessions. No amount of happy talk mitigates the situation. Now is exactly the time to keep sanctions in place, not dilute them, and to make it clear that under no circumstances will they be permitted to have nuclear weapons capability. Negotiations, if they evolve, should be absolutely tough, and not based on wishful thinking.
                            • rosy dahodi
                            • Chino, USA
                            If you see a smiling face on American media of any past enemy, you must be sure that the table is already turned and the enemy is either tamed or America has changed the course. In case of Iran; it looks like that the both enemies have exhausted of their enmity and finally come to the senses to lower down their expectation of each other and find a middle ground to suit each other's interest. Iran has been frustrated with economical embargo and America with the unruly failed states of Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria and Lebanon, where Iran can surely provide some help. After the wrong move on Syria, Obama wanted to make a positive push to correct his legacy, image and standing; he boldly decided to accept the peace offer from the dovish new President of Iran. Obama should be applauded for his clever and calm diplomacy to end the 30 years old bitterness with Iran keeping the heavy weight IPAC and Israel at distance. Hope, he will continue in his effort without ducking once again.
                              • AMartin
                              • Boston
                              Sadly missing from most comments here is any nuanced view of this situation.

                              People crying for war with Iran don't seem to fully appreciate war's costs; likewise, people wholly buying into Iran's charm offensive miss the fact the fact that it is still a pretty horrible, repressive regime whose track record should not earn it much trust.
                                • ChasDP
                                • Jersey
                                Having lived through war, people know what it costs, but we have also negotiated with these thieves in the middle east and it all comes down to the same thing--they hate the US...just a few short days ago in Iran there was a parade --missles, rockets--all with sayings Death to America---nice
                              • Charles
                              • Manhattan
                              Just another wishful hope not based on any historical reality. Now that the Iranian premier is his newest pen pal, our fearless president thinks he can make nice and charm him and the butcher from Damascus as Bush hoped with North Korea.

                              Mr. President, as we found out too late in the 1930s, these are evil men and only respect the use or threat of force not a grinning charm. As you read more and more, our nation has become the snickering subject around the globe.
                                • Christian Haesemeyer
                                • Los Angeles
                                Rouhani was alive in the 1930ies?
                              • Tibby Elgato
                              • West County
                              President Obama this is what we elected you for, not to start another war not in our national interst. In additon to verifiable and open inspection of Iranian and Syrian sites, the citizens would like open and verifiable examination of the end of the surveilance programs and information about exactly who is the war party. How can they call for another military adventure while Congress takes action ending Food Stamps and medical care for our own people ?
                                • JRS
                                • Carmel, Indiana
                                Iran just slammed the door in his face. Humiliated. Again. I think the Iranian leader is "messin' with him," to put it in terms that Obama understands. The media was just dying to create a pseudo event out of the hoped for handshake. Now they need to do a quick 180, and tell us that it was really Obama who snubbed the Iranian. You know they'll say anything.
                                  • jimzeen
                                  • ca
                                  No mention of Dilma Rousseff's UN Speech condemning U.S. spying in Brazil until paragraph 20 or so. This is among the U.S criminal activities Times wishes to bury. But truth will out.
                                    • Boobladoo
                                    • NY
                                    "...conciliatory words will have to be matched by actions that are transparent and verifiable.”

                                    If that is the case, Iran and Syria should disregard anything Obama says. his actions rarely match his words.
                                      • Henry
                                      • Petaluma, CA
                                      Obama recently said, with regard to Syria, that he is not playing for "style".

                                      With regard to Iran, is Rouhani's "charm offensive" more substantive than "style"?
                                        • Phillip
                                        • San Francisco
                                        With all this dread concerning the potential for Iranian nuclear weapons capability, why is nothing ever said about the threat posed by the only nuclear power in the region - Israel?
                                          • Mark
                                          • Minneapolis
                                          Maybe it's because they don't actually pose a threat unless, of course, someone actually tries to wipe them out....like Iran has proposed to do.
                                          • Desperate Moderate
                                          • Ohio
                                          Because they are not threatening to wipe another nation and its people "off the face of the earth"?????
                                          • AGC
                                          • Lima
                                          Remember that Assad said that Syria had chemical weapons ( also called the poor countries nuclear weapon ) in response to Israel´s nuclear capability.
                                        • j. von hettlingen
                                        • Switzerland
                                        • Verified
                                        Unlike recent years, there is a sense of optimism at this year's at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Let's hope that it wouldn't just be a flash in the pan!
                                          • BeadyEye
                                          • America
                                          This will be a great disappointment to those who wished to send other peoples' kids to war.
                                          Again.
                                            • Wendell Murray
                                            • Kennett Square PA USA
                                            Good for Mr. Obama.

                                            Except for the idiocy about so-called USA exceptionalism however.

                                            Among many positive qualities of the USA is the ability to absorb fully millions upon millions of immigrants to the benefit of both the indigenous (with the exception of native population which has been decimated) groups and the newcomers.

                                            That is probably an exception to the experience of most countries throughout history, although the ever-remarkable Roman Empire likely did a good job of that as well. Something to be emulated elsewhere.
                                              • glow worm
                                              • Ann Arbor, MI
                                              So many of these comments seem to be by blind people who only have ahold of one part of the elephant. It's wonderful to have a president, if only for 8 short years, who sees the whole elephant and embraces the full complexity of international issues and the full range of options. Thank you, Mr. President!
                                                • Jack
                                                • Illinois
                                                What we have here, glow worm, are the same ones who howled about Benghazi. These folks cannot stomach that President Obama, once again, has succeeded in foreign policy like no other Republican president ever has. They are green with envy and red faced with all their hatred toward Obama. I am with you, Thank you, Mr. President.
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                                            Brazilian president: US surveillance a 'breach of international law'

                                            Dilma Rousseff's scathing speech to UN general assembly the most serious diplomatic fallout over revelations of US spying
                                            Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff speaks at the United Nations general assembly. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
                                            Brazil's president, Dilma Rousseff, has launched a blistering attack on US espionage at the UN general assembly, accusing the NSA of violating international law by its indiscriminate collection of personal information of Brazilian citizens and economic espionage targeted on the country's strategic industries.

                                            Rousseff's angry speech was a direct challenge to President Barack Obama, who was waiting in the wings to deliver his own address to the UN general assembly, and represented the most serious diplomatic fallout to date from the revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
                                            Rousseff had already put off a planned visit to Washington in protest at US spying, after NSA documents leaked by Snowden revealed that the US electronic eavesdropping agency had monitored the Brazilian president's phone calls, as well as Brazilian embassies and spied on the state oil corporation, Petrobras.



                                            "Personal data of citizens was intercepted indiscriminately. Corporate information – often of high economic and even strategic value – was at the centre of espionage activity.
                                            "Also, Brazilian diplomatic missions, among them the permanent mission to the UN and the office of the president of the republic itself, had their communications intercepted," Rousseff said, in a global rallying cry against what she portrayed as the overweening power of the US security apparatus.
                                            "Tampering in such a manner in the affairs of other countries is a breach of international law and is an affront of the principles that must guide the relations among them, especially among friendly nations. A sovereign nation can never establish itself to the detriment of another sovereign nation. The right to safety of citizens of one country can never be guaranteed by violating fundamental human rights of citizens of another country."
                                            Washington's efforts to smooth over Brazilian outrage over NSA espionage have so far been rebuffed by Rousseff, who has proposed that Brazil build its own internet infrastructure.
                                            "Friendly governments and societies that seek to build a true strategic partnership, as in our case, cannot allow recurring illegal actions to take place as if they were normal. They are unacceptable," she said.
                                            "The arguments that the illegal interception of information and data aims at protecting nations against terrorism cannot be sustained. Brazil, Mr President, knows how to protect itself. We reject, fight and do not harbour terrorist groups," Rousseff said.
                                            "As many other Latin Americans, I fought against authoritarianism and censorship and I cannot but defend, in an uncompromising fashion, the right to privacy of individuals and the sovereignty of my country," the Brazilian president said. She was imprisoned and tortured for her role in a guerilla movement opposed to Brazil's military dictatorship in the 1970s.
                                            "In the absence of the right to privacy, there can be no true freedom of expression and opinion, and therefore no effective democracy. In the absence of the respect for sovereignty, there is no basis for the relationship among nations."
                                            Rousseff called on the UN oversee a new global legal system to govern the internet. She said such multilateral mechanisms should guarantee the "freedom of expression, privacy of the individual and respect for human rights" and the "neutrality of the network, guided only by technical and ethical criteria, rendering it inadmissible to restrict it for political, commercial, religious or any other purposes.
                                            "The time is ripe to create the conditions to prevent cyberspace from being used as a weapon of war, through espionage, sabotage and attacks against systems and infrastructure of other countries," the Brazilian president said.
                                            As host to the UN headquarters, the US has been attacked from the general assembly many times in the past, but what made Rousseff's denunciation all the more painful diplomatically was the fact that it was delivered on behalf of large, increasingly powerful and historically friendly state.
                                            Obama, who followed Rousseff to the UN podium, acknowledged
                                            international alarm at the scale of NSA snooping revealed by Snowden.
                                            He said: "Just as we reviewed how we deploy our extraordinary military
                                            capabilities in a way that lives up to our ideals, we have begun to
                                            review the way that we gather intelligence, so as to properly balance
                                            the legitimate security concerns of our citizens and allies, with the
                                            privacy concerns that all people share."
                                            Brazilian officials said that Washington had told them about this
                                            review but had noted that its results would not be known for months
                                            and that Rousseff believed it was urgent to raise the need for an
                                            international code of ethics for electronic espionage.
                                            Rousseff will leave New York tomorrow without meeting Obama but
                                            Brazil's new foreign minister, Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, will remain at
                                            the UN throughout the week and will meet his opposite number, John
                                            Kerry, Brazilian officials said, in an attempt to start mending the
                                            rift between the two countries.





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