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<<<During the 1990's, the Clinton administration tried to increase trade and 
investment in Africa, while promoting efforts to fight AIDS. But there was not 
a sense that the continent was strategically important. Oil is changing that 
perception.>>>

Pursuing Al Quaeda, Overthrowing Saddam Hussein, (supposedly) building a 
tighter relationship with Mexico and developing an FTAA, possibly scheming to 
overthrow the Chinese government--is there any part of the 'developing' world 
that is not currently a 'strategic priority' for the US?

Steven Sherman



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In Quietly Courting Africa, U.S. Likes the Dowry: Oil

September 19, 2002
By JAMES DAO 




Africa, the neglected stepchild of American diplomacy, is
rising in strategic importance to Washington policy makers.


http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/19/international/africa/19AFRI.html?ex=1033453977&ei=1&en=d0d99b8a5fc5faed



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