(25 Jul 2009) HEADLINE: US Special Envoy: 'no election can be perfect'
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CAPTION: President Barack Obama's special envoy said Afghanistan's upcoming presidential contest will be imperfect, but the country cannot be held to a democratic standard that even the U.S. struggles to achieve. (July 25)
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sot: Richard Holbrooke, US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan:
"Only the second election in your history and the first truly contested election is a difficult thing to hold under any circumstances. To hold it in the middle of a war is extraordinary. And I congratulate the independent electoral commission, the complaints commission and the people of Afghanistan for attempting such an extraordinary effort in the middle of a
war. I am pleased that the world community, led by the United Nations and the United States, is supporting this effort."
sot: Richard Holbrooke, US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan:
"Everybody knows that no election can be perfect. And this election is facing many complex challenges. We have just discussed many of them in our conversation: how we make sure that women can vote, which requires women at
the polls as poll watchers, as people inspecting, and so on."
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