Dean in Portugal : "Time for the United States to renew our relationships around the world"

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http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2710220

Many European governments have been angered by Republican President George W. Bush's war in Iraq and what is regarded as his failure to work with allies in international affairs.

"It is time for the United States to renew our relationships around the world," Dean said, triggering applause. "It is time we treat our allies with respect and honesty.

"The Democratic Party is committed to consensus-building, bilateral and multilateral relationships."

The U.S. should start to work with Europe to tackle global warming, defend human rights and adopt a multilateral approach to the conflict in Iraq, Dean said.

Howard Dean, U.S. Democratic National Committee chairman, laughs with Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, right, Party of European Socialists president, after his speech during the Party of European Socialists congress in Porto, northern Portugal, Friday, Dec. 8, 2006.(AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)

[madfloridian]

1. Called for 'immediate change' in Iraq

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061208/pl_afp/usiraqpoliticsdean_061208133653

"OPORTO, Portugal (AFP) - US Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean called on the United States to make an "immediate change" to its Iraq policy and rebuild its ties with its allies.

Speaking at a congress of European socialists in Portugal's second-city Oporto, Dean said the findings of the Iraq Study Group "reflect what the American people said loudly in the mid-term elections last month: the moment has come for an immediate change in US policy on Iraq."

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2. Wow, this disappeared fast.

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