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3Richart Boucher,Keynote speech on the First Kabul Conference on Partnership,"Trade and Development in Greater Central Asia,"April 2006,p.14.
4Richard Boucher,“US Policy in Central Asia:Balancing Priorities,”Aprril 26,2006,http://www.state.gov/p/sca/rls/rm/2006/65292.htm.
6“Eurasia:Kazakhstan Squeezes In On BTC Pipeline Project,”June 16,2006,http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/06/1662c9c5-9b2d-4612-9e45-ad8759857a7e.html.
9Jacquelyn Davis,Michael Sweeney,“Central Asia in U.S.Strategy and Operational Planning:Where do we go from here?”The Institute of Foreign Polly Analysis,February 2004,p.9.
10Richard Boucher,"Pursuing Peace,Freedom and Prosperity in South and Central Asia," Remarks before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,Feb.16,2006,http://www.state.gov/p/sca/rm/2006/61317.htm.