Having spent most of his first two years on the job absorbed in the task of stabilizing Iraq, he was now ready to actually manage the Pentagon, so it was natural to align himself with the management principles of the new administration.

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Ambassador SATTERFIELD: Steve, the declaration of principles accurately reflects the views of this administration, that it is in the interest of the United States to help Iraq achieve and sustain its security - its security from enemies at home and enemies abroad.

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Earlier this year, the Commission reached an agreement with the U.S. that a system based on safe harbor principles did represent adequate levels of data privacy, after the U.S. administration agreed to reinforce consumer access rights and set up dispute settlement procedures for consumers.

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And they have been engaged both to offer some technical assistance, but also to ensure, or at least to represent the administration point of view, to try to steer the proposal in the direction of the principles that the President had laid out.

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