U.S. Defense Secretary Hagel – “I admire Ataturk”
14:40, March 29, 2013
According to Hurriyet Daily News, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel
yesterday reaffirmed his admiration of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, the
founder of the Republic of Turkey, at his first Pentagon press
conference.
“Well, I’m glad to know my standing is significant in Turkey. But –
and I admire the Turks in the government, and Ataturk and I have over
the years noted Ataturk in different speeches I’ve given, not just in
Turkey, but the United States. He did something that was very
significant that has had a very important sustaining legacy in the
world. And sometimes we — we in the West don’t fully appreciate what
Ataturk did.” Hagel said in response to a question.
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