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Kirata -> Welcome to Kyrzakhstan (2/25/2013 7:28:11 AM)
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Apparently channeling Joe Biden, our new Secretary of State has invented a new country: Kyrzakhstan.
In an embarrassing slip of the tongue, Mr Kerry last week praised US diplomats working to secure "democratic institutions" in the Central Asian country, which does not exist. The newly minted diplomat was referring to Kyrgyzstan, a poor, landlocked nation of 5.5 million, which he appeared to confuse with its resource-rich neighbour to the north, Kazakhstan.
But don't worry, the transcript of his remarks has been "cleansed".
The State Department kindly omitted the error in the official transcript of Wednesday's speech, which Mr Kerry delivered on the eve of his first foreign trip as secretary of state. Mr Kerry's flub was all the more awkward, because Kyrgyzstan is a key ally in the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan and a major recipient of US aid, which totalled $41 million (£27 million) in 2011.
Amusingly, the story attempts to soft-pedal the gaff by noting that Kerry isn't the first to make such a mistake.
In August 2008, then-President George W Bush mixed up Russia and its tiny southern neighbour Georgia...
Well damn. That should make everyone feel better, eh? Just what we need, more idiots in high places.
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