Charity begins at home
U.S. Vows to Press for Rights Despite Iraqi Abuses
Mon May 17, 2004 04:28 PM ET
By Saul Hudson
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States vowed on Monday to press for human-rights improvements around the world, as it issued an annual report that had been delayed by widespread outrage at U.S. military abuses of Iraqi prisoners.
The State Department released its report on efforts to promote human rights, after earlier postponing the document out of concerns that anger over the Iraqi prisoner scandal would eclipse any positive news in the document.
A department official said the United States was seen as "imperfect" but still a force for human rights in the wake of the scandal.
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