We recently launched our Africa transportation initiative. And this effort will show how transportation is about more than concrete, asphalt and steel. It is about people. It is about providing opportunity and mobility of people and ideas. It is about advancing the cause of freedom.
Transportation is the tie that binds.
And you will see ongoing efforts in the months ahead. This week and next, we are sponsoring meetings in Harare, Addis Ababa, and Abidjan to assess the future of aviation services across Africa. In December, I plan to lead a trade and investment mission to a number of African nations, and today I want your ideas to help me on that mission. This is clearly a great time to talk about the blossoming partnerships between the United States and the many nations of Africa. The winds of democratic, social and commercial reform are sweeping the continent.