Current Political Activity
On the Lebanese political scene, Geagea and the LF are considered to be the main Christian component of the March 14 Alliance.
In September 2008, Geagea pronounced in front of thousands of rallying supporters in Jounieh a historical apology. The apology read:
"I fully apologize for all the mistakes that we committed when we were carrying out our national duties during past civil war years,... I ask God to forgive, and so I ask the people whom we hurt in the past."
Internationally, Geagea tried to renew his relations with influential countries such as the United States and France. On 19 March 2007, he met then French president Jacques Chirac in the Élysée Palace. In March 2008, he held talks in the USA with officials at the White House, including then Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, then NSA Stephen Hadley and then chairman of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia Gary Ackerman.
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