I just wanted to pass this information on...I know Angelina's adoption has been making a lot of news and here is her agency's statement. I'm still not comfortable with the fact that her case was moved along faster than other families, but I think that it is probably (hopefully) a good sign that her agency is speaking out in her and their own defense. Here is the article where the director of the International Adoption Department says that she was sped through the process.

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Heidi Gonzalez, Vietnam Adoption Coordinator for Adoptions From The
Heart, has issued the following response to inquiries regarding
Angelina Jolie's adoption from Vietnam.

"In applying to adopt 3-yr-old Pax Thien, Ms. Jolie followed the same
course as all prospective adoptive parents who apply to our Vietnam
program. Throughout her adoption process, which began in the summer
of 2006, she has received no preferential treatment from the
Vietnamese government or Adoptions From The Heart, and contrary to
earlier reports, her application was not fast tracked.

Despite rumors that she chose her child, Ms. Jolie received a
referral, just like any other parent adopting from Vietnam. In late
2006, she was referred a child who had been legally determined to be
available for adoption and who fit within the parameters for which she
had been approved to adopt. She accepted the first and only referral
given to her.

In addition, we can confirm the statement given by Nguyen Van Trung,
Director of Tam Binh Orphanage, that Ms. Jolie has neither made, nor
promised to make, any financial contributions to his orphanage.

Adoptions From The Heart celebrates the miracle of adoption with the
Jolie-Pitt family, as we do with all of our clients, and wish them
much joy."