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...while returning 60% of the surplus to the top 10% of wage earners, "like most of his top contributors." Said McCain: "I don't believe rich Americans need tax breaks." His plan, which he intends to unveil this week, would cost about $600 billion over 10 years, or 40% less than Bush's, and focus on Social Security protection and on propping up lower-income Americans. McCain's campaign chairman, Rick Davis, admits that the plan sounds a lot like what Clinton has said over the years. "Maybe Bill Clinton stole these concepts and made good use of them...
Bradley tries to be less obsessed with wonkery than he was in the past, but weaning himself isn't easy. He debates the fine points of policy and rewrites speeches himself, which takes time. Since he doesn't have the Vice President's policy apparatus, he solicits ideas from hundreds of outsiders; his staff boils down the best ones. But Bradley is the final arbiter of what's good enough, which is why he can create a bottleneck. In November, he was scheduled to give a major foreign-policy address at Tufts University, but as the date drew near...
...four times last week in pursuit of a simple strategy, says a U.S. diplomat: "Get the two sides to talk to each other as much as possible." Barak so far hasn't become prickly over U.S. prodding, and Clinton finds that when he is in the room, Shara quibbles less than when Secretary of State Madeleine Albright mediates...
...Syria, whose dictatorial government is still listed by the U.S. as a state sponsor of terrorism, will be a hard sell on Capitol Hill. But Israel's asking price is stirring grumbles in Congress too. "If we're negotiating a peace agreement, there ought to be less need for military assistance," complains Republican Representative Sonny Callahan, who chairs the House subcommittee that appropriates foreign...
...sole right to speak for the child. Still, that's not going to stop the Florida Gonzalez family, the Cuban-American activist community and conservative Republican lawmakers from fighting tooth and nail to keep the boy here. And that could create a difficult political choice for the Clinton administration. Less so for Fidel Castro, who's reaped an unexpected domestic political dividend from the actions of the U.S. and the exiled activists, which have enraged ordinary Cubans. Whether Elian is reunited with his father or stays in Miami, the aging Cuban dictator wins...