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...Calculator every time he makes a move," says a senior Palestinian official. And yet, since taking over from Arafat, Abbas has shown a more daring side. He has impressed aides and foreign diplomats with his guts and discipline. A State Department official briefed on Abbas' meeting with Condoleezza Rice last week says the new Secretary of State "left there very convinced that [Abbas] was serious. He has a very clear understanding of what he's up against. He has a narrow window to prove himself." Abbas' fortunes--and prospects for peace--will ultimately hinge on whether he can persuade Sharon...
...never ignored foreign programs. This year he has jacked up the budget for the State Department and foreign aid 15.5% to $32.7 billion, boosting embassy construction as well as his global AIDS initiative. That gives his good friend, former National Security Adviser and new Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, a full purse to play with...
...Iranians just need to know the free world is working together to send a very clear message: don't develop a nuclear weapon." GEORGE W. BUSH, U.S. President, in response to talks between Condoleezza Rice and NATO foreign ministers in Brussels last week...
...cease-fire is both a continuation of Palestinian-Israeli cooperation and its most significant achievement to date. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice rightly noted that the signing of the cease-fire is the most promising moment for progress between Palestinians and Israelis in recent years.” The “confidence building” steps taken by both sides following Abbas’ November election seem to have created a degree of trust between the two sides that was unimaginable just six months...
...wake of Pyongyang's latest fulminations, the Administration is counting on China to drag the North Koreans back to the six-party table--a role China embraced in a phone call between Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and Secretary Rice on Saturday night. "China will stay in touch with all relevant parties," Li told her. James Lilley, who was ambassador to both China and South Korea in the 1980s, says Pyongyang's tactics are designed to stall for time and force concessions from outsiders before sitting down to talk again. The only way to counter it, he believes, is to take...