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...Stung by an ornery public and exasperated Republican law- makers, the White House is preparing a blitz of TV-friendly events to show that George W. Bush knows what he's doing in Iraq, and to define achievable terms for victory. The drive started last week at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where he gave the first of four big speeches leading up to Iraq's Dec. 15 elections. Bush choked up as he read a letter found on the laptop of fallen Marine Corporal Jeff Starr: "If you are reading this, then I've died in Iraq...
...focused so much on being still for one hour,” he says. “I was stung by six or eight bees but it was better than a hundred...
Ross was also primed to soften up Arafat. "Arafat was stung by some of the things communicated to him about how the outcome of the talks would affect his relationship with Washington," says a negotiation insider. "With U.S. support for him eroding, he had to decide whether he'd got as much as he could. Ross persuaded him he had." Still, at week's end the Palestinians were holding out for written Israeli assurances that three further Israeli withdrawals in the West Bank countryside would take place according to a specific schedule, ending preferably by next September...
...Stung by criticism that he doesn’t care about black people, President Bush resolved to spend like drunken sailor, promising New Orleans “one of the largest reconstruction efforts the world has ever seen” along with a blank check. The government will spend “whatever it takes” to rebuild New Orleans and Gulf Coast reconstruction will “cost whatever it costs...
...President dies of a stroke, in the drama Commander in Chief, debuting Sept. 27. That's fair enough. Given the prejudice she would face, the nation might feel safer with a female leader possessed of great height, athleticism (Davis nearly represented the U.S. in Olympic archery) and robust, bee-stung lips. I look forward avidly to the Jolie Administration...