Word: albright
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...There isn't much Mahathir can do to the U.S.," says McAllister. "The U.S. is upset at him over currency controls, and Anwar" -- the former deputy prime minister still jailed on controversial sex charges -- "has a lot of friends in Washington." That was in evidence Saturday, as Madeleine Albright visited with Anwar's wife; Gore, meanwhile, will give Mahathir wide berth throughout his visit. The host-bashing is good face time for the veep on a prominent human rights issue; too bad all the cameras are back in Washington with the current president...
Saddam Hussein appears to have succeeded where Madeleine Albright failed -- in getting Israel's cabinet to endorse the Wye peace accord. After days of stonewalling, Benjamin Netanyahu suddenly pushed approval of the Wye agreement through his cabinet late Wednesday, following a Tuesday night phone call from President Clinton. "It certainly helped that the Americans are poised to bomb Iraq," says TIME Jerusalem bureau chief Lisa Beyer. "The Israelis couldn't afford to be the reason that Washington was being given a hard time from Arab countries over action against Saddam...
...made him the bane of U.S. officials. In public, at least. In private, Primakov seems to have shown a little more flexibility. Diplomacy, he sometimes says, is a process of mutual concessions. He has been able to establish a good working relationship with U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. And officials at NATO, one of Primakov's least favorite organizations, say they view the new Russian Prime Minister as a stabilizing force in Moscow's relations with the West. "Primakov is smart, and he's realistic," a NATO official remarks...
Inside the American camp, there was disagreement about how best to push the negotiations forward. Everyone was impressed by Arafat's apparent willingness to find a deal. But the Americans were split over how to handle Netanyahu. Albright, who battled with the Israeli Prime Minister last May and lost when she gave him an ultimatum about moving troops from the West Bank, was growing increasingly frustrated with Israeli stalling. Friday night, as the Israelis celebrated the Sabbath, Albright was host to a small, Arabs-only dinner. "I really understand the pain and aspirations of your people," she said...
...Israeli delegation placed their bags outside their quarters and issued a press release threatening departure. The threat was timed to make the morning papers back home (where Wye was judged so boring it no longer led the TV news). American officials figured Netanyahu was bluffing, but when Albright saw the luggage, she was furious: "You don't give the President of the United States an ultimatum!" Netanyahu, backing down, protested that he had been asleep and hadn't authorized any departure. (In fact, American officials said, he had given the orders to load the helicopters for the flight to Andrews...