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...IMUS Radio Talk-Show host Appoint Senator Kerry ambassador to France...
...secret that COLIN POWELL is ready to hang up his pinstripes. But far less clear is where Bush will turn for his new top diplomat. One possibility is JOHN DANFORTH, the current ambassador to the U.N. He has support on Capitol Hill (where he served three terms as Senator from Missouri) and has won praise for pushing the Sudanese close to a peace deal after three years of negotiations. Another candidate is CONDOLEEZZA RICE. As National Security Adviser, she has dealt with virtually every foreign leader who matters but draws her influence more from her proximity to the Oval Office...
...Appoint Senator Kerry ambassador to France." DON IMUS, radio talkmeister, on what advice he would give President Bush for his second term...
...send more than a few trained experts as long as its staff may not be safe. Insurgents are sure to challenge the legitimacy of any government elected under questionable circumstances. "Iraqis have no experience with any political weapon other than violence," says Harold Walker, a former British ambassador in Baghdad. "Trying to get them to think in a democratic way in the space of a few months is a task beyond reasonable expectation...
...make a political calculation within earshot of a reporter. While Bush spoke in Toledo in the late afternoon, his political aides discussed setting a trap for Kerry. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice briefed Bush throughout the day on the details of the tape, and Chase Untermeyer, the U.S. ambassador to Qatar, tried to persuade al-Jazeera not to run it. Once aides were sure the video was being aired, however, Bush wrote down some remarks that included Senator Kerry. "We knew that Kerry couldn't resist responding more than he should on these issues," said a senior White House aide...