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...down the line. Bush has left it to his aides to fight over which of the two dramatically different approaches he will endorse. And fight they have. When Powell told an Arab newspaper that the Administration was leaning toward early recognition (which TIME reported in April), Bush's spokesman Ari Fleischer responded icily, "The Secretary, from time to time, will reflect on the advice that he gets and do so publicly." Powell, never known for getting ahead of his boss, has been more aggressive than usual, driving the process since early April, when Bush backed off his demand that...
...agreement among his top aides on what policy course to follow, much less among Washington's allies in the Arab world and Israel; and second, the Bush compromise proposals being floated had already been pronounced dead-on-arrival both in Israel and the Arab world. White House press secretary Ari Fleischer insisted Wednesday that President Bush would make the speech when "it can do the most good." But given what Bush reportedly intends to say, and the current dynamic in the region, that may not be soon...
...placed his first phone calls to the leaders of India and Pakistan since the current standoff between the two nuclear-armed nations heated up in mid-May. The proposal to give Homeland Security Cabinet rank came after months of White House resistance. On March 19, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer declared that "creating a new Cabinet post doesn't solve anything...
...State Colin Powell suggested that, as part of efforts to create a full Palestinian state, it might be necessary to have a provisional state as an interim step. He also made it clear that the U.S. would continue working with Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat. But White House spokesman Ari Fleischer failed to endorse Powell's remarks, saying that he was not expressing his own views but those of Arab leaders. IRAN Voice of David Iranian state radio launched a daily broadcast in Hebrew aimed at countering what Iran sees as "the monopoly of one-sided news" coverage...
...this week, just as Jeb is kicking off his re-election bid, President Bush is expected to announce even tighter sanctions against Cuba, including a crackdown on nearly 100,000 Americans who illegally go to Cuba each year. Any U.S. tourism and trade with Cuba, insists White House spokesman Ari Fleischer, "benefits only the repressive regime in Cuba." But Flake's amendment to allow U.S. travel to Cuba and a similar Senate measure are expected to pass this summer, both with ample G.O.P. backing...