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...matter how many plaudits Bush heaped on Blair for standing "shoulder to shoulder" in the march to Baghdad, the Iraq war was an extremely tough sell for the British Prime Minister. Millions marched against the war in London; two Cabinet ministers resigned over it, and in the crucial House of Commons vote authorizing war, 138 members of Blair's Labour Party voted for an antiwar amendment, the largest rebellion in parliamentary history. Blair's tenacious battle for public opinion rested squarely on the imminent danger posed by Saddam's weapons of mass destruction. "I have never put our justification...
...minister. Among ordinary Palestinians, Abbas is viewed as an integral part of a Palestinian Authority many consider corrupt, and the impetus for his appointment is seen as coming primarily from the U.S. and Israel. His weakness relative to Arafat within the PA was demonstrated in the showdown over his cabinet, in which he was forced to concede to many of Arafat's demands. Now, with the "roadmap" process having been tied directly to his ouster, Arafat has little incentive to help his prime minister deliver, and plenty of reason to do what he can to make sure Abbas fails. Moreover...
...benefit of having a former cabinet member as University president is the hope that he would deploy his political resources to the benefit of his students,” el-Gaili wrote...
Carey herself worked in the private sector for many years before she entered government, joining the cabinet of Governor Paul A. Cellucci...
...with the final offer made by Ehud Barak shortly before Sharon's election, that the eventual borders of a Palestinian state will comprise most or all of the West Bank and Gaza, Sharon's vision of Palestine is considerably (in the cartographic sense) narrower. Not surprising, then, Israel's cabinet stopped short of endorsing the "roadmap" itself, instead allowing itself plenty of wiggle room by embracing "steps set out in the roadmap." That's because the full document suggests the endpoint of the process would be guided, in part, by United Nations Resolution 242 and last year's Saudi proposal...