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...White House not once but four more times? It turns out that the fire wall Lake constructed to keep politics out of foreign policy seems to have surrounded only him. His apparent inability to monitor the doings of 151 security-council staff members led even some Lake supporters on Capitol Hill to wonder whether he was cut out to run the nation's 80,000-person intelligence community...
...especially irritates some American lawmakers that China is pressing for permanent most-favored-nation status, a guarantee of minimum tariffs. China is the only one of the 191 most favored nations whose status is renewed each year by a vote in Congress. That ensures a humiliating annual review on Capitol Hill of how Beijing punishes dissidents, suppresses Tibet and sells missiles to rogue states. Along with winning permanent MFN status, China wants to be admitted to the World Trade Organization, a goal the U.S. and other nations are obstructing until China lowers trade barriers...
...used some conventional means of cultivating favor, like inviting members of Congress for get-acquainted trips. Ma Yuzhen, China's personable former ambassador to Britain, was put in charge of improving his nation's image abroad. At the Chinese embassy in Washington, more staff members were assigned to handle Capitol Hill...
CLINTON II, THE SEQUEL, PLAYS THE CAPITOL...
...when meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz. Albright says the bumblebee reminds her of Muhammad Ali's motto, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee," which could well be her slogan too. Look for the balloon when the Secretary is feeling up, and for the Capitol when she is trying to be at her bipartisan best. Other brooches, like the spider web, she simply finds alluring...