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...still framing. And he's quickly discovering that the success of his doctrine, or any foreign policy initiative for that matter, will hinge on how he handles the Middle East. "The Middle East is wrapped around the axle of every vehicle we are driving," says Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. "I can't think of any part of the world that doesn't have a Middle East dynamic...
...Bush deserves credit for putting a foreign policy framework together quickly but "he's still developing the housing," says Hagel. "It's still imprecise. He has a way to go before you can say we have a Bush foreign policy." Sept. 11 forced the President to quickly cobble together a doctrine, with fighting terrorism as its core. "But I don't think you can build a foreign policy on that alone," Hagel continues. Terrorism is a driving force, but Bush's foreign policy should be "bigger than that...
...Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Military might is no longer the sole arbiter; economic, diplomatic and multilateral tools now must be used to a greater degree. But the bottom line remains constant: Bush won't succeed in most major foreign policy initiatives "until there's progress made in the Middle East," Hagel concludes. "That hangs over everything like a dark cloud...
...Hagel encouraged new peace negotiations in the Middle East, saying that the current state of affairs is “the most dangerous situation [there] since 1973.” He said he feels a Palestinian state must be part of the peace agreement...
...Hagel also confronted directly the idea of nation-building...