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...Such letters seemed to give Rumsfeld some solace amid media commentary that tended to focus on all that had gone wrong - the mistakes made in the Iraq War, the difficult relations with the military chiefs, the tensions with Congress, the quarrels with other NSC members. As low as his popularity was when he left office - Gallup/Harris polls showed him at 34% - Rumsfeld still found that when he dined out at a restaurant or walked along a street, people approached him eager to shake his hand...
...Rumsfeld attributed many of the distortions to self-serving accounts provided by State Department and NSC officials. He said that although other top administration officials knew such leaking was going on, they did nothing about it. Even out of office, Rumsfeld has sought to nudge his erstwhile colleagues to correct the record. He wrote Powell, for instance, objecting to statements by Lawrence Wilkerson, a retired U.S. Army colonel who served as Powell's chief of staff, in which Wilkerson alleged that senior defense officials had quietly encouraged Taiwanese politicians to move toward a declaration of independence from mainland China...
...Administration says it is aware of the problem. "We need to ensure that the assistance is provided to the people in need via the Palestinian Authority, and not to fuel Hamas or [be] diverted by Hamas for political purposes," says one senior National Security Council (NSC) official. The State Department says it will work with longtime partners to make sure the money only goes to civilians...
...sure, the Gaza reconstruction conference can do good. A massive push to get money into Gaza will end up helping people who desperately need it, even if only some of the money goes through. Asked about the President's frustration, Michael Hammer, spokesman for the NSC, said, "The President is indeed concerned about the welfare of the Palestinian people and would like to see assistance flow expeditiously." But the obstacles to bringing help to the long-suffering people of Gaza are just the beginning of the frustrations the new President will face in breaking the Middle East deadlock...
Frankel said that if another similar event were to take place, Power, in her role on the NSC, would “bring it forcefully to President Obama’s attention...