Word: pelletreau
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...bothered by the kind of "pinprick" strikes the U.S. lobbed at Iraq in 1993 and 1996. This time, the idea is "to take a page out of Colin Powell's book and make sure that we really do have the capability to do a decisive job," says Robert Pelletreau, who served as Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs during Clinton's first term...
Meanwhile the U.S. was widely criticized for neglecting the area. "Albright was going everywhere else, except to the Middle East," notes Robert Pelletreau, the State Department's Assistant Secretary for the region during Clinton's first term. But she continued to insist she would go only when the chances for progress were high...
...Americans take a very different view of the recent negotiations. "We are on the verge of a major step forward-the combination of West Bank empowerment, Israeli redeployment and Palestinian elections," says Robert Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs. "Elections will be a major breakthrough." The timing of the elections is far from certain, however, and some Palestinians question whether they will be truly democratic...
...country was plunged into war. As the fighting carried on in the rugged mountains that line the former border between North and South, it was impossible to confirm either side's claims to imminent victory. "There is not a military solution to the Yemen problem," said Robert Pelletreau, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, who was trapped temporarily in San'a after a failed mediation attempt...
...they always do, the Palestinians hope Washington will push Israel into more concessions. They may have been encouraged by a comment from Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Robert Pelletreau, who said "more than tokenism" was required from Israel. To sound out Washington's intentions, Arafat dispatched Shaath to Washington last week for talks with + Secretary of State Warren Christopher and other U.S. officials. Shaath said the peace process was "the only guarantee that we will have real security in the long run" but that the Hebron massacre had shown the need for interim measures. "We really have...