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...fairness to Bush, it should first be noted that his predecessor, Bill "Government Property" Clinton, was no foreign relations master. As the joke goes, Clinton's idea of foreign relations is sex with the Asian intern. The joke may be crude, but the point is real. In truth, Clinton's conception of foreign policy consisted, for the most part, of sweet-talking the world into liking him and, by extension, America. This was basically the same as Reagan's conception of foreign relations, although Reagan's idea of a foreign nation was New York...
...Bush has been quoted as saying he thinks "it's time to move on," and by all accounts has little interest in pursuing any investigation that keeps his predecessor in the national spotlight...
...some other families want to see politicians in power at the time-among them Britain's former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher-questioned about the explosion and the subsequent investigation. Tony Blair's New Labour government might not be ill-disposed to an inquiry into the workings of a Conservative predecessor, but officials say no decision will be made until the criminal process against al-Megrahi has run its full course. Martin Cadman, another British family member, was blunt in suggesting that the wrong man might have been convicted. "We have our doubts about the guilt of al-Megrahi," he said...
With more power than ambition, Cheney doesn't need a big staff. His contingent of 50 is less than half the size of his predecessor's and fully meshed into the Bush operation. Except for Mary Matalin, a former talk-show host and G.O.P. operative who is his senior counselor, Cheney doesn't have a slew of political advisers weighing the impact of each development on his future. "He speaks with the authority of the President," says Matalin, "because everyone understands the Vice President has no personal agenda." According to Libby and Matalin, that means their boss will spend...
...Sharon was worried about what Barak was about to give up to Arafat in the name of peace. But he saw a bright spot: "I know that this will lead to elections, and I'll be the candidate to run against Barak." Finkelstein, who advised Benjamin Netanyahu, Sharon's predecessor as Likud leader, laid out a strategy. "You need to start showing that you support peace," he said, "but a different kind of peace than Barak. People are going to have to understand the real Sharon...