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...Rice's first stop in Egypt is a closed-door session with Maj. Gen. Omar Suleiman, head of Egyptian intelligence and an key Arab interlocutor with the Palestinians. Soon after the radical group Hamas stunned the world by winning an upset victory in the Jan. 26, Palestinian parliamentary elections, Sulieman added his voice to those of U.S., European and United Nations leaders in calling on Hamas to recognize Israel, abandon violence and commit to talks aimed at establishing a peaceful Palestinian state...
...Secretary Rice is also looking to strengthen diplomatic pressure on Iran to desist from its defiance on the nuclear issue. In Cairo and Riyadh and during her Thursday session with Persian Gulf ministers gathered in Abu Dhabi for a Gulf Cooperation Council meeting, Rice is seeking to solidify moderate Arab support for U.S. and European efforts to pressure Iran to suspend its quest for a nuclear weapon...
Early Thursday afternoon, Summers skipped a scheduled session with Institute of Politics fellows who just recently had arrived at Harvard for a semester of study...
Summers had also been scheduled to meet with The Crimson’s editorial board Thursday evening, but his spokesman, John D. Longbrake, cancelled that session early last week...
...Mehlman, as party chair, can't go that far. But before the Naples session ended, he told McCain he'd help him raise money for his leadership PAC, which gives money to Republican congressional candidates. It was another sign that party leaders realize that a man they not so long ago reviled can, and just might, win the nomination...