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...Quickly settling into that cadenced, two-step style that's made him a passable and occasionally inspiring formal speaker, Bush rattled off diplomatic and military accomplishments in the war on terror. Then he did the same for the gallery guests - Afghanistan's new leader, its new Minister of Womens' Affairs, and the widow of America's first military hero, Shannon Spann...
...restore peace. The bid failed, but dovish Labor leaders are becoming more forthright in their criticisms - Deputy Defense Minister Dalia Rabin-Pelosoff recently lamented that the government had failed to take advantage of the "window of opportunity" for restoring dialogue created by Arafat's December speech. And Knesset speaker Avram Burg has accepted an invitation to address the Palestinian legislature in Ramallah next month - over the objections of Sharon, who nixed a similar initiative by President Moshe Katsav last December. Two weeks ago, Burg and Beilin led a delegation of Israeli leaders (mostly from the left-wing benches of parliament...
...Shia Muslim Hazara who live in the valley protected them, and adherents of Sufi Islam, a mystical sect with a wide following in Afghanistan, see echoes of Buddhism in their own practices. But last March, Taliban commanders flew in by helicopter. A public meeting was called, and the main speaker, then-Defense Minister Obaidullah Akhund?who reportedly surrendered to the new government last week and was set free?read a decree by Mullah Mohammed Omar, the movement's spiritual leader, ordering the Buddhas destroyed. The Hazara, the dominant ethnic group here, believe the Taliban had another agenda: to destroy them...
...time, the plan was defended by Sen. Phil Gramm (R-Tex.), saying that, “Immigrants should come to the U.S. with their sleeves rolled up, ready to work, not with their hands out, ready to go on welfare.” However, Gingrich, who as speaker of the House championed the Welfare Reform Act that included the stricter eligibility laws, said last week that, “In retrospect, it was wrong.” Bush’s plan would reverse the excessive 10-year requirement and restore the five-year minimum in place before...
POLITICS AGAIN President Bush told reporters he will be campaigning in 2002: "One of my goals will be to see that Denny Hastert remains the Speaker and...that Trent Lott becomes the [Senate] majority leader...