Word: summiteering
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President Bush, sitting chair by chair with President Hu Jintao of China on Tuesday before a United Nations summit in Manhattan, broke the silence as aides herded out the last of the journalists who had been brought in to record the leaders' pre-meeting pleasantries. Bush and Hu were in a cramped Waldorf Astoria suite that was blazing with studio lighting installed by the White House. "All right!" Bush told the translators and underlings with a sly smile. "Now we can get some oxygen in this room...
...summit, which marks the 60th anniversary of the United Nations and was billed as the "largest-ever gathering of world leaders," gave Bush some breathing room-a chance to escape minute-by-minute scrutiny over the federal handling of Hurricane Katrina for the first time in two weeks. An international meeting, usually one of the presidential duties that Bush enjoys least, suddenly looked like a respite...
...bayou blunders also intruded on a pre-summit visit Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice paid to Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., publisher of The New York Times, and his "publishers luncheon." She was asked about the possibility that Katrina had fueled perceptions "that George Bush doesn't care about black people." Rice said it was "poisonous" for someone to suggest that the president would decide who ought to be helped on the basis of color. "You know the phrase that actually attracted me to him more than anything else didn't have anything to do with foreign policy-it was actually...
...trade deficit and human rights abuses; China's worries over rising protectionism in the U.S., and its resentment at being treated with what it calls a "cold war mentality." But Bush and Hu, while hardly chums, have met five times before at such forums as APEC and the G8 summit, and fireworks aren't expected. (A more formal summit in Washington was cancelled due to Hurricane Katrina.) Analysts in both Washington and Beijing say the meeting will probably be dominated by not-so-tough talk on what they call the Three Ts: trade, terrorism and Taiwan. But there could...
...customer. Internet shopping may be the way to go. Faye Gordon London Rocking for Relief J.F.O. McAllister's viewpoint "they're Playing His Song" described Prime Minister Tony Blair's use of rock-star diplomacy to get across his message on aid to Africa at the G-8 summit [July 4-11]. Regardless of what political capital Blair gains by using music celebrities to call attention to Africa's poor, the essence of his message is that poverty must be eradicated. If music is the medium to rouse the Western world, so be it. Politicians aim to leave a legacy...