Word: summiteering
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...ever shorter supply, and its price is rising in thirsty cities and farming regions from the Middle East to the American West. And what Kuwait is to oil, Canada could be to water. President George W. Bush suggested as much before last month's global economic summit, when he noted that "water will forever be an issue in the U.S., particularly the Western part," and added, "I look forward to discussing this with Prime Minister Jean Chretien...
...Incensed over the perceived foot-dragging after the accusation against Woodland was aired, hundreds of Okinawans protested. The uproar reached all the way to President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, upsetting their first summit meeting in Washington. Okinawan politicians, sensing an opportunity, lunged once again for the brass ring: they demanded the SOFA be revised. Koizumi agreed it needed work; U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, on a visit in mid-July, flatly refused. Outrage mounted to a point that it seemed almost an offering to better U.S.-Japan relations when the Air Force did, eventually, give...
...Russia: C Bush's enthusiasm for missile defense may be prompting him to elevate Russia beyond its strategic significance. The President treated his first encounter with Putin as a kind of reprise of the first Reagan-Gorbachev summit, telling Americans he had looked into the Russian leader's eyes and "got a pretty good idea of his soul." The comment prompted titters across Europe, not least because Putin came through the ranks of the KGB, an organization that doesn't exactly reward transparency. Still, Putin has been pleasantly surprised by the new administration's attentions, and he's quite happy...
...enough data, though, for the White House, which last week convened a summit headed by Laura Bush on early childhood learning. The summit was not a discussion of how to make preschool available to more children, nor was there a statement of support to find more funding for existing programs. Rather, the two-day conference of 400 education and community leaders ended with Laura Bush reminding us to read to our kids, and education secretary Rod Paige announcing yet another task force on preschool. This one, Paige said, will raise public awareness about the need for early childhood cognitive development...
Person of the Week BALANCING ACT Switch-hitter Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to play ball with two big teams: China and the U.S. Just days after signing a "friendship and cooperation" treaty with President Jiang Zemin, he turned his attention to President Bush at the G-8 summit in Genoa...