Word: summiteering
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Hillary Clinton, bravely venturing to Kansas City, Missouri, for a "health summit" organized by Dole at which she spoke along with no fewer than seven Republican Senators, gave a glimpse of the White House counterstrategy. She pointedly complimented Chafee for including universal coverage in his bill. The implication: the Administration will seek to get that established as the prime goal and convert the dispute into a mere debate about the best way to achieve it -- an argument Clinton's aides think they can win. The First Lady, however, drew only tepid applause, in sharp contrast to the raves inspired...
...power plants and landfills spew out carbon dioxide, methane and other heat-trapping gases by the ton. Left unchecked, many scientists believe, the buildup in the atmosphere could create the greenhouse effect, boosting temperatures and changing weather patterns in unpredictable, probably destructive ways. At last year's Rio Earth Summit, world leaders agreed that emissions of greenhouse gases should be curbed, but at the insistence of the U.S., the resulting treaty contained no firm goals or mandatory steps. The White House didn't get serious about the issue until the election of eco-conscious Bill Clinton, who pledged in April...
...Russian Summit Planned...
...show of support, President Clinton will fly to Moscow in mid-January for a summit with Russian leader Boris Yeltsin...
...Washington is eager to mend fences. After Shattuck, Agriculture Secretary Michael Espy will visit Beijing to discuss trade issues, and there is talk of a subsequent foray by Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen. Finally, Clinton will meet with Jiang in Seattle around Nov. 20 during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit...