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...latest feud between Robb and Wilder had its origin in a secret tape -- ostensibly sent to Robb by an anonymous donor -- of an intercepted cellular-phone conversation between Wilder and an ally. When Wilder denounced the eavesdropping caper, a transcript of the tape appeared in two newspapers. Robb responded by suspending three aides, pledging an investigation of his office and pleading for peace talks with Wilder...
...ignorant of what the other is trying to say. In the dual monologues, each woman describes her personal world, only acknowledging the other's words in so far as they relate to her own tales. Their lack of communication reveals their isolation and emptiness. While Molly searches for the transcript of a long-lost interview with Matisse, Lily reminisces about her childhood, her husband and her friends...
Last week Glaspie finally spoke up. The State Department allowed her to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she proved to be the best witness for her defense. Articulate and direct, Glaspie insisted that Iraq had "maliciously" edited the transcript "to the point of inaccuracy." A "great deal" in the Iraqi record was accurate, she conceded, but her stern warnings that the U.S. would not tolerate the use of force against Kuwait had been deleted. She said she described those warnings in a confidential cable she sent to the State Department immediately...
...refused to complain. "The Administration wanted to work on its job of collecting a coalition and winning the war," she explained. State Department officials, concerned that Iraq might release an embarrassing tape of the meeting, said last week that the U.S. had wanted to avoid "a debate" over the transcript during the diplomatic and war effort. Added Glaspie: "Now the war is over, and I was sent up here to answer your questions...
...respect, which is not how the Administration had behaved toward the 25-year foreign-service veteran, one of its top Arabists and the first woman to head a Middle East embassy. Ordered home on July 30 for consultations, Glaspie was not allowed to return to Baghdad. When the Iraqi transcript was made public, State Department officials said omissions had been made but it was basically accurate. Asked last fall about Glaspie's instructions for the meeting with Saddam, Secretary of State James Baker made no effort to support his ambassador. "What you want me to do is say that those...