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...Chavez insisted her decision was totally independent of the Bush camp, but do people suspect the President-elect urged her to withdraw...
...great deal of compassion. I am disappointed that Linda Chavez will not become our nation's secretary of labor," read the statement from the President-elect. Asked if Bush had asked for her resignation, Chavez answered quickly. "At no time was I ever asked by the campaign to withdraw my name...
...addition, two of Bush's picks appear manifestly inappropriate for their posts. Yesterday brought news that Linda Chavez, Bush's choice for Labor Secretary, had an illegal immigrant living in her home who performed odd chores and received "spending money." Bush should withdraw Chavez from consideration...
...Like his Israeli counterpart, Chairman Arafat has accepted the president?s proposed deal - with reservations. The plan, which has been kept vague and under wraps, reportedly calls for Israel to withdraw from all of Gaza and 95 percent of the West Bank, recognizes Palestinian sovereignty in parts of East Jerusalem and over the Muslim holy sites atop that city?s Temple Mount, and requires Arafat to drop claims for the right of some 4 million Palestinian refugees to return to their original homes inside Israel. Just as Prime Minister Ehud Barak accepted the proposals and then immediately added that...
...Arafat, too, may have become a prisoner of his own support base. The purpose of his Washington visit was to "clarify" President Clinton's framework proposals for a final peace agreement - reportedly that Israel agree to withdraw from all of Gaza and 95 percent of the West Bank, including most of East Jerusalem and the Islamic holy sites, and the Palestinians to drop claims for the right of return to Israel of some 4 million Palestinian refugees forbidden by Israeli law from returning to homes they or their ancestors fled in 1948 during Israel's war of independence. Under mounting...