Two Advisers Reflect on Eight Years With Bush
January 2, 2009
Washington Post / Michael Abramowitz
White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and national security adviser Stephen J.
White House Chief of Staff Joshua B. Bolten and national security adviser Stephen J.
JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 -- President Bush issued a sharp condemnation of Hamas on Friday, accusing the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip of provoking Israeli military action with ...
Democrats, as would be expected, are lobbying intensely for senior jobs in the new administration. It's a bit more unusual to see top Bush administration officials lobbying to keep their jobs.
Circumstances change; so do the names of the leading players. Peace negotiators come and go; so do the details of their agreements.
The U.S. is backing a cease-fire based on three pillars: ending the rocket attacks; opening border crossings into Gaza; and dealing with arms smuggling in border tunnels.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will go to the United Nations on Tuesday to help with international efforts to arrange a ceasefire in Gaza, the State Department said....
State Department officials say Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is traveling to New York Tuesday to meet with Arab ministers and lobby for a U.S.-backed cease-fire plan for Gaza.
ISRAEL SAYS that the aim of its offensive in Gaza, which yesterday expanded to a ground invasion, is simple: to end rocket fire aimed at its citizens.
President George W Bush in his last fortnight in office is providing Israel with the diplomatic support the country needs to continue its offensive in the Gaza Strip.
China understands the decision of the United States on cancellation of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's scheduled visit to China, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman here Sunday night.
BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- China understands the decision of the United States on cancellation of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's scheduled visit to China, said a Chinese Foreign Ministry ...