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Comments George Bush is heading to the Middle East to push once more for an elusive peace deal as hopes fade for any agreement between Israel and the Palestinians before he leaves the White House. Mr Bush – with less than nine months to go as U.S. President – insisted in interviews published...
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Who's Following Bush's Mideast Trip
No one is watching President Bush's trip to the Middle East closer than his potential successors. But for all the distinctions the two draw between each other, and Bush, the next president's approach to the Middle East may look like this one's. He finishes the trip Saturday and Sunday in Egypt at...
Bush heading for Israel, White House says peace talks sluggish
JERUSALEM: Ahead of a visit to the Middle East, US President George W Bush expressed some optimism that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement would be struck before his term ends while holding out little hope for a major breakthrough when he arrives in Israel. His Secretary of State, Condoleezza...
Bush returns to Mideast with tempered hopes for peace deal
When President George W. Bush began his first energized pursuit of an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord just over five months ago, confidence was his constant companion. “I’m optimistic,” he said over and over about the prospects for ending one of the world’s longest-running disputes within little...
Bush hits the familiar themes before trip
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush, in a series of interviews in advance of his Middle Eastern trip, said he is confident a stable Palestinian state can be established. Bush left Tuesday for meetings in Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt but before that talked with reporters from...
Bush hits the familiar themes before trip
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush, in a series of interviews in advance of his Middle Eastern trip, said he is confident a stable Palestinian state can be established. Bush left Tuesday for meetings in Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt but before that talked with reporters from...
The Opposite Of A Victory Lap
From The Washington Post By Dan Froomkin President Bush heads off to the Middle East today for a five-day tour through a political landscape of false predictions and broken promises. Terence Hunt writes for the Associated Press: “President Bush has a faulty calendar and questionable optimism when...
No 'breakthrough' seen for Bush trip
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush doesn't expect "any major breakthroughs" in his trip to the Middle East, the White House said Tuesday. Bush is to arrive in Israel Wednesday. At the White House, Press Secretary Dana Perino said, "We don't anticipate any major breakthroughs....
Bush Begins Mideast Trip
It is President Bush's second visit to the region this year. Hours before the president and Mrs. Bush were to fly to Tel Aviv, White House officials were cautioning against any expectations for major breakthroughs in the quest for peace in the Middle East. Spokeswoman Dana Perino said the...
No 'breakthrough' seen for Bush trip
WASHINGTON, May 13 (UPI) -- U.S. President George Bush doesn't expect "any major breakthroughs" in his trip to the Middle East, the White House said Tuesday. Bush is to arrive in Israel Wednesday. At the White House, Press Secretary Dana Perino said, "We don't anticipate any major breakthroughs....
Bush heading for Israel on Tuesday; White House says peace talks are `sluggish'
By TERENCE HUNT , Associated Press JERUSALEM - The United States said Tuesday that reaching a Mideast peace agreement within the next eight months "might be improbable but it's not impossible," cautioning that no major breakthroughs are expected when President Bush arrives in Israel on Wednesday....
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