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To: Michael M who wrote (895)	3/20/2001 4:27:58 AM
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Jews also occupy more positions of influence today than ever before. For example, in the 104th Congress Jewish members comprised 9 percent of the Senate and nearly 6 percent of the House. Bill Clinton nominated two Supreme Court Justices, both Jewish. In his first term, he had two Jewish Cabinet members and dozens of Jews held other key Administration posts. Bastions of bureaucratic opposition, and sometimes outright anti-Semitism, like the CIA () and State Department now employ Jews at the highest levels. For the last eight years, a Jew (Dennis Ross) has been America's principal Mideast negotiator and, for the first time, the U.S. Ambassador to Israel is Jewish. Clinton's new National Security Adviser, Sandy Berger, is also Jewish. The evolution of the relationship has also been influenced by the ideologies of the Presidents, or more accurately, how consistent particular policies were with their ideologies and objectives. In those cases where a pro-Israel policy was inconsistent, even the sympathetic presidents became opponents. This was the case, for example, when Harry Truman imposed an arms embargo on Palestine. In that case he was convinced U.S. weapons would further undermine the stability of the region and hinder the prospects for peace. The two Presidents considered anti-Israel, Dwight Eisenhower and George Bush [Sr], both saw the Jewish state as just another country. Bush's Secretary of State, James Baker, viewed the Arab-Israeli conflict as no different from a management-labor dispute, so he saw no need to be especially sensitive to Israel's concerns. Bush demonstrated that a President openly critical of Israel could affect the quality of the relationship. Bush also set the negative precedent of openly interfering in an Israeli election, making no secret of his contempt for Yitzhak Shamir, and desire to see Yitzhak Rabin elected Prime Minister. Still, under Bush, aid to Israel was maintained, strategic cooperation enhanced and a $10 billion loan guarantee package approved (albeit with punitive deductions for the construction of settlements). Excerpted from: us-israel.org () APRIL 2000, page 45 People Watch Plot Thickens Around Ex-CIA Director John Deutch By Lucille Barnes Asked at a public lecture at the Smithsonian Institution to rate former directors of the Central Intelligence Agency, John Millis, executive director of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and a former CIA operations officer, unhesitatingly proclaimed Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor John Deutch, who headed the agency from May 1995 to December 1996,the worst ever. Deutch, a Bill Clinton administration appointee and former under secretary of defense, takes “first, second and third prize” in the worst category because he did “major damage” to the CIA’s directorate of operations, Millis said. Excerpted from: washington-report.org