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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (12308)	5/7/2002 9:58:01 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

From Howard Kurtz today: <<USA Today features a sentence we never thought we'd read: "President Bush has picked a seasoned diplomatic hand for a new overseas mission: Bill Clinton. "Administration officials say the former president will join the U.S. delegation to the May 20 celebration of independence for East Timor, the former Indonesian territory that separated from Jakarta in 1999. The officials say the selection is meant as a peace overture to Clinton, whose presidency has been criticized repeatedly by Bush and his aides. "The trip marks the first time Clinton has been enlisted in an official capacity by his successor. Clinton aides say he was invited by White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice. . . . "Administration officials say the motivation to send Clinton was to convey a message of 'no hard feelings' toward his administration, and at the same time avoid sending Clinton to a higher-profile event that might stir resentment within Bush's conservative base." Not much of an East Timorese vote out there.>>