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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (95439)	4/21/2003 11:05:10 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>> People in this political movement include Christopher Hitchens, Dennis Miller, Paul Wolfowitz, Joseph Lieberman, John McCain, Richard Holbrooke, Charles Krauthammer, the staff of Fox News, Bernard Lewis, and George Bush. << Good lawdy, Miz Clawdy, please hand me my smelling salts, because I do believe I am going to have an attack of the vapors.;^)

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (95439)	4/21/2003 11:27:29 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

"Joey" are the 20 somethings who are the biggest backers of Bush. Does not bode well for the Liberals. Meanwhile, back at DOD/State, the battle continues. The speech by Gingrich is not on CSPAN. washingtonpost.com State-Defense Policy Rivalry Intensifying Gingrich to Urge Overhaul Of Powell's Department >>>At the heart of many of the disputes are complaints by conservatives inside and outside the administration that the State Department bureaucracy is thwarting President Bush from carrying out a forceful agenda to stop terrorism and confront enemy states -- a point that former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.), a member of a Pentagon advisory committee who is close to Rumsfeld, plans to make in a speech this morning at the American Enterprise Institute. Gingrich said he plans to call for major overhaul of the State Department, including hearings on Capitol Hill and an examination of the department by a task force of retired foreign service officers. He said he wanted to contrast the success of a transformed Defense Department with the "failure of State," which he described as "six months of diplomatic failure followed by one month of military success now to be returned to diplomatic failure to exploit the victory fully." Gingrich, in an interview, said, "The story of diplomatic defeat is a bigger and more profound story" than the U.S. military victory. Among other things, he cited the failure to win Turkey's approval to accept U.S. troops, the French campaign against the war and the inability to win a U.N. resolution authorizing force. The diplomatic efforts before the war were a period of "unrelenting defeat," Gingrich said. "For 120 days we were losing ground worldwide."<<<< washingtonpost.com

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (95439)	4/22/2003 12:18:36 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

The "New York Times" publishes an editorial condemning Arafats actions. Will wonders never cease! More Machinations from Yasir Arafat Yasir Arafat always stalls until the 11th hour before a fateful decision, often going on to make the wrong one. He is playing that game again today, withholding his approval from the government proposed by the new Palestinian prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas. Mr. Arafat is holding shut the doors to any chance of reviving the search for peace in order to cling to what is left of his power. The greatest service Mr. Arafat could render his people, and his legacy, is to get out of the way. nytimes.com