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To: KLP who wrote (13607)	10/24/2003 4:31:50 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793587

"We want our rights" Oh yes. Zeyad is for real. The amount of help he has got reinforces it. But he won't be on long. Someone is going to pick him up as a reporter for the Media.

To: KLP who wrote (13607)	10/24/2003 5:29:51 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793587

NATO or two pissed off daughters? That's a "No Brainer." ______________________________________________ Bush Schedule Has NATO Planners Scrambling By Al Kamen Friday, October 24, 2003; Page A23 Things seemed pretty set a few months ago for the NATO summit meeting next spring in Istanbul -- the first in Turkey since 1957. After much consultation, meeting dates were sketched in for a couple of days at the end of May. These summits are huge undertakings, with leaders from more than 40 countries -- NATO members, the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and other organizations -- and thousands of people showing up. Planning to accommodate so many people and events usually takes more than a year. The Turks, who have but one suitable venue for such an extravaganza, started planning immediately. President Bush, as leader of the free world, is naturally the indispensable star at these gatherings. And this would be part of a very busy diplomatic spring for him. In addition to the summit, he has the 60th anniversary of D-Day in France on June 6 (wouldn't do to be out-patriotic-ed by Ronald Reagan from the 40th), then two days later the G-8 economic summit in Atlanta. But the White House discovered a huge problem. Seems the proposed NATO dates conflicted with the graduations of the Bush daughters from college in Texas and Connecticut. So the administration has informed the rest of NATO that they would have to change their schedule or Bush wouldn't come. The French suggested it could be at the beginning of June to make it easy for the president to go to Istanbul, then directly to France for the D-Day anniversary, then whip home for the G-8 and get it all over with in a week. But then the Turks said no. There's some sort of world economic conference in Istanbul then, and the one huge meeting hall and all hotel rooms are already booked for that week. So it's not sure when the NATO summit is going to be. This is not making the Turks very happy. Planners in Istanbul are said to be just about in a state of panic. Late June now seems the best bet for holding the conclave. But having so many world leaders clearing their schedules at the same time is hardly a given. On the other hand, it's probably a lot easier than getting Yale or the University of Texas to change their events. washingtonpost.com