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To: Rambi who wrote (25555)	7/30/2006 1:59:31 PM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 541944

Oh, back from the latest wave of errands, I don't see Scowcroft as having any influence within this administration. Perhaps even negative--if Scowcroft says it, they won't do it. But I have no doubt he knows that. I think he's trying, by using his prestige and contacts in the foreign policy establishment (the Council on Foreign Relations as an illustration), to keep these options alive in as slight a way as simply talking about them. I also think he's hoping, through some sort of complicated bank shot, to have some influence on the Bush folk through his contacts who have contacts, etc. And, finally, I think he's trying, old line Republican that he is, to carve out some arguments for moderate Republicans. In that regard, his position is definitely compatible with a speech Chuck Hagel gave this past week.