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Rice taps Clinton, Carter for Middle East advice (Gleaning ideas? Huh?)
Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 10/26/07 | Sue Pleming

Posted on 10/26/2007 7:39:46 PM PDT by NormsRevenge

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for tips ahead of her own conference this year.

Rice invited Carter, a vocal critic of Bush administration policies, to the State Department on Wednesday where the two discussed his Arab-Israeli peacemaking efforts in the 1970s, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said on Friday.

Their talks were "good and cordial," he said. They focused on the Middle East and not Carter's recent criticism of President George W. Bush's policies in Iraq and elsewhere.

A Soviet specialist, Rice also telephoned another former Democratic president, Bill Clinton, who tried, and ultimately failed, in his eight years in office to bring the Israelis and Palestinians together.

"She's trying to draw on the historical record and the experiences of others to see -- see what she can glean and how that may be applicable to the current day," McCormack said.

"She is a student of history and has a keen appreciation for how we can apply the lessons of history, what we can learn from those who have gone before us," he said.

Other sources of advice have been former U.S. negotiator Dennis Ross and ex-secretaries of state James Baker, Henry Kissinger and Madeleine Albright. Rice meets frequently for lunch with Albright, whose father taught Rice at Denver University.

Rice has made clear she will devote all her energy in the Bush administration's final 14 months to get what others have failed to attain in the past -- a viable, independent Palestinian state living side by side with a secure Israel.

The top U.S. diplomat, who has been to Israel and the Palestinian Territories seven times this year and returns next week, is preparing the ground for a Palestinian statehood conference expected to be held in late November or early December, in Annapolis, Maryland.

Clinton hosted many Middle East peace summits at Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland, even in his final month in office in January 2001, but never managed to get an Israeli-Palestinian deal.

Carter held secret negotiations at Camp David that led to a 1978 deal between Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin.

Rice also has been scouring historical records for pointers. During her summer break in August, she checked out volumes of historical background from the State Department's library on Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking, a department official said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; War on Terror; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: advice; carter; clinton; middleeast; rice
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1 posted on 10/26/2007 7:39:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice testifies at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 25, 2007. REUTERS/Jim Young


2 posted on 10/26/2007 7:40:22 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Well, I’m sure she also contacted Madeline Albright for input, since Albright’s father was Ms. Rice’s mentor. It’s no wonder everything is so screwed up in our State Dept.


3 posted on 10/26/2007 7:42:27 PM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: NormsRevenge

“Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter....”

Condi: “So cowardly losers, tell me what you would do, so I can implement a policy that screams at light speed in the opposite direction.”


4 posted on 10/26/2007 7:43:54 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: EyeGuy

We do learn from our mistakes, Right?

Part, in fact, a major portion of why we are in Iraq and
Adfghanistan and other countries today is becuz of these two gutless weasels.

If nothing else, maybe it also confirmed what a hellhole foggy bottom has become and like California , unmanageable by folks who lack the fortitude to take the reins and make good on your own at whatever cost, where is John Bolton when ya need him?


5 posted on 10/26/2007 7:47:08 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge
Would Secretary Rice be referring to talk-alot-but-do-nothing, kick-the-can-down-the-road, corrupt-and-phony Bill Clinton? And Jimmy weld-shut-the-silo-hatches-on-our-boomer-fleet but-wear-lots-of-sweaters-because-we ain't-got-no-oil Jimmy Carter?

Why doesn't she just resign and put us out of our misery?

6 posted on 10/26/2007 7:47:40 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: NormsRevenge
What happened to all the Condi for President boosters here on FR?
7 posted on 10/26/2007 7:50:15 PM PDT by Ramcat (Thank You American Veterans)
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To: NormsRevenge

Although I support my President all the way, I would suggest that Ms. Rice wouldn’t sneeze unless she got her tissue from Bush.

Why, oh why would Bush ask anything of peanut brain? Carter has spent all his Alzheimer credits dumping on Bush.


8 posted on 10/26/2007 7:52:07 PM PDT by doc1019 (Fred Thompson '08)
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To: NormsRevenge
Rice is one big disappointment.

She is in over her head. The only reason she got the job is because Bush always appoints his friends to office regardless of their ability.

9 posted on 10/26/2007 7:55:29 PM PDT by mickie (God Bless Our Troops)
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To: NormsRevenge

Why give Carter the recognization.
He is a tool of the Marxist and Muslims.

Why not just go check in with Ahmadinejad
and see what he thinks.

John Bolton, please pick up the curtesy phone,
your country needs you.


10 posted on 10/26/2007 8:01:26 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Duncan Hunter '08 Tough on WOT & Illegals)
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To: NormsRevenge
Anwar Sadat was afraid his Soviet allies were taking over Egypt. The best way to break out of Moscow’s grip was to ally with the U.S. which meant making peace with Israel. Sadat was the architect of the Camp David accords. Jimmy Carter almost blew the whole deal because of his contempt for the Jews and his diplomatic incompetence.
11 posted on 10/26/2007 8:02:01 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee ("A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.")
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To: NormsRevenge
"She's trying to draw on the historical record and the experiences of others to see -- see what she can glean and how that may be applicable to the current day," McCormack said."

“Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter....”

"She is a student of history and has a keen appreciation for how we can apply the lessons of history, what we can learn from those who have gone before us," he said.

Wow!! She had better start studying her history lessons again!!

Yeah - If I wanted to know how to get this peace deal settled - I'd go go the best and brightest too..Mr Peanut and Slick Willy!!

I'll sleep beter tonight knowing things are in good hands now!!

12 posted on 10/26/2007 8:03:28 PM PDT by LADY J (")
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To: Ramcat
What happened to all the Condi for President boosters here on FR?

They appear to have gotten their wish.


Anxious not to repeat mistakes of past Middle East peace-making, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has turned to former presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter for tips ahead of her own conference this year.
The mind boggles.

Someone wake me up from this nightmare. Is it too late to uncast my vote for GWB? Good grief, this is beyond comedy. Beyond BAD comedy!

13 posted on 10/26/2007 8:04:02 PM PDT by Don Joe (We've traded the Rule of Law for the Law of Rule.)
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To: Ramcat

Heck I went from Condi 2 years ago after a brief flirtation to Kyl until he jumped on the Comprehensive Immigration Wagon, we’ll see next summer. ‘Til then ,, we got a primary season to weather..

No one has a lock at this point.. on either side, no matter what the media tries to portray as a done deal.


14 posted on 10/26/2007 8:05:40 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Rice is not as smart as she appears.


15 posted on 10/26/2007 8:08:37 PM PDT by Rudder
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To: NormsRevenge

Everyone in DC is off their meds.


16 posted on 10/26/2007 8:09:25 PM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: NormsRevenge

Good post. I agree with every word.

I’m dreaming of an Executive branch in 2008 headed by Duncan Hunter, featuring the fearlesss John Bolton in a variety of prominent roles. Leading off with exterminator in chief of the political vermin at the state department, would be a good start.


17 posted on 10/26/2007 8:09:26 PM PDT by EyeGuy
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To: NormsRevenge

Goofy woman needs to be ****-canned, ASAP.


18 posted on 10/26/2007 8:13:42 PM PDT by damondonion
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To: NormsRevenge

I cannot understand why the administration keeps recycling these nimrods. They always come back and bite them in the rear and serve absolutely no useful purpose.


19 posted on 10/26/2007 8:18:39 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: kittymyrib

Maybe she also contacted Elanor Roosevelt.


20 posted on 10/26/2007 8:18:50 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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