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THE SCHMIER CHAPEL CHAMBER CONCERT
Surprise Trip
To Damascus
Lester Pollack:
To Damascus with Clinton.
I
n the mad scramble to wran-
gle invitations to travel with
the president to the Middle
East last week, the White
House was perfectly clear on one
point: No civilians would accom-
pany Mr. Clinton to Damascus
for his meetings with Syrian
President Hafez al-Assad.
But at 1 a.m. on Oct. 27, Lynn
Lyss and Lester Pollack received
calls from White House staffers
instructing them to be ready for
some unscheduled travel. Ms.
Lyss, chair of the National Jew-
ish Community Relations Advi-
sory Council and Mr. pollack,
chair of the Conference of Presi-
dents of Major American Jewish
Organizations, joined President
Clinton and three Arab-Ameri-
can leaders on Air Force One for
the quick hop from Israel to Dam-
ascus.
That last-minute decision was
part of a deliberate signal in-
tended for Mr. Assad. "The pres-
ident wanted to demonstrate that
American Jews and Arabs are
joined together in the movement
toward peace," Ms. Lyss said af-
ter her return. "It was one more
signal to Assad that this process
is moving forward with him — or
without him."
The Arab-American and Jew-
ish delegation did not meet with
Mr. Assad or spend any time with
President Clinton on the plane.
In Damascus, the delegation
toured the city with State De-
partment and White House offi-
cials. Joining them were three
senators who were accompany-
ing the president: Claiborne Pell,
D-R.I., Dennis DeConcini, D-
Ariz. and Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.
They also met several Syrian
Jews who had decided to remain
in that country, despite the em-
igration of most of their commu-
nity.
The Syrian people, Ms. Lyss
reported, were enthusiastic about
the changes in the region.
"They were very excited," she
said. "They seemed to feel that
this was a real beginning, and
that the movement toward peace
would be good for them and for
their economy."
Despite the failure of the Clin-
ton mission to wrest significant
concessions from Mr. Assad, Ms.
Lyss said the visit to Damascus
was an important part of the
overall peace process.
"So much in the Middle East
is about symbols," she said. "Just
the fact that the president came
to Damascus was an important
symbol for Assad."
New Post
For Edelman?
he recent appointment of
Judge Abner Mikva as
White House counsel left a
vacancy at the U.S. Court
of Appeals in Washington, D.C.
Now, it looks like that vacancy
will be filled by Peter Edelman,
a former associate dean of the
Georgetown University Law
School and — more importantly
T
— a close friend of Bill and
Hillary Clinton.
Mr. Edelman, who was a co-
chair of Americans for Peace Now,
headed the Justice Department
transition team after Bill Clinton's
election. More recently, he has
been a special assistant to Health
and Human Services Secretary
Donna E. Shalala.
Sunday evening, November 13, 1994, 7:30 p.m.
A DOUBLE DUO
in a musical program featuring
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Diane Mues, violist
Thomas Lowenheim, cellist
Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, pianist
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