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issues such as NATO expansion
and the former Soviet Union her
top priorities. And the adminis-
tration's much-criticized China
policy was expected to get a
strong dose of her personal at-
tention.
Ms. Albright's upcoming trip
appears to confirm those predic-
tions.
"Ms. Albright is very commit-
ted to the Middle East negotia-
tions, but I think she will be
content to work through her des-
ignated representative [Ambas-
sador Dennis Ross] and his
team," said a source close to the
peace process. "And I think there
will be a definite disinclination
on her part to use her travel
schedule to convince Assad to
start negotiating seriously."
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Madeline Albright:
More than she knew.
The administration will begin
a comprehensive review of the
peace process beginning with
next week's visit by Prime Min-
ister Binyamin Netanyahu, the
first in a series of four separate
summits intended to take the
temperature of the peace process
and formulate some strategies for
American participation.
Palestinian leader Yassir
Arafat will follow on March 3,
Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak on March 10 and Jor-
dan's King Hussein on March 18.
The Netanyahu and Mubarak
summits, in particular, also will
include some serious talk about
how to restart the stalled Israeli-
Syrian talks. The administration
is hoping the Egyptian leader will
play a more active — and
straightforward — role in push-
ing Syria to the peace table.
For years, there have been per-
sistent reports that Ms. Albright
comes from a Jewish family — re-
ports that resurfaced in the Arab
press after she was selected as
Bill Clinton's second Secretary of
State in December.
And now, it appears there's
more truth to those reports than
even Ms. Albright realized.
Tuesday's Washington Post re-
ported that three of Ms. Albright's
grandparents were murdered by
the Nazis as Jews. The report,
which documented more than a
dozen close relatives who per-
ished in concentration camps,
was based on extensive research
in her native Czechoslovakia.
Close associates say Ms. Al-
bright now identifies herself as
an Episcopalian; she was raised
as a Roman Catholic.
But in an interview with the
Post last week, she said she found
its new evidence "fairly com-
pelling," and that she planned to
do some more investigation into
her family's antecedents.
The Post investigation showed
that three grandparents, an aunt
and uncle and a first cousin died
in Nazi concentration camps; Ms.
Albright and her parents escaped
the Nazis and spent the war
years in exile, the report said.
Swiss Fight
Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, R-N.Y.,
continues to win high marks from
Jewish groups for his tough han-
dling of the mushrooming con-
troversy over allegations that
Swiss banks looted the assets of
pre-World War II Jewish depos-
itors, and actively served as Ger-
many's money launderer.
That could be good news for
the legislator next year when he
seeks a fourth term in a state
where fighting for the Jewish vote
is serious business. And it could
be less than good news for a Jew-
ish House member who may
make the race against the veter-
an legislator.
According to reports circulat-
ing on Capitol Hill, Rep. Nita
Lowey, D-N.Y., is seriously-con-
sidering a race against Mr. D'Am-
ato. She's being encouraged by
many top Democrats who believe
she could be the strongest chal-
lenger.
Ms. Lowey could face competi-
tion from New York City Public
Advocate Mark Green, who lost
to Mr. D'Amato in 1986, and pos-
Sibly from Rep. Chuck Schumer,
who also may be in the race for
the New York statehouse.
Still, her suburban power base,
the expectation that she would
do well in New York City and the
fact that a female candidate
might do well statewide against
Mr. D'Amato are strong pluses.
Ms. Lowey would win strong
support from liberal Jews, De-
mocratic insiders say. But Mr.
D'Amato's Swiss activities could
add to his appeal in the Orthodox
community, which comprises
more of a swing vote that can go
to either party.
"Lowey is a mature politician
who has many advantages in a
race against D'Amato," said a
leading Jewish Democrat. "She
could be the strongest possible
candidate — although it should
be understood that defeating a
cagey incumbent like D'Amato is
always difficult. And to be can-
did, D'Amato has done a good job
in the past year in changing his
image."