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Chairman Alan Greenspan, spoke
with The Detroit Jewish. News in antici-
pation of her upcoming visit here:
JN: What do you plan to cover in
your Michigan speech?
AM: I will try to bring people up to
date on the latest in the Israeli-
Palestinian peace process. I will talk
about the degree of cooperation that
now exists, Israel's very real security
concerns, the role the CIA will play
as an intermediary to make sure all
of the commitments are met and the
situation in the Gulf with Saddam
Hussein. I want to talk about our
stakes in the Gulf and why our poli-
cy toward Iraq has been so trouble-
some over the years. I also want to
bring people up to date on this most
recent midterm election and the
rather interesting effect on the
House Republican leadership
because we'll be closer to the orga-
nizing session of the new Congress
by then.
JN: Is the United
States in a
unique time in
its foreign rela-
tions?
AM: I think we
are. I think that
in the post-Cold
War climate, it
becomes more
and more difficult for any administra-
tion to rally support for foreign policy,.
In the best of circumstances, it's very
hard for us to articulate our concerns
and keep our allies on board, and it's
becoming increasingly difficult with
more of an isolationist trend in
Congress and with a great deal of dis-
agreement among the allies as to the
correct approach and real threats.
JN: Does that have any effect on you
personally?
AM: There have been times over the
years, in the particular cultures where
women are not welcomed, that I have
felt it does affect your sense of self and
your sense of confidence. You still do
the job, but there are times when you
feel very inhibited by the requirements
of dress and culture.
JN: As a former White House corre-
spondent, how do you relate to the
-stresses there now?
AM: I've had quite a bit of contact
with [people there] over these last
months, and from what I can gather,
it's really a dispirited place. They're
encouraged since the midterm elec-
tion, but there are still many people
who are drained financially and emo-
tionally by all of the turmoil of the
past year.
JN: Have you had any contact with
Mrs. Clinton and been able to assess
how she's doing?
AM: She's very
careful about not
showing her
emotions in pub-
lic. It's clear to
many of us who
have known her
for a lona time
that this b has had
a very deep
impact and has been a profound sor-
row to her, but it certainly has not
inhibited her work or her ability to
communicate, speak out and cam-
paign very actively in this election
period. She is carrying on and has to
take some satisfaction from the fact
that she is a good deal more popular
than he is right now.
The latest in the
Israeli-Palestinian
peace process.
JN: Do views toward women in the
Mideast affect your work as a foreign
correspondent there?
AM: It really doesn't affect my work
when dealing with governmental lead-
ers. It can make it more difficult to
move in the field and get interviews.
It's particularly difficult in some
Muslim countries, which are more
fundamentalist. My most recent expe-
rience on that score was in
Afghanistan, where women are practi-
cally banned and so it obviously had a
big effect on my ability to do inter-
views because they might become
threatening to the people I was inter-
viewing. I had to be very concerned
about their situation.
JN: Do you think you've led the way
for other women who aspire to the
kind of career you've achieved?
AM: I hope that I have. I've taken
great pleasure in mentoring younger
women over the years, and now there
are quite a number of women doing
really good work at high-profile jobs
at the networks, which was not at all
the case when I started. It is still a very
difficult stretch because we still find
many barriers in our profession.
JN: With you and your husband hav-
ing such high-profile and demanding
careers, how do you mesh your pro-
fessional and personal lives?
AM: That is a challenge for so many
couples in America. It doesn't matter
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