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A New Deal
President Bush's key to Israel picked
as secretary of state.
MATTHEW E. BERGER
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Washington
s President Bush's national secu-
rity adviser over the past four
years, Condoleezza Rice has
been his conduit for foreign policy,
eclipsing the State Department in the
day-to-day handling of the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict and other
burning international issues.
Now tapped, as the nomi-
nee for secretary of state, to
lead the very organization she
has helped marginalize, Rice
is expected to continue play-
ing a lead role. Many antici-
pate that support for Israel's
strong anti-terrorist stance
now will be endorsed
throughout the Bush admin-
istration.
Bush picked Rice as the
next secretary of state
Tuesday, calling on one of his
most trusted advisers and a
woman who some say has
been treated like a member of
the Bush family. The nomina-
tion must be approved by the
Senate.
Condoleezza Rice and President Bush discuss an issue
"We're pursuing a positive
at
the White House.
new direction to resolve the
Photo by Eric Draper/White House
Arab-Israeli conflict, an
approach that honors the
peaceful aspirations of the
Palestinian people through a democratic renewed peace talks.
But Rice also will have to change her
state and an approach that will ensure
focus from working for a constituency
the security of our good friend Israel,"
of one person to overseeing a large
Bush said in announcing the nomina-
tion. "Meeting all of these objectives will bureaucracy, and mending fences
require wise and skillful leadership at the between the government's international-
ist foreign policy entity and an adminis-
Department of State, and Condoleezza
tration that often has ignored the State
Rice is the right person for that chal-
Department's advice.
lenge.
Rice's predecessor, Colin Powell, who
Bush also named Stephen Hadley as
announced his resignation Monday, was
his new national security adviser. As
seen at State as a man advocating on the
Rice's deputy, Hadley was considered a
Foreign Service's behalf. Inside the
supporter of Israel on the National
building, he was said to wear almost as a
Security Council.
badge of honor the fact that he was not
Hadley worked with Elliott Abrams,
in line with the administration's foreign
the council's Middle East director, to
policy hawks.
draft the U.S. endorsement of Israel's
But many believe that by the end of
Gaza Strip withdrawal, rejecting the
his tenure Powell had been relegated to
Palestinian demand for a refugee "right
a more minor role, presenting a more
of return" to their former homes in
Israel and supporting some Israeli claims appealing face to the Arabs and
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Analysts say Rice's appointment is
likely to change how the Israeli-
Palestinian conflict will be tackled by
the Bush administration in the next four
years. As new Palestinian leaders emerge,
Bush is likely to look for Rice and the
State Department to play a leading role
in bringing Israelis and Palestinians
together and setting the stage for
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