THE WAR WITHIN CONTINUES
Asia Times - Feb 23 If, as she insists, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is determined to make concrete progress toward achieving President George W Bush's vision of a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine question, one in which Israel would be required to make major territorial concessions, it appears that she faces a major foe in the White House.
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the Vice President's Office remains a formidable force against any concessions to a Palestinian government of national unity that includes Hamas, despite Saudi Arabia's role in midwifing its birth at Mecca last week. Rather, it appears that Rice's own chief Middle East aide when she served as Bush's national security adviser, Elliott Abrams, has become the principal foil in frustrating her efforts to resume a peace process.