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Early turnover was in works for week
Washington Times ^ | 6/29/04 | James G. Lakely

Posted on 06/28/2004 10:06:39 PM PDT by kattracks

Edited on 07/12/2004 4:16:51 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

ISTANBUL -- The first meeting of the NATO summit had just begun yesterday morning when Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld passed a note over the shoulder of President Bush, who was sitting along the line of world leaders at the table in front of him.


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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: handover; iraq; jamesglakely

1 posted on 06/28/2004 10:06:39 PM PDT by kattracks
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"French President Jacques Chirac, who has stood in opposition to nearly every U.S. proposal for Iraq both before and after the war, was kept in the dark until yesterday morning. It was not clear whether he learned of the plan before or after the turnover was completed."

Sweet!


2 posted on 06/28/2004 10:10:59 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
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