Bush invites Israeli PM to his Crawford ranch

MSNBC ^ | 03-18-05 | AP

[evets]

WASHINGTON - President Bush has invited Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to his Texas ranch in mid-April to help advance the Middle East peace process, a senior administration official said Friday.

Invitations to the president’s private ranch at Crawford, Texas, typically are reserved for top diplomatic efforts. This one comes as Bush has been citing progress in the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the official told The Associated Press of the invitation on a condition of anonymity because the trip has not been officially announced.

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[evets]

Will the Bush's serve 'corned beef'?

[E Rocc]

This is good news since the Prez brings people to Crawford to get serious work done. He's either going to try to push Sharon into speeding up disengagement, or hash out more concrete plans. Most likely the latter.

-Eric

[massgopguy]

I'm thinking "City Slickers" here. Where's Bucky Goldstein? Where's Kinky Freidman?