Hughes Spurred Bush-Palestinian Meeting

Washington Post ^ | October 12, 2005 | Glenn Kessler

[SJackson]

President Bush held a private 30-minute meeting in the Oval Office with a group of Palestinian officials last week, officials confirmed yesterday. The impetus for the rare session was presidential confidante and undersecretary of state Karen Hughes, who had received an earful of complaints about the administration's Palestinian policy during a just-completed tour of the Middle East.

Hughes, who is charged with burnishing the U.S. image, mentioned the Palestinian officials during a lunch with Bush last Wednesday, noting that they were in town preparing for the White House visit of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Oct. 20. It is a measure of Hughes's stature and direct access that a diplomat at her level can command a lunch with the president -- and also attract the attendance of Vice President Cheney, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and national security adviser Stephen J. Hadley.

Within minutes, the flabbergasted Palestinian officials -- who had expected to meet only with an assistant secretary of state at Foggy Bottom -- were told to come to the White House and meet the president. "I was absolutely surprised," said Diana Buttu, a legal adviser to Abbas. "They said, 'The president wants to see you,' and I said, 'The president of what?' "

The unannounced meeting was first reported yesterday by Bloomberg News.

Ordinarily, such a presidential session would take weeks of discussion and dozens of e-mails to lock into place. Edward G. Abington Jr., a former State Department official who advises the Palestinian Authority, said he had rarely seen something so unscripted. "I chalk it up to her," he said, referring to Hughes. "I think it's a reflection of how Hughes had gotten hammered over the Palestinian issue."

[SJackson]

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[onedoug]

A empty waste of time.

[gcruse]

So THAT'S what Karen Hughes is for

[ncountylee]

"The slogan of a Palestinian state is not enough,"

And there will never be enough to please these vermin.

[river rat]

What can come from listening to an Arab Islamist lie?

Clinton "the wise" had Arafat in the White House more than any other National "leader" ---- and what the hell came of that??????

First - the Palestinians need to DELIVER on a promise of peace....
Then, perhaps listen...

Until then --- treat them as the murderous cockroaches they have become.

Semper Fi

[Valin]

OMG! George Bush talkig to Palestinians, right there in the oval office. However shall the republic survive.

[Salem]

"...The impetus for the rare session was presidential confidante and undersecretary of state Karen Hughes, who had received an earful of complaints about the administration's Palestinian policy during a just-completed tour of the Middle East."

Like wise, undersecretary of state Karen Hughes should get an earful of complaints concerning the total lack of reforms of the PA Arabs and their cohorts in the Arab world.

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[adam_az]

"OMG! George Bush talkig to Palestinians, right there in the oval office. However shall the republic survive."

How about Al Qaeda and Hizballah for a trifecta.

[Sabramerican]

She was sent to find out why they don't like us.

She learned that one reason is because we don't make it too easy for them to kill Israelis.

She promised to help.

They killed some Israelis yesterday so we are definitely on the way for them to like us. Just a few million more.