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They should have met at the Howards Johnsons in Peroia and used the savings to battle wourld hunger!

Leadership by Example!

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Clinton says U.S. must address global poverty

BY JENNIFER BJORHUS

AND CHUCK CARROLL

Mercury News

Former President Bill Clinton delivered an expansive state of the world speech Tuesday in Berkeley that served as a counterpoint to President Bush's State of the Union speech, saying that the nation's long-term security depends less on military strategy and more on shoring up poorer economies around the globe........

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Here is more from article, "Straw Mocks Bushes, "Axis of Evil"

Mr Straw repeatedly praised Gen Colin Powell, the secretary of state, and the most moderate member of Mr Bush's foreign policy team. But he failed to mention Donald Rumsfeld, the Pentagon chief and the man whose advice Mr Bush values most.

Gen Powell appears isolated after the State of the Union speech, which shocked State Department officials. They had not been told in advance of the "axis of evil" phrase, which Mr Bush inserted.