Friday, March 30, 2007
Compare & Contrast
Compare & Contrast
a study
Thing A:
...If I might insert a personal opinion, I think Petraeus’ plan has a serious chance of working despite heavy odds. In fact, within my first three days with 1-4, talking with Iraqi families and police, there were strong indicators that for this little neighborhood, local people and Iraqi police are definitely encouraged. ...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, in coming days will visit Syria, a country President George W. Bush has shunned as a state sponsor of terrorism, despite being asked by the administration not to go.
..."This is a country that is a state sponsor of terror, one that is trying to disrupt the Saniora government in Lebanon and one that is allowing foreign fighters to flow into Iraq from its borders,” said White House deputy spokeswoman Dana Perino.
..."We do not encourage and, in fact, we discourage members of Congress to make such visits to Syria,” said White House deputy spokeswoman Dana Perino. “This is a country that is a state sponsor of terror, one that is trying to disrupt the Siniora government in Lebanon and one that is allowing foreign fighters to flow through its borders to Iraq.
“I don’t know what she is trying to accomplish, and I don’t know if anyone in the administration has spoken to her about it,” Perino said. “In general, we do discourage such trips.”
...Other lawmakers on the trip include Reps. Henry Waxman and Tom Lantos - both California Democrats - as well as Reps. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., David Hobson, R-Ohio, and Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y. Lantos is a Holocaust survivor.
Thing C:
...Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim member of Congress, arrived in Israel Friday as part of what his office called a “goodwill mission” to the Middle East....Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an Islamic civil rights group, said that Ellison will be a “symbol of America’s religious diversity” to leaders of the region.
“We hope that in the Palestinian-Israeli issue, he is able to meet with leaders on both sides, and to offer his perspective on the overall conflict and the need for a just resolution,” Hooper said.
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