Bush's friend takes US spin to Mideast (it is a hoot but now they really

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KNOW how dumb the bush administration is). GAWD

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/00638e68-310c-11da-ac1b-00000e2511c8.html

> Bush's friend takes US spin to Mideast
> By Guy Dinmore in Istanbul
> Published: September 29 2005 18:45 | Last updated: September 29 2005 18:45
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> .......On her first tour of the Middle East which ended on Thursday, Mrs Hughes, under secretary for public diplomacy and a close friend of President George W. Bush, has shown energy and passion in getting the US message across to a foreign audience. One of her initiatives in the mind war against extremism has been to set up “rapid reaction SWAT” teams that will monitor foreign reports and respond immediately in the same news cycle to falsehoods and incitement.
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> However, on her tour of Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey she has repeatedly puzzled her audiences with her or the administration's own interpretation of history and current events.
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> In almost every speech or interview, Mrs Hughes has sought to dispel the widely held belief that the US is overly pro-Israel, by stating that Mr Bush was the first American president to declare US support for an independent Palestinian state.
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> For example, in an interview with al-Jazeera, the Arabic television network that has been criticised by the administration for its perceived anti-American bias, Mrs Hughes said: “President Bush is the first president in the history of America to say we believe the Palestinians should have a state, living side by side in peace with Israel.” Yet, on January 7 2001, in a policy speech in New York then President Bill Clinton laid out what were known as the “Clinton parameters” and declared: “First, I think there can be no genuine resolution to the conflict without a sovereign, viable Palestinian state that accommodates Israel's security requirements and the demographic realities.”........