Epstein Secrets

Under pressure from U.S. President George W. Bush, Olmert agreed to wait and try to negotiate a deal with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. In Bush's view, a negotiated deal would bring Israel the Palestinian commitments it needed, and bring Abbas the legitimacy he needed. Olmert, believing he

me that Obama has learned from recent history. "President Bush claimed a mandate after the last election and to

rders. Under pressure from U.S. President George W. Bush, Olmert agreed to wait and try to negotiate

ergy rather than as a priority. If Obama is reelected, he will have no Middle East hands to whom he can turn. Mideast advisor Dennis Ross has left; Jeffrey Feltman, assistant secretary of state for Near East affairs, departed for a post at the United Nations; and Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns will in al

Subscription Publication, 8.41M) columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. wrote that Russian hacking group Da

sten Gillibrand, sent a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, challenging the `state secrets privilege' that ex-Presidents Trump, Obama and Bush invoked to block release of a classified 16-page FBI report. Relatives of those killed on 9/11 or from illnesses triggered by Ground Zero toxins ap

African Affairs Robert Godec, and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Bryan David Hunt; U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman; an official briefer from USAID; and an official briefer from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Location: SVC-217, U.S. Capitol V

o sought to reward his bold critique of the American-led war against Iraq, especially since they drew ill-tempered ripostes from top officials in the Bush administration, particularly “Dick Cheney and his faction.” In many ways, this David-Goliath confrontation over Iraq both drove E|Baradei in his yea

, referring to the relationship between the first President Bush and James Baker, who was so tight with his boss t

word,” says Patrick Kennedy, the undersecretary for management. Received wisdom gets eviscerated. “Jeff, you’ve got to do better than that,” she told Jeffrey Feltman, the assistant secretary for Near Eastern affairs, one day when he presented a shopworn idea. With USAID undergoing an overhaul, she listens to every