Thursday, November 6, 2008

Rice Cedes Peace Effort To Obama As Israel Braces For U.S. Role

From Bloomberg:

Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads to the Middle East today to salvage what she can of a peace strategy for Barack Obama as Israeli leaders brace for a new U.S. administration that may push harder for concessions.

The Bush administration abandoned the goal of reaching a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians on its watch yesterday, saying Rice is going to lay the groundwork for her successor. President-elect Obama has pledged to be actively involved in negotiations.

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