How to Protect the President in the Mideast
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Bring in three planeloads of equipment (including bomb-sniffing dogs) and make sure all the roads are sealed. And that's just in Israel
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President Bush will huddle with top diplomats and military advisers Monday on the inaugural day of a Mideast truce, with a list of challenges spreading far beyond the fighting between Hezbollah and Israel.
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JERUSALEM - US assistant secretary of state William Burns is in the Middle East preparing the way for a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell travels to the Middle East next week for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on how to best facilitate upcoming Palestinian presidential elections and how
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The Bush administration is preparing a strategy for resumed Mideast peacemaking that rests heavily on an emerging core of Palestinian leaders taking charge of keeping order and nurturing an embryonic government.
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The election of a new Palestinian leader on Sunday could prompt a surge of U.S. diplomacy in the Middle East. And yet, President Bush has ruled out "shortcuts" to an accord with Israel.
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Israeli leader tells lawmakers that his plan is the only way for the nation to be secure. JERUSALEM -- Israel gave Yasser Arafat permission Monday to leave his compound briefly to receive medical treatment
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How Condoleezza Rice hopes to bring peace to the Middle East--and salvage the Administration's foreign policy
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The president faces an array of challenges on issues from warrantless wiretaps to military tribunals.
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It's been a chilly welcome for America's president: The Mideast, known for blazing sun and scorching winds, has been hit with an uncharacteristic wave of heavy rain, frigid gales Â and even a smattering of snow.
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Arab governments have reminded US President George W. Bush of his commitment to Middle. East diplomacy, in the hope a second Bush administration will pay more attention to one of their top priorities.
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As the President gets ready for his Mideast trip, the Israelis want the primary focus to be Iran
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The race for the White House has come down to one thing: who can best protect America. With just one week to go security and the war on terror continue to dominate the agenda.
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American presidents since Richard Nixon and secretaries of state since William Rogers have had to deal with the reality of Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader, even when they did not meet with him face to face.
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The serious deterioration in the health of Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian National Authority, has brought to the attention of the world something consciously concealed by the western
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Air Force One touched down in Tel Aviv on Wednesday. President Bush has come to the Holy Land for the first time as president of the United States.
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The Bush administration is    preparing with European allies to help the Palestinian  Authority organize January elections and improve its security  forces to crack down on terrorism, U.S. officials and diplomats  said on Sunday.