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Arab-American rights still intact one year later

On the one hand, the Bush administration has launched a number of initiatives designed to spread the message of U.S. concern for Arabs and Islam. On the other hand, the impact of several U.S. foreign and domestic policies drowns out the messages of the positive initiatives.

Despite the fact that Jean-Marie Le Pen was soundly defeated in France's recent presidential elections, that he made the run-off and gained almost one-fifth of the vote set off alarm bells throughout Europe.

There are a number of things that must be said about President Bush's decision to sign the Foreign Relations Authorisation Act (also called H.R.1646).

President George W. Bush's first State of the Union (SOTU) address won strong praise from the public, but caused some concern among analysts.

I was both surprised and gratified by the response my article "Toward a New Palestinian Strategy" received. To date it has been translated into seven languages and been reprinted in dozens of newspapers, websites and internet listserves.

The Palestinian story needs to be told. A human face needs to be put on the long-suffering Palestinian people, but not in a way that seeks to dehumanise the other side to this conflict.

It was just one month ago that Terry McAuliffe, Chairman of the Democratic Party delivered a strongly worded critique of the Bush Administration's handling of the reins of government. It was intended to open a new round in the 2002 congressional elections.

Last week I travelled to Cairo to address the Arab League's Foreign Ministers meeting. I had been invited by Secretary General Amre Mousa to speak to this important assembly of Arab leaders on the current political situation in the United States and on the status of the U.S.-Arab relationship.

The U.S. administration's pressure on the Congress to rush headlong into passing a "war resolution" authorising the use of force against Iraq was dealt a blow last week. The blow was delivered by none other than President Bush's past, and possibly future challenger, Al Gore.

I am writing on my return from an eight-day visit to the Arab world. It was a difficult time to be in the region. President George W. Bush's strange and disturbing speech of June 24 had been received like a blow to the system. As a result, every political conversation was punctuated with frustration and, in many cases, fury.

In the wake of the near collapse of yet another corporate gain, the Bush Administration finds itself in an extraordinarily difficult bind. When executives at WorldCom, like Enron before it, admitted to financial misreporting, shares in the company plummeted sending a shock throughout the U.S. business community.