Rice Discusses Lebanon Humanitarian Crisis With Israeli PM: “We've Had This Experience, With Katrina”...

The New York Times Helene Cooper August 9, 2006 at 11:11 PM
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As fighting was breaking out last month between Hezbollah and Israel, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice worked through the night at her guest quarters on Russia's Baltic coast to draft America's response to the unfolding crisis.

The strategy she outlined that night, the eve of the Group of 8 meeting, dispensed with traditional diplomatic flourishes. It included no call for an immediate cease-fire and expressly stated that Israel had a right to defend itself.

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