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May 13, 2008

Bush Middle East Trip Unlikely to Accomplish Much

by Barbara Ferguson, Arab News, Saudi Arabia - Many analysts predict the most Bush’s trip can accomplish will be to hand over a working peace process to his successor. Arabs across the region are looking past Bush with a hopeful eye — particularly if his successor is a Democrat, said Aaron David Miller, a longtime Arab-Israeli peace negotiator who worked for the first Bush administration and the Clinton administration, though he added that “there may be less of a change from Bush policies” than many Arabs think.

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