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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/30/AR2008033001649.html
Diplomacy Defines Rice's Final Months
[Washington Post] Glenn Kessler - Secretary of State Rice was in the Middle East yet again last weekend, shuttling between the Israelis and the Palestinians to promote a peace initiative. Eight years ago, at the end of another two-term administration, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright was preparing to launch a Middle East peace push. Twenty years ago, when the Reagan administration was winding down, George Shultz was also banging on the doors of Israelis and Arabs with his own peace plan. Danielle Pletka, a vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, has low expectations for Rice's ability to achieve success. "Everyone pushes a Middle East initiative," she said. "It is the last refuge of legacy-seeking secretaries of state."