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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/20/AR2005102000965.html
Palestinian Leader Urged To Confront Militant Groups
(Washington Post) Glenn Kessler - President Bush "pressed on security pretty hard," said Edward Abington Jr., a former State Department official who advises the PA. He said Bush urged Abbas to "assert your authority." A senior administration official said the Bush administration believes that allowing armed groups to participate in elections is a "fundamental contradiction" to building a democratic state, but "we are not going to write election laws for the Palestinians."