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Article: Clinton's gambit as peacebroker; As Syrian-Israeli talks proceed, the Mideast offers this US president.(USA)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- January 4, 2000
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Nixon opened China. Carter forged the historic Israel-Egypt peace deal. Reagan drove the Communist Soviet Union toward detente with the US.
So far, these former presidents have upstaged Bill Clinton, who has yet to make such a permanent contribution to defusing world tensions. But as Mr. Clinton enters his last year in office, analysts see the greatest prospect for a Clinton-brokered peace in the current Arab-Israeli peace talks.
For all the criticisms of the administration's scattershot approach to international affairs, the Mideast is one area where attention has been relatively focused - and the president personally engaged, analysts say.
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