Article: U.S. Republican senator arrives in Syria for talks

Article: Republican senator urges US to deal with Iran, ...
Jerusalem Post;  February 28, 2007 ;     558 words ... ... Post 02-28-2007 Headline: Republican senator urges US to deal with Iran ... February 28, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - Republican Senator and possible presidential contender ... engage directly with Iran and Syria," he told the audience ...

Article: Arlen Specter wants to give Ahmadinejad 'a piece of my mind' ...
Jerusalem Post;  December 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... with Bush to meet with Assad, Republican senator hopes to discuss the Holocaust ... level dialogue with either Syria or Iran, even though the recently ... issue of legitimacy" regarding Syria, and pointed out that the ... told him that, in return, Syria could be helpful in dealing ...

Article: The white house and the Iraq war ; Recent victories for ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Recent victories for Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat rival Barack ... Shia crescent" running through Iraq, Syria and Lebanon is sheer nonsense: Shias are a minority in Lebanon and Syria. It is mainly the US State Department ...

Article: VOA NEWS: REPUBLICAN SENATOR CRITICIZES US POLICY ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Bush administration to do something it has so far refused: engage Syria and Iran, the main sponsors of Hezbollah. "Ultimately, the United States will need to engage Iran and Syria with an agenda open to all areas of agreement and disagreement ...

Article: Republican senator blasts U.S. Mideast policy, says ...
AP Worldstream;  November 15, 2005 ;     431 words ... ... Assad would have the potential to spread instability through the Middle East. Instead, Hagel said, the U.S. objective in Syria should be to bring about diplomatically new policies and actions in the Assad government Hagel has said he is considering a ...

Article: Republican Senator slams US govt for 'mess' in ...
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  April 1, 2008 ;     526 words ...Republican Senator slams US govt for 'mess' in Iraq Washington, Apr 1 (PTI) -- A Republican Senator has slammed the Bush administration ... our structure, our system," Republican Senator from Nebraska Chuck Hagel said ...

Article: Republican senator says he might not vote for Bush
Xinhua News Agency;  September 21, 2004 ;     395 words ...Republican senator says he might not vote for Bush WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- US Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee said on Monday that ... as saying. Chafee was the only Republican senator to vote against the October 2002 ...