AP White House pushes for U.N. resolution

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White House pushes for U.N. resolution

By NEDRA PICKLER, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago

CRAWFORD, Texas - The Bush administration is pushing for approval of a Mideast cease-fire resolution from the U.N. Security Council, but is warning the action is unlikely to put an immediate stop to the Israeli-Hezbollah conflict.


U.S. officials had hoped to the council would vote as early as Monday on the resolution designed to stop the major military operations that have been disrupting life in Lebanon and
Israel for more than three weeks. But the proposal ran into opposition over the weekend, as fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon intensified.

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At the United Nations, Lebanon and Qatar, the council's only Arab member, proposed many amendments to the draft — first and foremost demanding that Israel pull its forces out of Lebanon once the hostilities end.

President Bush, on a 10-day vacation at his ranch, left the negotiations to his diplomatic aides. His secretary of state,
Condoleezza Rice, and national security adviser,
Stephen Hadley, spent the weekend on the president's grounds and kept him updated......

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1. "Bush stayed in seclusion ..."

.......Bush stayed in seclusion and has not yet commented publicly about the draft, reached through negotiations between the U.S. and France and announced at the United Nations early Saturday. But he planned to speak to reporters about the developments later Monday, with Rice at his side.

The draft calls for Hezbollah to stop all military operations and for Israel to stop its offensive military drive into Lebanon. The proposal would allow Israel to strike back if Hezbollah were to break a cease-fire.

The draft made no mention of an Israeli withdrawal.

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3. George AWOL Bush continued his luxurious taxpayer-funded vacation

ensuring an immortal place for himself in the Guiness Book of World Records for Most Often AWOL pResident.

He was reported to be sucking down pretzels at the Imperial PIG farm Upon Crawford, and to be diligently ignoring the plight of Americans and others, while he counts up his Massive Oil Crony Profits.

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2. Russia and China keeping very quiet

Waiting and they will rip US a new arse.
But first do US really need a new arse, that bush got to answer.