Byline: WILLIAM SAFIRE
WASHINGTON -- Ari Fleischer was teased at the Gridiron dinner the other night for being ``the only White House press secretary with his own Middle East policy.''
That was because the President's spokesman had blurted out an incontrovertible truth last week, as pressure mounted for renewed U.S. intercession between Palestinian attackers and Israeli defenders.
What was the unspeakable truth? Only this: that the intense pressure for a comprehensive settlement brought to bear two years ago by the previous administration (which remained nameless) had led to the diplomatic disaster at Camp David and, in its aftermath, the current …
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