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Olmert says he talked Bush out of cease-fire vote

 

Published 1/13/2009 at L.A. Times - Politics

It was his persuasion, the prime minister tells an audience, that kept the U.S. from supporting a U.N. resolution calling for an end to violence in Gaza. Washington doesn't dispute the claim. > Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert boasted Monday that he successfully pressured President Bush last week to reverse course on U.S. diplomacy over fighting in Gaza, in an episode that could sharpen tensions between the close allies at a sensitive moment. (link)

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