Senator Dianne Feinstein Tells Pacific Council on International Policy That for Bush Administration to Leave Legacy, Israeli-Palestinian Settlement Must Pass

    CENTURY CITY, Calif., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly two
 hundred members and guests of the Pacific Council on International Policy
 gathered last night to hear Senator Dianne Feinstein's (D-CA) wide-ranging
 survey of U.S. Policy in the Middle East.
     Feinstein says U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice should be given
 more time to devote to the Israel-Palestine peace deal. With less than a
 year-and-a-half left in office, Feinstein says passing a settlement bill is
 the Bush Administration's best option for leaving a foreign policy legacy.
 Referring to brokering a peace deal in the region, Feinstein says she told
 Rice, "Go there for four months if you have to. Go there and get it done."
     Senator Feinstein engaged in an onstage interview with Executive Vice
 President and Editor of the Los Angeles Times, Jim O'Shea, and was
 introduced by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Partner, the Honorable Mel Levine.
 KTTV Channel 11 News Anchor Christine Devine emceed the event.
     For information on upcoming international affairs programs hosted by
 the Pacific Council on International Policy, or to contact the Council's
 foreign policy Fellows, please visit http://www.pacificcouncil.org, or
 e-mail mheintzelman@pacificcouncil.org.
     The Pacific Council on International Policy is a non-partisan
 organization headquartered in Los Angeles with members and activities
 throughout the West Coast of the United States and internationally. The
 Council is governed by a Board of Directors co-chaired by John E. Bryson,
 Chairman and CEO of Edison International, and Warren Christopher, former
 U.S. Secretary of State. Geoffrey Garrett is the President of the Pacific
 Council. Founded in 1995 in partnership with the Council on Foreign
 Relations, the Pacific Council is a 501c(3) not-profit organization whose
 work is made possible by financial contributions and in-kind support from
 individuals, corporations, foundations and other organizations.
 
 

SOURCE Pacific Council on International Policy