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Harry Reid: “Hopefully, her surprise visit to Lebanon is not a continuation of the Bush photo-op -- photo-op foreign policy. 'Mission…”

On the recordJuly 23, 2006
Hopefully, her surprise visit to Lebanon is not a continuation of the Bush photo-op -- photo-op foreign policy. 'Mission accomplished.' 'Bring 'em on.' I hope it's not a photo-op again, but a serious effort to follow up calls for American leadership. The Bush administration, as reported on the face of a major weekly magazine last week, cowboy diplomacy cannot be replaced by couch potato diplomacy.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada

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Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid criticizes the Bush administration's foreign policy approach and calls for serious American leadership in the Middle East.

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