20 Arab Allies Skipping Meeting A Bush administration plan for the world's wealthiest nations to declare their support for democracy in the Middle East has strained relations with several important allies in the Arab world.
Mr. Putin is expected to visit the city, where he is believed to have worked with scientists trying to defeat the Reagan administration plan for a "Star Wars" missile defense, on Thursday.
Jonathan Birdsong, a spokesman for Representative Mike Thompson of California, who in October introduced legislation to block the Bush administration plan for the river, denounced the bureau's attitude toward the state report.
"Dragging people out of private health insurance to put them into a government-run program is 'Hillary care' come back," Mr. Boehner said, referring to the Clinton administration plan for universal coverage.
A small group of environmental advocates who blocked an earlier administration plan for the park now says it plans to head to court in hopes of blocking this one as well.
The foreign policy chief for the European Union, Javier Solana, said today that European officials were concerned about the potentially damaging effects that the Clinton administration plan for missile defense could have on Europe's security ties with the United States.
