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	<title><![CDATA[Chess Pieces Move:  Bush Admin Officials Plan to Meet with Iranian and Syrian Reps in Neighborhood "Block Party"]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/chess-pieces-move-bush-ad_b_42247.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p><img alt="biden hagel.jpg" src="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/biden%20hagel.jpg" width="398" height="260" /></p>

<p>I'm getting a lot of "official statements" from U.S. Senators in my in-box all of a sudden commenting on the <a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/831386.html">Bush administration's change of heart</a> regarding attending official meetings with representatives from the governments of Iran and Syria.</p>

<p>This could be a pre-meeting for a true regional conference that draws together all of the key stakeholders in and around Iraq, and that is a key pillar of the Iraq Study Group Report's "New Diplomatic...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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