President Bush renewed his suspension of a law mandating that the U.S. Embassy be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. “I hereby determine that it is necessary to protect the national security interests of the United States to suspend for a period of six months,” Bush’s memorandum Wednesday to Secretary of State Colin Powell read.
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