President-elect George Bush’s nominee for secretary of state said he would be “fully engaged” in seeking Middle East peace. Vowing to be an honest broker, Gen. Colin Powell also said he would be sensitive to the “aspirations of the Palestinians” and “of the other Arab nations in the region.”
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