The Bush administration was mistaken in urging elections in the Palestinian Authority, Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) said. “In Iraq, in Lebanon and in the Palestinian Authority, I believe America made the mistake of urging elections before there was anything worth voting for,” Dodd told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual summit in Houston on Monday.
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