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Washington mdash; President Biden said Monday that a deal between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire in Gaza is close. My natio stanley cup nal security adviser tells me that we re close, we re close, it s not done yet. And my hope is that by next Monday we ll have a cease-fire, Mr. Biden told reporters during a stop in New York City.Mr. Biden said earlier this month that the U.S. was working to negotiate a hostage deal be stanley cup tween Israel and Hamas that would pause fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks. He said the deal would bring an immediate and sustained period of calm to Gaza for at least six weeks, which we could then take the time to build something more enduring. In an appearance th stanley cups uk at aired early Tuesday on NBC s Late Night With Seth Meyers, the president said Israel would be willing to pause its assault during Ramadan if a deal is reached. The Muslim holy month begins around March 10. Ramadan s coming up and there has been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out, Mr. Biden said. Mr. Biden, who has supported Israel s right to respond to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas, has increasingly sharpened his criticism of Israel, calling its military operations in Gaza over the top. In early February, as Israel prepared for a ground operation in Rafah, a city near Egypt s border where more than one million displaced Palestinians a Kefs GOP Sen. Tuberville s hold on nominations could cause armed forces to lose talent, nominee for top military officer says
A top adviser to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Monday that he will leave the poverty-fighting institution, which has been gripped by a controversy involving Wolfowitz handling of a pay package for his girlfriend. Given the current environment surrounding the leadership of the World Bank Group, it is very difficult to be effective in helping to advance the mission of the institution. Therefore, I have dec stanley cup ided to leave for other opportunities, Kevin Kellems told The Associated Press.Wolfowitz had tapped Kellems, who came from the White House and had worked at the Defense Department with Wolfowitz, to become his adviser at the World B stanley becher ank. Kellems arrival stanley thermos mug in June 2005 eventually touched off criticism among staff that Wolfowitz was sealing himself off with a small cadre of trusted advisers. Kellems was also a former aide to Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., and a spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney.A special bank panel looking into Wolfowitz handling of the 2005 promotion and pay raises for bank employee Shaha Riza is also believed to be examining other employment arrangements, including Kellems. The controversy over Riza in particular has spurred calls for Wolfowitz resignation. He is fighting to hold onto his job.Kellems and another close Wolfowitz adviser, Robin Cleveland, each are paid more than $200,000 a year mdash; compensation that also has irked some bank staff. Critics say they lacked extensive development experie
Washington mdash; President Biden said Monday that a deal between Israel and Hamas for a cease-fire in Gaza is close. My natio stanley cup nal security adviser tells me that we re close, we re close, it s not done yet. And my hope is that by next Monday we ll have a cease-fire, Mr. Biden told reporters during a stop in New York City.Mr. Biden said earlier this month that the U.S. was working to negotiate a hostage deal be stanley cup tween Israel and Hamas that would pause fighting in Gaza for at least six weeks. He said the deal would bring an immediate and sustained period of calm to Gaza for at least six weeks, which we could then take the time to build something more enduring. In an appearance th stanley cups uk at aired early Tuesday on NBC s Late Night With Seth Meyers, the president said Israel would be willing to pause its assault during Ramadan if a deal is reached. The Muslim holy month begins around March 10. Ramadan s coming up and there has been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan as well, in order to give us time to get all the hostages out, Mr. Biden said. Mr. Biden, who has supported Israel s right to respond to the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas, has increasingly sharpened his criticism of Israel, calling its military operations in Gaza over the top. In early February, as Israel prepared for a ground operation in Rafah, a city near Egypt s border where more than one million displaced Palestinians a Kefs GOP Sen. Tuberville s hold on nominations could cause armed forces to lose talent, nominee for top military officer says
A top adviser to World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz said Monday that he will leave the poverty-fighting institution, which has been gripped by a controversy involving Wolfowitz handling of a pay package for his girlfriend. Given the current environment surrounding the leadership of the World Bank Group, it is very difficult to be effective in helping to advance the mission of the institution. Therefore, I have dec stanley cup ided to leave for other opportunities, Kevin Kellems told The Associated Press.Wolfowitz had tapped Kellems, who came from the White House and had worked at the Defense Department with Wolfowitz, to become his adviser at the World B stanley becher ank. Kellems arrival stanley thermos mug in June 2005 eventually touched off criticism among staff that Wolfowitz was sealing himself off with a small cadre of trusted advisers. Kellems was also a former aide to Sen. Dick Lugar, R-Ind., and a spokesman for Vice President Dick Cheney.A special bank panel looking into Wolfowitz handling of the 2005 promotion and pay raises for bank employee Shaha Riza is also believed to be examining other employment arrangements, including Kellems. The controversy over Riza in particular has spurred calls for Wolfowitz resignation. He is fighting to hold onto his job.Kellems and another close Wolfowitz adviser, Robin Cleveland, each are paid more than $200,000 a year mdash; compensation that also has irked some bank staff. Critics say they lacked extensive development experie