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Carter: Rice Is Fibbing, Didn't Nix Hamas Meet

Secretary of state and former president at odds over warnings

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Apr 23, 2008 3:00 PM CDT

(Newser) – Jimmy Carter continued a war of words with Condoleezza Rice today over whether he was officially warned against meeting with Hamas leaders last week—insisting through reps that, “perhaps inadvertently, she is continuing to make a statement that is not true.” The Secretary of State said yesterday a top diplomat counseled Carter against the summit—but the ex-president begs to differ, Reuters reports.

Said a Carter Center statement, “No one in the State Department or any other department … even suggested that he not meet with Syrian President Assad or leaders of Hamas.” Carter had a “very pleasant discussion” pre-trip with a State official who “never made any of the negative or cautionary comments” Rice has been outlining.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.   (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.   (AP Photo)
Former U.S. President Carter.
Former U.S. President Carter.   (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
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