"I explained to the administration that at a time when it was being accused of being unilateral, nothing could be more helpful in helping its image than rejoining."
For re-entry into the club, which will take effect on Oct. 1, the United States has pledged to pay a one-time deposit to the capital fund of US$5 million and US$82 million of the total US$577 million budget for next year and 2004.
Bush's delegation included Louise V. Oliver, the Republican fund-raiser nominated by the administration to be ambassador to UNESCO, and some of Bush's best friends from Texas, including Adair Margo, an El Paso art dealer who heads the White House committee on the arts and humanities. Graham, the singer, is from Bush's hometown of Midland, Texas, and their mothers attend the same Sunday school.
RSS