Bush permits keeping PLO office
Palestine-USA, Politics, 8/9/2003

US President George W. Bush permitted the Palestine Liberation Organization PLO to keep its office in Washington, by delaying legal implementation provided for closing it for other 6 months.

The American government postponed the execution of this law for other 6 months. This law aims at "reducing the level of PLO office representation in the USA."

In a written notification issued in Crawford, Texas where he spend his vacation, Bush said that it is in the national security of the USA to postpone the implementation of this penalty.

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