First lady urges broader roles for women in Middle East

Sunday, May 22, 2005

SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan -- Women need to have more prominence in government and business in the Middle East, Laura Bush said Saturday in a bold appeal to an international audience that included some of the ministers and other men who hold political and economic power in the region.

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