White House says Arafat's control limited

WASHINGTON -- A suicide bombing Sunday in Israel led Bush administration officials to renew demands that Yasser Arafat rein in Palestinian militants, though they acknowledged Arafat cannot control all of them.

"I think there clearly is a class of bombings that he can't" rein in, Vice President Dick Cheney said.

He cited groups supported by Syria and Iran, and named the militant organizations Hezbollah and Hamas as two "that don't come under his purview and that have in the past indicated they're prepared to do everything they can to destroy the peace process."

"On the other hand, there have in the past been bombings by elements of Palestinian organizations that come under his control and there he clearly has the capacity to act," Cheney said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

"We've got to find a way to get a handle on it, because we're not going to get that peace process back on track until the violence ends," Cheney said.