The Bush Administration is pressing African nations to support the impending war with Iraq, and the three African nations on the United Nations Security Council have been targets of special lobby efforts by the president, secretary of State and other administration officials.
As part of an intensive search for at least nine 'yes' votes on the Security Council resolution on Iraq introduced Monday, the administration last week dispatched Assistance Secretary of State for Africa Walter Kansteiner to the capitals of the three nations with current Council seats - Angola, Cameroon and Guinea, which takes over as Security Council president on March 1.
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