Posted on 06/13/2004 2:55:37 PM PDT by FairOpinion
News Advisory:
Diplomats and Military Commanders for Change, a group of retired ambassadors and senior military officers, will hold a Morning Newsmaker news conference Wednesday, June 16, at 8 a.m. EDT at the National Press Club (Zenger Room), 13th floor, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
The topic will be "The Need for Change in U.S. Foreign and Defense Policy."
The group includes former ambassadors Jeffrey Davidow, William DePree, Charles Freeman Jr., William Harrop, Arthur Hartman, H. Allen Holmes, Samuel Lewis, Princeton Lyman, Jack Matlock Jr., Donald McHenry, Richard Murphy, David Newsom, Phyllis Oakley, John Reinhardt, Ronald Spiers, Nicholas Veliotes and Alexander Watson; and Adm. William Crowe, Gen. Joseph Hoar and Adm. Stansfield Turner.
(Excerpt) Read more at releases.usnewswire.com ...
Other retired diplomats find Mr. Kiesling's outspokenness inappropriate.
"I certainly don't take exception to his resignation, but I would draw the line at promoting public opinion against the government or the war," says William Harrop, a former State Department inspector general and retired ambassador to several nations. "I believe it's a seriously wrong decision to invade Iraq, but it isn't appropriate to agitate as a former government official."-- Source: http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:0nlIyLVA_g0J:home.earthlink.net/~coalition4peace/GCFP%2520Archives/Old%2520News.htm+%22william+harrop%22+Saudi+arabia&hl=en
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Really pisses me off that my tax money is going for their pensions.
Admiral Crowe is a Clintonite -- came out for him against President Bush #41 in 1992 -- have zero respect for him or the rest for that matter.
This just blows me away.
I think VP Cheney had it correct - just like with Wilson and Clarke - "they were out of the loop". 'Nuff said!
I think 50:1 will be about right.
Front page, above the fold in LAT today. As if any anti-GW group that contained Stansfield Turner was news. What crap.
I'll bet anything Harold Ickes has something on everyone who signed this letter. It's been coordinated with an identical letter in England.
The Clinton hit squad invented the "Letter of Experts" used against their critics and political enemies, I don't expect it will end till they're all in the ground.
Excerpt from article on Crowe:
Bill Clinton paid him handsomely for his endorsement......
For serpentine nautical yarns, the Ancient Mariner has little on Bill Crowe. His career in the U.S. Navy began as a cadet at Annapolis during World War II and ended as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under two Republican presidents. In September 1992, three years after retirement from the Navy, Crowe stepped up to a microphone to endorse the presidential candidacy of Democrat Bill Clinton, who had assiduously avoided military service during Vietnam. Crowe says he was "quite upset" by GOP campaign rhetoric that implied the military shouldn't serve under Clinton if he became commander in chief. Crowe's endorsement had "enormous impact," recalls Paul Begala, a senior strategist for Clinton in 1992.
Clinton obviously thought so, too. In 1994, he appointed Crowe, MA '56, to the plum posting of ambassador to the United Kingdom. It is a position rich in history and tradition. In the formative years of the United States, the ministry to Great Britain was the grooming spot for presidents (five) and secretaries of state (nine). In this century, the job has been more about patronage, and men named Mellon and Kennedy, Whitney and Annenberg have held it.
See post #36.....Clinton appointed Crowe as UK Ambassador
Gee there sure seems to be a pattern with former ambassadors and Kerry
hmmmmmmmmmmmm ... yep something smells here
I'll bet this gets a lot more press than the Veterans for Truth got.
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