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  • Lawmakers Want Reich's Reinstatement (Biting the hand that feeds you)

    12/03/2002 5:57:37 PM PST · by Luis Gonzalez · 20 replies · 50+ views
    CNSNews.com ^ | December 02, 2002 | Jim Burns
    (CNSNews.com) - Two Florida Republican lawmakers, both Cuban exiles, have sent a letter to President Bush requesting the re-nomination of Otto Reich as assistant secretary of state for western hemispheric affairs. Reich lost his post recently because his recess appointment expired when the 107th Congress adjourned for the year. He was then appointed a special envoy for Latin American affairs by Secretary of State Colin Powell. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), along with some members of anti-Castro Cuban exile groups and other Hispanic organizations, are laying plans to pressure Bush to re-nominate Reich. A planned Monday news...