Posted on 12/09/2004 1:09:04 PM PST by wallcrawlr
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Bush administration has confidence in U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and is not calling for his resignation, U.S. Ambassador John Danforth said on Thursday.
Several Republican congressmen have called for Annan's resignation, accusing him of presiding over corruption in the U.N. oil-for-food program for Iraq, administered by the United Nations but supervised by the 15-nation Security Council.
But Danforth said he was representing the opinion of the White House and the State Department in supporting Annan.
"We are expressing confidence in the secretary-general and his continuing in office," Danforth told reporters.
"No one to my knowledge has cast doubt on the personal integrity of the secretary-general. No one," Danforth said. "We have worked well with the secretary general. We anticipate working with him in the future."
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Beat me to it.
should have added my comments.
Is this an display of us taking the position that using a corrupt weak leader is better than the alternative, someone new.
I had better not print what I'm thinking...
Have any Dims called for Kofi's resignation?
You think they may know something we don't? Like maybe it is inevitable? Or maybe they had rather have Annan than Clinton?
The expression of confidence often comes shortly before the resignation.
Or another handy document dump...
i smell a rat..........
I hope this is not true. If true, it is a terrible defeat on the diplomatic front.
grrrrrr.....
I was kind of thinking the same sneaking suspicion.
I dont underestimate the President. There has to be a reason not clear yet why they would stand up for him.
i guess the president couldnt care less about what the people who voted for him want. he is on some kind of psycho agenda that doesnt make sense and is putting the republican party in a bad position.
i hope next election i can vote for the constitution party and the republicans dont get 2%.
It is true...but I think you may be underestimating and overstating in your comment of defeat.
Expect nothing less from a man that thinks Islam is a religion of peace.
Some of you people around here freak out too easy. It is not the end of the world. The administration has it's reasons...and it has it's reason that this didn't come from W's mouth.
UF Trustees give Zook a vote of confidence
Actually Islam itself is a religion of peace, if you study it. Evil interpretations have made many religions of peace into genocidal wars...even Christianity. Read about the crusades.
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