Posted on 11/11/2004 8:55:39 PM PST by ConservativeMan55
Ex-Adviser Reportedly Hurt Embassy Aide Kuwait Airport Incident Disputed Washington Post Staff Writers Friday, November 12, 2004;
Page A06 Robert D. Blackwill, who resigned last week as the White House's top official on Iraq policy, was recently scolded by national security adviser Condoleezza Rice after Secretary of State Colin L. Powell told her that Blackwill appeared to have verbally abused and physically hurt a female embassy staffer during a visit to Kuwait in September, administration officials said.
The incident took place as Blackwill was rushing to return home after a visit to Baghdad to join a campaign swing planned by President Bush. As six officials describe the incident, he arrived at the Air France counter at the Kuwait airport and learned he was not on the flight manifest.
Blackwill then turned in fury to an embassy secretary who had accompanied him to the airport and demanded that he be given a seat on the flight, grabbing her arm at one point, the officials said. Last week, Robert D. Blackwill resigned his post in Iraq to join a lobbying firm.
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Fire his ass. Condi did not scold on bad advice, be assured. The good team (us) does not need a loose cannon, anywhere, anytime, anyplace.
Wow!
This guy sounds like he belongs on the Clinton Administration!
Sounds like Mr. Blackwill drinks a little.
The no-curtains story.
ROFL!!!
"I'm too sexy for my shirt.."
"I'm too sexy for my pants..."
Is that the guy??
Eeeeeeeeeeew!
My guess is that he is a butt-bandit.
Guy sounds like an ass. Good riddance
LOL!
Quote of the week!
He sounds like he might have a slight drinking problem.
Yelling at somebody is assault. Grabbing their arm is battery.
Assault and Battery.
Instead, he abruptly left the administration and announced this week that he had joined Barbour, Griffith and Rogers.
The woman in question, who is married to a foreign service officer in Kuwait, did not file a formal complaint. But senior officials at the State Department took her concerns seriously.
Deputy Secretary of State Richard L. Armitage called her on Powell's behalf and expressed regret for the incident. Armitage then visited her and her husband during a recent trip to Kuwait to assure her that her concerns were being addressed, the State Department official said.
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Wow! I wonder if we could get Condi to talk to a few Senators and Congressmen.
Although I exclaimed while ranting "fire" he had already quit. Do you think this was the typical either quit or be fired scenerio?
If so, how pathetic. I shudder to think how many great American BRAVEHEARTS get sacrificed because of this sort of idiocy, jackasses not doing their jobs.
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