Posted on 12/15/2004 2:25:03 PM PST by rightalien
NEW YORK -- Embattled U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan will visit Washington tomorrow for discussions that likely will steer clear of a simmering oil-for-food scandal that has prompted congressional calls for his resignation. Agenda items for his talks with Secretary of State Colin L. Powell and National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice include preparations for elections in Iraq, violence in western Sudan, and peacekeeping in Haiti, according to U.S. and U.N. officials. The issue of calls for Mr. Annan's resignation "may just be noted," said a senior official at the State Department, which has defended Mr. Annan, "but we are not going to plot strategy against the U.S. Congress." Mr. Annan has not scheduled meetings with any of the 20 members of Congress who last week signed a resolution calling for Mr. Annan to resign and for U.S. payments to the world organization to be reduced if he does not.
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While Bush has political capital to spend....Kofi has a character/integrity deficit. The OFF scandal should be given its rightful name: leverage.
Annan and his croneys make organized Russian mafia look like bullies in a school yard bilking the weak for their milk money.
Kofi Annan, Affirmative action in action. You can add Kofi.
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