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Kerry's Attempt to Block DeMint's Honduras Trip Reveals Policy Feud
Washington Post ^ | October 2, 2009 | Mary Beth Sheridan

Posted on 10/02/2009 2:51:10 AM PDT by don-o

A simmering feud over U.S. policy toward Latin America burst into the open Thursday when Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) tried to prevent a fact-finding trip to Honduras by a Republican senator who is blocking two important diplomatic appointments.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) denounced Kerry's move on the Senate floor and sought the intervention of the minority leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The Republican leader appealed to the Defense Department to provide an aircraft for DeMint's trip and the Pentagon agreed to do so, according to the South Carolina senator's office.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: communists; congress; constitution; demint; honduras; jimdemint; kerry; manuelzelaya; marxists; porfiriolobo; zelaya
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To: La Lydia

The confusion I was speaking of was matters of fact.


41 posted on 10/02/2009 9:09:36 AM PDT by don-o (My son, Ben - Marine Lance Corporal is OM for Iraq.)
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To: samtheman

You might not like everything he did, but Bush is not lacking in personal courage. Nor did he ever pull his punches when it came to defending his country. What he does have is a sense of decency and decorum, and knowledge of the precedent that former president’s don’t interfere with the policies of sitting presidents, which The Idiot Carter has never observe or respected. And, for the record, there is no love lost between Bush and McCain.


42 posted on 10/02/2009 9:10:16 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: samtheman

Intelligent people don’t respond to debates by insulting their protagonist. I find that to be a consistent method of the left and it makes YOU look stupid.

Bush had plenty of courage. Consider that the Security Council was bought-off by the Oil-For-Food scandal as the reason they did not vote to uphold their own sanctions.

Consider that his surge decision went against all the Pentagon brass and his own father’s buddies. And he was right.

It is considered rude, if history is any guide, for a former president to comment on, or insert himself into politics. Carter was the first in my long memory, and Clinton is following the same tacky blueprint.


43 posted on 10/02/2009 2:23:25 PM PDT by bukkdems (When we end our dependence on oil, what will we do without plastic?)
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To: bukkdems

I’ll meet you on a more Bush-related thread to discuss the accomplishments (or lack of) of the former President.


44 posted on 10/02/2009 5:07:11 PM PDT by samtheman
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US Senator’s spokesman: Honduran leader says civil liberties restored no later than Monday.
Oct 2 07:36 PM US/Eastern
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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - US Senator’s spokesman: Honduran leader says civil liberties restored no later than Monday.


45 posted on 10/02/2009 5:09:24 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (A mob of one.)
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To: don-o

I’ll discuss former President Bush in a more appropriate thread.


46 posted on 10/02/2009 5:11:20 PM PDT by samtheman
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