Posted on 09/11/2001 12:58:50 AM PDT by kattracks
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:46:37 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Last Thursday, the White House hastily configured a Rose Garden event to announce President Bush's designation of former Sen. John Danforth to be his special envoy for Sudan. Unfortunately, unless a House-Senate conference committee expected to convene today defies the immense pressure being brought to bear by the Bush administration, Wall Street, foreign oil companies and trade interest groups, Mr. Danforth can probably forget about doing anything useful in his new capacity. In fact, his mission may actually prove detrimental to the quest for a just peace for the people of Sudan.
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