Bush May Cut U.N. Program's Funding

Washington Post ^ | 6/29/02 | Juliet Eilperin and Dana Milbank

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President Bush is heading toward a decision to cut off millions of dollars of funds for an international family planning program opposed by abortion foes, according to people familiar with the plans.

Bush aides said an announcement is still a couple of weeks away, and they cautioned that no final determination has been made. But administration officials said Bush aides directed State Department officials in recent days to devise a plan to eliminate this year's funding for the program, a United Nations effort meant to keep population growth in check.

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[backhoe]

I'm communicating from my "backup browser"-- a 66 mhtz. 486 with a sticking keyboard & gritty trackball- so excuse the weird typos, they are hard to go back to & correct.

...and so I don't have my 'get the US out of the un' file handy-- but this is a good start.

[LibKill]

Defund the U.N. completely. And this is a good place to start.

Better yet, send the U.N. idiots to France, then resign from the U.N.

[Militiaman7]

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

President Bush is heading toward a decision to cut off millions of dollars of funds for an international family planning program opposed by abortion foes

so it must be supported by pro baby killing advocates good job mr president

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

This explains Da$$holes recent hissy fit.If the President takes this step with the U.N. the leftists are going to be screaming like demons. It is pertinent we educate as many as we can whenever we can on the truth about the United Nations.

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[madfly]

Good news ping

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More snippets from the WashPost Article......

An announcement, scheduled for about the time when the White House is planning a public campaign to promote adoption, would spark outrage from abortion rights supporters and many Democrats. But it is unlikely that backers of the international family planning funds could assemble enough votes to pass legislation overruling Bush.

Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.), meeting with Washington Post reporters and editors yesterday, vowed "a major legislative fight" if Bush cuts off the funds. "We believe strongly that the programs work, that they merit U.S. support and that we should not be so dictatorial as to tell the U.N. not to do that," Daschle said. "We would use whatever legislative tools are available to us."

[TaRaRaBoomDeAyGoreLostToday!]

The entire article needs to be read in full. Da$$hole is livid as I see from another Wash Post interview/article.President Bush is doing something right.Look for the demon democrats to scream like the demons they are.Their leftist U.N. agenda may be destroyed!YEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!

[Timesink]

I'm communicating from my "backup browser"-- a 66 mhtz. 486 with a sticking keyboard & gritty trackball...

I was wondering where that smoke was coming from! You sure you got enough coal to keep that thing going a few more hours? *grin*

[backhoe]

Actually, I *think* it runs on coal oil...
( It's so dam' slow it could be from another century! )

[browardchad]

Susan A. Cohen, director of government affairs for the Alan Guttmacher Institute, said while the U.N. agency "will survive" without U.S. funds, "It's the women in 142 developing countries including Afghanistan, which the White House purports to care about so much, who are going to suffer as a result of $34 million less going to prevent maternal death, infant death and abortions."

Could someone please explain this dichotomy? Afghanistan is a Muslim country (I believe they just decided to use Sharia (Muslim) law in their new government.) Muslims oppose abortion. Many of the third world countries in the UN are Muslim. How is the UN abortion program not interfering with the self-government of these nations, and why do Muslim countries support or tolerate this program?

[maryz]

Da$$hole is livid as I see from another Wash Post interview/article.President Bush is doing something right.

Right -- that's always a good sign!

[maryz]

LOL -- I love great art!

[Bandolier]

Go, W, Go!!!

[Bandolier]

I'm communicating from my "backup browser"-- a 66 mhtz. 486 with a sticking keyboard & gritty trackball-

That's no excuse, pedal faster, dammit!!!!

;^)

[backhoe]

I need to put a picture of a cat behind the gerbil in his squirrel-cage so he'll run faster and generate more juice...

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LOL backhoe probably had withdrawals and is in the vacationing city's library or he walked from his camp site to a barn and is sitting on hay FReeping.LOL