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N. Korea Issue Irks Congress
Washington Post ^ | 10/19/2002 | Mike Allen and Karen DeYoung

Posted on 10/18/2002 10:11:51 PM PDT by Pokey78

Key Democrats Kept in Dark Until After Vote on Iraq War

The White House withheld North Korea's admission about a nuclear weapons program from key Democrats until after Congress had passed its resolution authorizing war with Iraq, prompting complaints on Capitol Hill that the administration has let politics influence its conduct of foreign affairs.

Several senators said through their aides that Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld did not mention North Korea's covert nuclear weapons program during a classified briefing held in a secure chamber less than three hours before two senior administration officials revealed the news in a conference call with five or six reporters.

Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) said he learned about the weapons program from newspaper articles the next morning, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) said he was told about two hours ahead of the press. At least two Republican senators said they had earlier received individual briefings from Assistant Secretary of State James A. Kelly.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS:
STRATEGERY!
1 posted on 10/18/2002 10:11:52 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: Pokey78
Um, I think you may mean STRATEGY and not STRATEGERY?
2 posted on 10/18/2002 10:20:42 PM PDT by goody2shooz
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To: Pokey78
"prompting complaints on Capitol Hill that the administration has let politics influence its conduct of foreign affairs. "

uuummmmm.... politicians do play politics with, uuummm, political matters such as foreign policy...

3 posted on 10/18/2002 10:22:27 PM PDT by Mark Felton
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To: Pokey78
Senate Majority Leader Thomas A. Daschle (D-S.D.) said he learned about the weapons program from newspaper articles the next morning, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) said he was told about two hours ahead of the press. At least two Republican senators said they had earlier received individual briefings from Assistant Secretary of State James A. Kelly.

That’s kind of strange being they were told back in 2000.

4 posted on 10/18/2002 10:25:02 PM PDT by Democrap
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To: goody2shooz; Pokey78
Yeah Pokey,

this is a vey series issue and you need to learn how to spell!
5 posted on 10/18/2002 10:26:21 PM PDT by Maximum Leader
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To: Pokey78
Sorry Tommy Boy.

What a pain to be out of power huh.

At least he didn't lie to you and say one thing two hours before a press conference then a totally different thing at the conference. Thank God he is not a Clinton. Thank God your power is liumited.
6 posted on 10/18/2002 10:26:38 PM PDT by ImphClinton
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To: Maximum Leader
Rush Limbaugh spells it strategerey.
7 posted on 10/18/2002 10:27:43 PM PDT by hedgetrimmer
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To: goody2shooz
Nope, I mean STRATEGERY! I guess you don't remember.
8 posted on 10/18/2002 10:28:32 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: goody2shooz
That word STRATEGERY is a Dubyaism.
9 posted on 10/18/2002 10:28:33 PM PDT by RJayneJ
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To: Pokey78
It was stated last night on foxnews that there was an unclassified briefing given to congress over two months ago stating the US' belief that Nkorea was aggressively pursuing nukes and was in violation of the 1994 agreement. This doesn't even mention all the data from 1998 on. If Daschle didn't know this he had his head up his ass. Any janitor with a subscription to the Washington Post knew this. What came this week was an admission.
10 posted on 10/18/2002 10:28:51 PM PDT by mfreddy
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To: Maximum Leader
Maximum is demoted to Minimum. It is STRATEGERY.
11 posted on 10/18/2002 10:29:23 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: mfreddy
This is a perfect example of one of the most irksome qualities our great public officials are always able get away with time and time again

Congress has oversight over nearly every entity.

It appropriates their budgets.

Do congressmen and senators ever take any responsibility for failure?

NO

They hide amonst the large number of members and blame the administration.

Why, lots of east answers to that question.

Is it effective? Sure is, lots easier to look upon on person and blame 'him'.

12 posted on 10/18/2002 10:38:41 PM PDT by PFKEY
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To: mfreddy
You said it right: Daschle has his head up his ass.
13 posted on 10/18/2002 10:42:07 PM PDT by Own Drummer
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To: PFKEY
Is it effective? Sure is, lots easier to look upon on person and blame 'him'.

Except for 8 years when THAT person was Bill Clinton.

14 posted on 10/18/2002 10:52:24 PM PDT by EGPWS
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To: RJayneJ
Really? Oh. Well, I stand corrected then. So sorry.
15 posted on 10/18/2002 10:52:41 PM PDT by goody2shooz
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To: EGPWS
Except for 8 years when THAT person was Bill Clinton.

Notice I didn't make a distinction between Dems and Repubs. They all do the same thing.

16 posted on 10/18/2002 10:54:50 PM PDT by PFKEY
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To: PFKEY
Notice I didn't make a distinction between Dems and Repubs. They all do the same thing.

Yes there is some truth to that, but the label "Teflon Kid" didn't appear for no reason. The Shlickmeister didn't do any wrong for his crones and the press wouldn't react to it, as well as the 'Pub's. My point being that there always appears to be a lot of crying from the Dem's about Bush, silence about Clinton, and silence from the "Pub's always. (at least the 'Pub's are consistent) and in a quirky way it seems as though that consistency is politically beneficial to them right now.

17 posted on 10/18/2002 11:09:27 PM PDT by EGPWS
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To: Pokey78
Thats the last time I try to help you troll! :O)

18 posted on 10/18/2002 11:09:41 PM PDT by Maximum Leader
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