Taskforce (Kissinger!)named to heal US ties with Europe (MAJOR BARF ALERT!)

Financial Times ^ | 4/15/03

[areafiftyone]

Henry Kissinger, former US secretary of state, and Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary, were named on Monday to head a taskforce to find ways to repair the fractured relationship between the US and Europe.

The Council on Foreign Relations group will examine the state of US policy towards Europe at a time when the transatlantic alliance has been shaken by disagreements between the US, France and Germany over the war in Iraq.

Both sides have tried to play down the divisions since the war began, and French foreign minister Dominique de Villepin said on Monday that "it is useless to go back to what divided us . . . Let us turn to the future".

But many senior policy figures in Washington believe that the close co-operation that existed between the US and the big European powers will never be completely rebuilt.

The CFR taskforce will assess the seriousness of the rift and consider whether the US needs to re-orient its relationship to Europe. It will also consider whether a close working relationship with Europe remains important to US interests. Mr Kissinger, who was national security adviser and secretary of state for President Richard Nixon, late last year withdrew as chairman of an inquiry into the September 11 2001 attacks after he faced pressure to disclose the clients of Kissinger Associates, his consulting firm.

Mr Summers, who was treasury secretary for President Bill Clinton, is currently the president of Harvard University.

[ellery]

Let them figure out how to repair the rift.

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[techcor]

Who did they name to help repair their riff with us? The United Kingdom should pass France in the next year in terms of G.D.P. Italy might in a couple more years. In five years France will be lucky if it is still part of the G7.

[Shermy]

Let them figure out how to repair the rift.

What, is Kissinger now on the French-German dole too? Let them repair the "rift." The idea is ridiculous since they want a "rift" to further their EU objectives.