[Courier]

The President is under intense pressure from the State Dept?

I could swear that I once heard the State Dept works for the President.

[Utah Girl]

Exactly right. That is why I laugh when I hear Rumsfeld and Powell are at odds. I don't think so, they both work for President Bush, and he makes the final decisions. He encourages people to bring their honest opinions to the table, but in the final analysis, he makes the decisions. I think this is a wedge issue that some of the dim Dems are trying out right now "lookie, infighting is going on in President Bush's administration".

[montag813]

The President is under intense pressure from the State Dept? I could swear that I once heard the State Dept works for the President.

You heard wrong. It is no more loyal to American interests than is your average U.N. apparatchik.