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“This administration is populated by people who’ve spent their careers bashing government. They’re not just small-government conservatives—they’re Grover Norquist, strangle-it-in-the-bathtub conservatives. It’s a cognitive disconnect for them to be able to do something well in an arena that they have so derided and reviled all these years.”

Senator Hillary Clinton

Friday, December 10, 2004

Bush disappoints base, backs U.N.

Will this help put the "end the U.N." crowd to rest? I hope so.
The United States expressed confidence in Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday and said he should remain at the helm of the United Nations.

This was an abrupt turnaround from the U.S. refusal to back Annan last week after a senator called for his resignation.

The unequivocal support from U.S. Ambassador John C. Danforth, who said he was speaking on behalf of the Bush administration, aligned the United States with the 190 other members of the United Nations who rallied to support the beleaguered Annan.

"We are not suggesting or pushing for the resignation of the secretary-general," Danforth said. "We have worked well with him in the past and look forward to working with him for some time in the future."

posted by Scott @ 9:01 AM