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"Harry Hope" |
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15 Oct 2003 10:05:54 PM |
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Georgie tries to act like he's in charge. What a sight. |
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/7023417.htm
Wed, Oct. 15, 2003
By Joseph L. Galloway and James Kuhnhenn
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON -
Bush told his senior aides on Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any
stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media
anymore, and if he did, there would be consequences, a senior
administration official who asked that his name not be used told
Knight Ridder.
An escalating turf war involving Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld,
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and Secretary of State
Colin Powell has generated an unusually bountiful crop of leaks in
recent months, and one result is a criminal investigation of anonymous
officials in the White House who are alleged to have leaked the name
of a Central Intelligence Agency covert officer to reporters.
The infighting, backstabbing and maneuvering on major foreign policy
issues such as North Korea, Syria, Iran and postwar Iraq have
escalated to a level that veterans of government haven't seen in
years.
At one point, the senior official said, Bush himself asked how bad it
was.
"This isn't as bad as (George) Shultz vs. (Caspar) Weinberger, is it?"
he asked, referring to a legendary Reagan administration rivalry
between the heads, respectively, of the State and Defense departments.
One top official nodded in reply and said it was "way worse."
The infighting has strained Bush's patience.
On Monday, reacting to reports of internal conflict among his top
advisers, the president told one regional broadcaster:
"The person who's in charge is me."
Bush's attempt to assert himself extends beyond the executive branch
of the government.
Late Tuesday, in a brief, brusque arm-twisting session with nine
senators, the president made it clear that he wasn't there to answer
questions or debate the merits of his $87 billion Iraq and Afghanistan
aid package.
He demanded that the aid to Iraq should be in the form of grants, not
loans, as some of the senators have urged.
Present at the session in the Roosevelt Room of the White House were
Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, both of Maine; Saxby
Chambliss of Georgia; Sam Brownback of Kansas; Lindsay Graham of South
Carolina; Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and John McCain of Arizona.
Democrats included Maria Cantwell of Washington and Mary Landrieu of
Louisiana.
At one point, as he discussed the question of providing some of the
money as a loan, Bush slammed his hand down on the table and said:
"This is bad policy." When Collins tried to ask a question, the
president replied:
"I'm not here to debate it."
One participant told Knight Ridder that some of the senators,
particularly those who've never been on the "wrong" side of an issue
with Bush, were "surprised by his directness."
It was very clear that the president was not there to engage in any
give and take, the participant said.
Nevertheless, Bush failed to sway any of the pro-loan senators, in
sharp contrast to the president's lobbying of House members last week.
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Ya can stamp yer feet all ya want, Georgie, they obviously think of
you as a spoiled li'l kid.
Harry
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| User: "Patrick" |
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| Title: Re: Georgie tries to act like he's in charge. What a sight. |
15 Oct 2003 10:53:59 PM |
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"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> schreef in bericht
news:8o2sovsm74c4qarkdjp0kt23b0eepvfo4i@4ax.com...
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/7023417.htm
Wed, Oct. 15, 2003
By Joseph L. Galloway and James Kuhnhenn
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON -
Bush told his senior aides on Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any
stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media
anymore, and if he did, there would be consequences, a senior
administration official who asked that his name not be used told
Knight Ridder.
HAHAHAHAHAHA click your heels and raise that arm ...
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| User: "Tempest" |
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| Title: Re: Georgie tries to act like he's in charge. What a sight. |
16 Oct 2003 09:33:00 AM |
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"Patrick" <tpm28607@pro.tiscali.be> wrote in message news:<bml4na$5rd$1@news.worldonline.be>...
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> schreef in bericht
news:8o2sovsm74c4qarkdjp0kt23b0eepvfo4i@4ax.com...
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/7023417.htm
Wed, Oct. 15, 2003
By Joseph L. Galloway and James Kuhnhenn
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON -
Bush told his senior aides on Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any
stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media
anymore, and if he did, there would be consequences, a senior
administration official who asked that his name not be used told
Knight Ridder.
HAHAHAHAHAHA click your heels and raise that arm ...
Will Bush have his own "Night of the Long Knives"?
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