Bush backs Annan, Sen Coleman where are you?
Earlier I cited a Star Tribune article about Sen. Coleman’s call for the resignation of UN Secretary Genearl Kofi Annan. In the latest developement in the Oil-for-Food scandal, President Bush has just given his support for the secretary general.
In the area of international politics the subtlies are numerous. I can see the Republican party or conservative elements in the party using the junior senator to test the waters of an American public. With a few day to see if the story has picked, the president has reaffirmed his support for Annan. I guess I’m saying that the timing and situation is interesting.
Bush administration backs Annan. 10/12/2004. ABC News Online: “The Bush administration has expressed confidence in UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and said he should stay in office, in a belated rebuff to demands from Republicans in Congress for his resignation.
US ambassador John Danforth called reporters together to deliver the comments, saying that he had to clarify the US position after his colleagues and the media believed the United States Government was not supporting Mr Annan.
‘We are expressing confidence in the secretary-general and his continuing in office,’ Mr Danforth said, adding that he was speaking for the White House and State Department.”