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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth
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To: PartyTime who started this subject2/24/2004 2:11:18 PM
From: CalculatedRisk  Read Replies (1) of 173976
 
Education chief's 'terrorist' remark ignites fury
Paige's apology does little to mollify teachers' union
Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Posted: 1:56 PM EST (1856 GMT)
cnn.com

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The president of the nation's largest teachers' union Tuesday blasted Education Secretary Rod Paige for calling his group a "terrorist organization."

Reg Weaver, president of the National Education Association, stopped short of calling for Paige to step down, saying the Bush administration should make that decision.

"What I want is a commitment from the Department of Education to work with the National Education Association to fix and fund the No Child Left Behind Act," Weaver said in a phone interview, referring to the 2002 law that seeks to overhaul the nation's public education system. "The way it is currently crafted, it is impossible to work."

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Weaver added, "It's a sad commentary in the U.S.A. 2004 that one cannot have a different point of view" than the administration.
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