Can everybody say "Hugh Hewitt?" Kerry's nose just grows
and grows. - From: LindyBill
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The May 8, 2000 article from U.S. News & World report reproduced below begins by stating that John Kerry conducted clandestine forays into Cambodia during the Vietnam War to deliver weapons to anticommunist forces. Because that statement isn't a direct quote of Kerry, I contacted the reporter, Kevin Whitelaw, this afternoon. Whitelaw still works at U.S. News & World report where he covers foreign affairs and intelligence matters.
Hugh: <font color=red>"Did John Kerry tell you that he ran guns into Cambodia?"
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Kevin Whitelaw: <font color=green>"That's exactly what he told me."<font color=black>
Mr. Whitelaw declined my invitation to appear on my radio program, explaining that he doesn't report on or comment on the presidential campaign.
Can we now agree that John Kerry has engaged in wild claims about his service? Since he told that tale to Mr. Whitelaw, who else has he told it to?
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Posted at 9:15 AM, Pacific
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Wow. Another Kerry whopper, this from U.S. News & World Reports of May 8, 2000. Here's the entire article.
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"Is a trial deal near? by Kevin Whitelaw
Sen. John Kerry made his first forays into Cambodia during the Vietnam War as a Navy lieutenant on clandestine missions to deliver weapons to anticommunist forces.<font size=3> When he returned last week, the mission was official, but dicey nonetheless. At the request of the United Nations, Kerry is trying to broker a compromise on how to try leaders of the former Khmer Rouge regime, whose late 1970s reign of terror claimed the lives of some 1.7 million Cambodians.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen wants to control any court looking into genocide charges, but U.S. and U.N. officials have demanded an international tribunal. "You can't have a situation where a justice system that many people view as inoperative will have the ability to trump the international community's consensus," says Kerry. Kerry is offering a compromise to allow for co-prosecutors and co-investigators. Both Cambodian and foreign judges would have to agree before an indictment could be thrown out. Hun Sen had initially accepted the proposal but ran into hard-line opposition from his political allies. Kerry anticipates a deal could be struck as early as this week.
Still, the parliament needs to go along, and many members of the ruling party (including Hun Sen) held low- or mid-level posts in the Khmer Rouge regime and might be reluctant to sign on. A legislative debate has been delayed until late May, ostensibly because of a termite infestation of the parliament building."
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Where did Kevin Whitelaw get this stunner about running guns to the anti-communists? Somebody find him and ask.
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Posted at 8:30 AM, Pacific
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BREAK OUT: Scott Canon of the Kansas City Star writes up the controversy over Kerry's claims to have been in Cambodia. The magic hat is mentioned and scoffed at by critics. <font color=red>"I was always properly informed. The whole time I was there, I don't recall such a mission,"<font color=black> said Roy Hoffman, a retired admiral who was the Navy captain in command of Kerry's swift boat unit.
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