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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: RetiredNow who wrote (321557)1/18/2007 11:59:46 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (2) of 1586221
 
re: One of the then Secretary of State Colin Powell's top aides told the BBC the state department was keen on the plan - but was over-ruled.

"We thought it was a very propitious moment to do that," Lawrence Wilkerson told Newsnight.

"But as soon as it got to the White House, and as soon as it got to the Vice-President's office, the old mantra of 'We don't talk to evil'... reasserted itself."

Amazing. How did we reelect these guys?
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