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Politics : Al Gore vs George Bush: the moderate's perspective -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2233)	10/12/2000 10:50:37 AM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 10042

So this is how Gore/ Clinton respond to questions? Clinton Administration Snubs Congressional Hearing on U.N. 'Peacekeeping' CNSNews.com Thursday, Oct. 12, 2000 State Department officials refused Wednesday to testify before the House International Relations Committee on U.N. "peacekeeping" policy around the world. The committee wants to know why so much American taxpayer money is going into these missions, how the Clinton administration is planning these missions and why the State Department has refused answers. Committee Chairman Benjamin Gilman, R-N.Y., said the State Department had originally promised to produce two witnesses for the hearing but then refused because the department had not been subpoenaed. The committee heard instead from witnesses from private foreign policy think tanks. "I am deeply disappointed at the State Department's refusal to testify in a public setting on this important topic. We received a letter at the 11th hour yesterday [Tuesday] from the Department of State confirming their refusal to testify, absent a subpoena," Gilman said at the committee hearing. (cont) newsmax.com

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (2233)	10/12/2000 9:58:13 PM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10042

And while the US conquered the Philipines, it wasn't like the islands were an independent nation, since they were a Spanish colony Not exactly; between Dewey's one-sided conquest of Manila Bay and the arrival of the first American land troops the Filipinos successfully drove the Spaniards from all but a few garrisons, declared independence, and established a functional government. At the time the Spanish sold the Philippines (and the Filipinos) to the US, the country was not under their control. But it was a minor incident, and and I suppose there is no reason why it - or the war that followed it - should be included in our history.