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To: Ed Huang who wrote (61881)	12/15/2002 4:33:19 PM
From: PartyTime	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Gore announced he won't run.

To: Ed Huang who wrote (61881)	12/15/2002 5:05:08 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Just because (as you assumed) Kissinger and Mitchell have significant and normal business relations with the Saudis, it shouldn't lead to both the Chair and Vice-Chair quitted the important jobs for the Americans and the nation just after a few days accepted the posts. On, I know nothing more than you do, and I assume the business relations are "normal," though I'm not at all certain what that means in that world. Let's say, for conversations sake, that Kissinger's firm has very large contracts with the Saudis and/or their surrogates. Now what does it look like when the final report comes out and nothing is said ill of the Saudis. A lot of folk, most aggressively, the families of the victims, will bring up Kissinger's ties. Anticipating that, the report might be unduly harsh on the Saudis just to overcorrect. In either case, it makes for a damaged report. No, I didn't like the idea of Kissinger from the beginning; but, for public policy purposes, I don't think that obvious a set of conflicts makes good sense. On another note, I think George Tenet used to be a congressional staffer. There might be problems there.