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To: LindyBill who wrote (95758)	4/23/2003 1:02:39 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<<Reform of the department and injecting new blood are sorely needed in State.>> Must be a difficult task, all those deals with over 150 Nations, plus the UN,EU, Nato, to keep track of. So one has to be a member of the establishment with experience, to get cooperation of all the underlings. Even 20 years in the department may be considered a newby, with ideas easily overiden. Talks and discussion have not changed much over the centuries, nor has trust in others words, even if one can understand them as they speak so many languages. Actions speak louder than words, which makes people very upset Like hey, I didn't agree with that so I am definitly against it, now if you had been nice and asked me I may have agreed to it after ohhhhhhh maybe 6 months of talks. And even then I would reserve the right to change my mind if I dont like the deal . How about another $4 bil and I will reconsider.? Somebody should give Colin Powell a medal for bravery, just for trying to do the job. Sig Dang, they just found another $112MM in a dog kennel. What is the fare to Iraq, anyway?. I wanna get into the hunt

To: LindyBill who wrote (95758)	4/23/2003 3:06:05 PM
From: TigerPaw	Respond to of 281500

The Teflon Secretary Nothing sticks to Colin Powell, except a bewildering adulation. Apparently the only thing necessary to eliminate teflon is a more abrasive cleaner. chicagotribune.com Flush with victory in an Iraq war they had advocated for years, neoconservative Republicans took their long-standing complaints against Secretary of State Colin Powell public on Tuesday with a scathing critique by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who accused Powell's State Department of sabotaging the foreign policies of President Bush. In blunt words rarely heard in a capital that prefers its complaints aired "on background," Gingrich, now an adviser to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, blamed the State Department for alienating American allies, endangering Israel's security and backing Arab dictators.