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To: Neeka who wrote (95994)	4/24/2003 1:39:35 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In his opening remarks, Gingrich said he wanted to "emphasize that what he wanted to talk about is not about personalities, It's about effectiveness and candidly facing the facts." Pretty standard ploy. It was an attack on Powell; that's the way it was intended; that's the way it was read. You might wish to take a look at Al Hunt's column in today's Wall Street Journal. Best take I've read on just how dumb the speech was. I just posted it to Bill.

To: Neeka who wrote (95994)	4/24/2003 6:14:17 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

>>His speech concerns a conflict about foreign policy views.<< It is a terrible shame that USAID has accomplished so little in Afghanistan. It promotes the view that once the US finished with the Taliban, we were done. It further promotes the view that once we have finished with Saddam, we will be done in Iraq. It further promotes the view that we won't actually hold countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt, ostensibly allies, responsible for their gross violations of human rights. The Administration needs to quit circling the wagons and take a look at what's really going on. Saudi Arabia is one of the grossest violators of human rights and I've never seen one word, not one word, from the Administration about this. Any US administration, ever.