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To: redfish who wrote (127783)	3/30/2004 8:47:43 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Some comments by University of Chicago Professor Daniel Drezner... danieldrezner.com Tuesday, March 30, 2004 The VP and the NSC One of my great white whales has been the Bush team's poor management of the foreign policy process. I had suggested two months ago that one cause of this was the fact that the Vice President had inserted himself into the National Security Council process in a way that deliberately or accidentally sabotaged the decision-making process: [T]he difficulty is that even cabinet-level officials can be reluctant in disagreeing with him because he's the vice-president. This leads to a stunted policy debate, which ill-serves both the President and the country. U.S. News and World Report has a story this week confirming this fear. The highlights: [Richard] Clarke's insider account opened a new window on policymaking at the National Security Council and on [Condoleezza] Rice's role there--and the view isn't pretty. "This is the most dysfunctional NSC that ever existed," says a senior U.S. official. "But it's not Condi's fault. The person that's made it so dysfunctional is Cheney." For the first time, a vice president is sitting in on meetings with other NSC principals and is constantly involved in the policymaking. A copy of every NSC memo goes to the vice president's staff, so that Cheney can play an active role on issues that interest him. posted by Dan at 12:38 AM ___________________________ *Who is Daniel Drezner...? danieldrezner.com