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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (583479)	6/16/2004 5:10:39 PM
From: J_F_Shepard	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

re: "He said they are all from the Carter & Clinton Adm's, " Didn't you read the link I posted???? They were from Bush Sr., Clinton, and Reagan administrations... " Among the group are 20 ambassadors, appointed by both Democratic and Republican presidents, other former State Department officials and military leaders whose careers span three decades. Prominent members include retired Marine Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East during the administration of Bush's father; retired Adm. William J. Crowe Jr., ambassador to Britain under President Clinton (news - web sites) and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President Reagan; and Jack F. Matlock Jr., a member of the National Security Council under Reagan and ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991. "We agreed that we had just lost confidence in the ability of the Bush administration to advocate for American interests or to provide the kind of leadership that we think is essential," said William C. Harrop, the first President Bush's ambassador to Israel, and earlier to four African countries. "The group does not endorse Kerry, although it more or less goes without saying in the statement," Harrop said Sunday in a telephone interview. Harrop said he listed himself as an independent for years for career purposes but usually has voted Republican. The former ambassador said diplomats and military officials normally avoid making political statements, especially in an election year. "Some of us are not that comfortable with it, but we just feel very strongly that the country needs new leadership," Harrop said. He said the group was disillusioned by Bush's handling of the war in Iraq (news - web sites) and a list of other subjects, including the Middle East, environmental conservation, AIDS (news - web sites) policy, ethnic and religious conflict and weapons proliferation.