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To: SilentZ who wrote (331684)	4/4/2007 6:34:15 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1572226

Bush taps Richardson for North Korea trip Democratic candidate for president will help retrieve soldiers' remains By GLENN KESSLER Washington Post TOOLS Email Get section feed Print Subscribe NOW WASHINGTON — For a Democratic presidential candidate whose support in voter preference polls hovers around the margin of error, Tuesday's announcement from the Bush White House was a gift: New Mexico Democratic Gov. Bill Richardson will co-head a private bipartisan delegation to North Korea next week to retrieve the remains of U.S. soldiers lost during the Korean War, receiving logistical support and technical expertise from the U.S. government. Richardson, whose support among Democratic voters in five public opinion polls last week ranged from 1 percent to 4 percent, has staked his presidential bid in part on his days as a global troubleshooter for then-President Clinton. His presidential Web site proclaims that the former U.N. ambassador "has been nominated four times for the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the release of hostages, American servicemen and political prisoners in North Korea, Iraq, and Cuba." (The site says Richardson negotiated a 60-day cease-fire in Sudan's Darfur region, but the violence has continued.) For that reason, the statement by White House Deputy Press Secretary Dana Perino caused some bipartisan head-scratching. "Talk about retreating to a Clinton policy," said GOP political consultant Ed Rogers. "Next they will want Hillary to sponsor heath-care legislation," he said, referring to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and her failed bid to overhaul health insurance as first lady. Former Clinton press secretary Joe Lockhart jabbed, "It says a lot that a president who for seven years wouldn't take advice from anyone, even his own dad, is now asking for help from someone who wants to take his job."