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To: steve harris who wrote (18781)	4/8/2007 2:21:36 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71588

you still havent explained why it was somehow ok for speaker hastert to actually tell the columbian government that it could ignore the president and deal directly with the congress, something for beyone what pelosi did

To: steve harris who wrote (18781)	4/8/2007 4:04:56 PM
From: Mr. Palau	Respond to of 71588

this is hilarious "Fox Calls Out Gingrich Hypocrisy on Pelosi Trip to Syria Today on Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace asked former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) about his views on the Pelosi-led delegation to Syria. Gingrich criticized Pelosi, saying, “I think it’s very important not to have two foreign policies, and I think it’s very dangerous for America to do what Speaker Pelosi did.” Wallace confronted Gingrich with public comments he made as Speaker that clashed with Clinton administration policy before and during his travels abroad to China and Israel in the 1990’s. Gingrich said at the time: We will defend Taiwan, period. [3/31/97] I think it’s wrong for the American Secretary of State to become the agent for the Palestinians [3/12/98] Gingrich responded to the Taiwan comment stating, “What I said in China was U.S. policy.” But Wallace quickly refuted him: “Not according to the Clinton administration.” Gingrich then attempted to defend his statements criticizing Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and said, “I think at the time she was taking steps that were very, very pro-Palestinian.” Throughout the segment, Gingrich followed the White House line, attacking Speaker Pelosi but conveniently failing to mention that at least five Republicans also traveled to Syria last week, including Rep. David Hobson (R-OH), who accompanied Pelosi. Contrary to Gingrich’s statements criticizing Clinton’s foreign policy, Pelosi’s delegation did not attempt to undermine President Bush. Hobson said, “We reinforced the administration’s positions and at the same time we were trying to understand and maybe getting some voice to some things people wanted to say that maybe they were not comfortable saying to the administration.”