I can’t help but post this interesting commentary by the American Prospect‘s Mark Leon Goldberg who is writing and blogging from the corridors of the United Nations Millennium Summit. Read the whole piece, but for John Bolton fans: So far, John Bolton is all smiles as he wanders the hall from meeting to meeting.
A friend just sent me this astonishing weblink to the bin Laden file on the FBI’s Most Wanted Fugitives and Terrorists Lists: USAMA BIN LADEN IS WANTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE AUGUST 7, 1998, BOMBINGS OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSIES IN DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA, AND NAIROBI, KENYA. THESE ATTACKS KILLED OVER 200 PEOPLE.
Robert Kuttner, Co-Founder and Co-Editor of The American Prospect, said it best about the conference Terrorism, Security and America’s Purpose: “This conference has gathered both wings of the political establishment and under that tent breaks taboo after taboo. . .Al Jazeera is in the room.
John Smith, an employee of the U.S. Department of Commerce, arrived at work last week, and he and all other of his fellow department colleagues had a voice mail from Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez.
Today is turning into a day of ceremony for many. I just heard from one person covering the so-called “Freedom March” that just a few thousand people showed up — and most, while they support America’s actions in Iraq think that we have inadequate, incompetent leadership running the show. Bush has a 38% favorability rating….
John Bolton’s bashing of efforts to reform the United Nations is finally getting some high-priced attention. British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has asked Condoleeza Rice to rein Bolton in.
This from the Houston Chronicle‘s blog: DeLay to evacuees: ‘Is this kind of fun?’ U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay’s visit to Reliant Park this morning offered him a glimpse of what it’s like to be living in shelter. While on the tour with top administration officials from Washington, including U.S.
FEMA Chief Michael Brown is reportedly being relieved of his duties. It’s about damned time. And there should be criminal charges for the incompetence of his office and others higher in command. I just had lunch here in Washington, where life hums on along like normal.
There are terrific video links up now of the speakers and panels at the major forum now underway in Washington: Terrorism, Security and America’s Purpose. The conference will be on C-Span live much of the day today (Wednesday) and when not live — it is being taped and will air later.