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January 18, 2005
Confirm Condoleezza
I don't have time to follow the details of Condolezza Rice's confirmation hearings, but a few things stand out that I have to comment on.
Just to see how things were progressing, I checked out the latest Fox News article on the confirmation hearings. As expected, I found something that ticks me off
Rice does have her critics in Congress. Some say she will only rubber-stamp President Bush's views, rather than represent the views of U.S. diplomats...Huh? Do these critics not realize that the Secretary of State is the President's nominee, and not that of the bureaucrats in the State Department? Apparently some folks need a lesson on democracy, so here goes: We take a vote, elect a leader, and that leader gets to decide policy. In order to implement policy, he or she puts people in the various departments to carry it out. This is not to say that the leader should ignore careerists, for they do have valuable experience and skills. But the whole reason why I and millions of other Americans voted for President Bush is because we want things done in a certain way. I'm not interested in a Secretary of State who "represents the interests of diplomats", I want the Secretary to represent George W Bush's views.
Posted by Tom at January 18, 2005 3:26 PM
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