Baker Won't Join Iraq Reconstruction

[kskiska]

Ex-Secretary's Name Was on List

The Bush administration said yesterday that former secretary of state James A. Baker III will not join the Iraq reconstruction effort, as some administration officials had hoped.

Baker was among several prominent figures some administration officials hoped to entice into taking charge of specific tasks related to the rebuilding process, such as seeking money from other countries or restructuring Iraq's debt.

State Department spokesman Richard A. Boucher said at his daily briefing that neither Baker nor Secretary of State Colin L. Powell "had ever heard about it -- it's a dead parrot."

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Over the weekend, officials said that when the idea of reaching out to Baker was made public, it quickly became clear that it would be seen as undermining Bremer and any such notion was discarded.

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59081-2003Jul28.html

[farmbo]

1. Too busy representing the Saudi's against the 9/11 victims & widows...

to help the GOP run Iraq into the ground.

:smoke:

[Guaranteed]

4. That's right...get that one out there....n/t

[realFedUp]

2. Maybe Margaret doesn't like the heat...

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[goforit]

3. It's like placing your finger prints on murder weapon after the murder.

LOL!!!

They know a flop when they see one!!!!

Why keep going down the abyss any further.