NYT/Reuters: Rice Is Said to Have Speeded North Korea Deal (Cheney bypassed)

[DeepModem Mom]

Rice Is Said to Have Speeded North Korea Deal
By DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER
Published: February 16, 2007

WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 — To win approval of a deal with North Korea that has been assailed by conservatives inside and outside the administration, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice bypassed layers of government policy review that had derailed past efforts to negotiate an agreement, several senior administration officials said this week.

After a meeting in Berlin in mid-January with her top negotiator on North Korea, Christopher R. Hill, who had just held lengthy sessions with his North Korean counterparts, Ms. Rice called back to Washington to describe the outlines of the deal to Stephen J. Hadley, the national security adviser, and then to President Bush.

But to some, it seemed the usual procedures were cut short — vetting the details though an interagency process that ordinarily would have brought in Vice President Dick Cheney’s office, the Defense Department and aides at the White House and other agencies who had previously objected to rewarding North Korea before it gives up its weapons.

“There was no process here,” said an official who has been deeply involved in the issue. “Nothing. There was no airing of whether this is the way to deal with the North Koreans.”

White House and other administration officials dispute that, saying that all relevant agencies were consulted....

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/16/washington/16korea.html

[yellowcanine]

1. Of course this is essentially the same deal Clinton got back in 1994 that the Bushites allowed to

wither on the vine when they got into office. So we have lost 6 years for no reason other than knee-jerk "anything but Clinton" foreign policy.

[SutaUvaca]

2. Not just 6 years lost..

since NK had not built and tested a nuke under the Big Dog's watch, but did build and test a nuke under Shrub's.

[tanyev]

3. Looks like any hopes Condi had of being on the '08 ticket have gone down in flames.

Awww, that's just too bad. :spray:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1785981/posts


I never would have predicted the disaster that Condi has become as Secretary of State. Whether it's the "Palestinians," North Korea, or what have you, she is always on the wrong side now. What happened?

2 posted on 02/16/2007 8:02:07 AM PST by SeafoodGumbo
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To: Schnucki
All she basically did is buy them off the same way Clinon did 10 years ago or so. And that's something to crow about?

3 posted on 02/16/2007 8:03:28 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: SeafoodGumbo
Pls...don't get me started on Condi Rice...step sister to Maddy Albright...and worse!

4 posted on 02/16/2007 8:05:54 AM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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To: Schnucki
Hey this is great, Condi can play the piano, and Maddy the Midget can dance on top of it while Comrade Chia Pet applauds and counts his money.

You usually have to pay a cover charge for that kind of entertainment.

8 posted on 02/16/2007 8:30:27 AM PST by mkjessup (If Reagan were still with us, he'd ask us to "win one more for the Gipper, vote for Duncan Hunter!")
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[dethl]

4. Wow.....Freepers must enjoy the taste of eating their own...

They seem to be doing it over and over.

Then again it is really fun to watch!

On another note its surprising that Condi would go over a lot of heads to get a deal with NK. While that doesn't redeem her, I think its showing the rest of the world that defiance to the * administration seems to be even at the top levels.