Word: lott
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...worked to get rid of," says one. Adding diplomats, along with a political adviser reporting to Annan, inserted another layer into the chain of command and could make the hands-on work of the expert inspectors more difficult. Republicans on Capitol Hill were more outspoken, with Senators Trent Lott, Jesse Helms and John Ashcroft in full denunciation. Even Connecticut Democrat Christopher Dodd was "very uneasy about this agreement...
...complained that committee chairman ORRIN HATCH has targeted him, has been rehearsing his testimony in front of a "murder board" of advisers. Gates will also subject himself to a day of glad handing, pleading the company's case in one-on-one meetings with Senators, including majority leader TRENT LOTT...
...another display of Annan's skills as a diplomat that he simply ignores the bickering in Washington. Trent Lott complained Wednesday that "the secretary general is calling the shots, the U.S. is not." The majority leader is right, of course. That is a natural outcome of the U.S. policy, begun under George Bush, of insisting that the confrontation with Iraq be under U.N. auspices...
...Lott might grudgingly admit, calling Mideast shots these days is no mean feat. Annan even got the unqualified support of Richard Butler, the UNSCOM chief who was recently hauled up before the secretary general for impolitic comments. The accord should help complete weapons inspections within the year, said Butler: "If [the Iraqis] follow what is in Kofi Annan's document and really cooperate with us... we are talking a relatively good, short time." So it'll all be over by Christmas...
WASHINGTON: It wasn't exactly "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Mitch McConnell needed just a moment's filibuster to kill campaign finance reform in the Senate Thursday, just a few words before Trent Lott summarily removed the issue from the floor...