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Kerry Might Reconsider US Forces Korea Reductions (if elected president): Sandy Berger
Digital Chosunilbo ^ | 9/23/04

Posted on 09/23/2004 5:37:04 PM PDT by Libloather

Kerry Might Reconsider USFK Reductions: Sandy Berger

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Sandy Berger, former White House National Security Advisor and key foreign policy and security advisor to Democratic Party presidential candidate John Kerry, hinted Wednesday that should Kerry win the U.S. presidential election in November, it was possible that the decision to reduce U.S. troops in Korea would be reconsidered.

In a keynote address for an international symposium entitled "Regionalism in Northeast Asia: Opportunities and Challenges," hosted by Johns Hopkins University and the Maeil Business Newspaper, Berger said USFK reductions were inappropriate, claiming that pulling 12,000 troops out of Korea at a time when Koreans were openly raising doubts about the Korea-U.S. relationship was sending a bad signal to Koreans. He said he strongly wondered whether John Kerry, if elected, wouldn't reconsider the reduction.

Berger indicated once again the need for direct talks between the U.S. and North Korea to solve the North Korean nuclear issue, stressing that sitting face-to-face with North Korea was not surrender. On the contrary, he said the U.S. could take a strong position.

He said the two biggest challenges in Northeast Asia were North Korea and Taiwan, and the next U.S. president would have to focus on eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons development project and make clear to China that the use of arms against Taiwan would not be tolerated.

(Heo Yong-beom, heo@chosun.com)


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berger; docs; doctheft; kerry; kerryforeignpolicy; might; nkorea; reconsider; reductions; sandy; sandyberger; sandyburglar; skorea; stillnotinprison; thief; usfk
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Sounds like Berger may still be advising the Effin' Kerry campaign...
1 posted on 09/23/2004 5:37:05 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Sandy Burgler should be under house arrest.


2 posted on 09/23/2004 5:37:53 PM PDT by Bahbah (Proud member of the pajamahadeen)
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To: Libloather

Why isn't the sock stuffer in jail yet?


3 posted on 09/23/2004 5:38:02 PM PDT by exit82 (Righteousness exalts a nation...... Proverbs 14:34)
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To: Libloather

He is not in jail.


4 posted on 09/23/2004 5:38:30 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran (Rather calls Saddam "Mister President" and calls President Bush "bush")
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To: Libloather

A reason is SK send 3000 troops to Iraq , so Kerry hate SK .


5 posted on 09/23/2004 5:39:37 PM PDT by Nepalis (Bomb to Fallujah , everyday)
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To: Nepalis

That isn't you in the picture, is it?


6 posted on 09/23/2004 5:41:32 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: Libloather
Funny how the Left demands an exit strategy from Iraq now but is willing to prolong the Korean exit strategy past the half century mark.
7 posted on 09/23/2004 5:41:48 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: Libloather

Sandy Burglar is STILL Kerry's Advisor??? That ALONE shows Kerry doesn't have the sense he was born with.


8 posted on 09/23/2004 5:41:58 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Libloather
AMERICAN JUSTICE IS A JOKE while Berger is free.

There Are two Americas. One for us, and the other for them.



Edwards was correct: There are two Americas.

"WELCOME TO THE REAL AMERICA WHERE CRIMINALS GET TO BE
CELEBRITIES AND CELEBRITIES GET AWAY WITH MURDER."
"TO DIE FOR" Columbia Pictures

9 posted on 09/23/2004 5:42:17 PM PDT by Diogenesis (Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.)
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To: Libloather

Who is Sandy Berger?


10 posted on 09/23/2004 5:42:26 PM PDT by bikepacker67 (Sandy wasn't stuffing his socks, he was stuffing A sock.)
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To: Libloather

Why - so they can be nuked by the North?


11 posted on 09/23/2004 5:42:47 PM PDT by SteveMcKing
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To: Libloather

I thought that Berger was no longer advising the Kerry campaign. We need to scream about this. Also, what happened to the investigation into Sockgate?


12 posted on 09/23/2004 5:42:48 PM PDT by Galena Nevada
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To: Libloather

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

13 posted on 09/23/2004 5:42:54 PM PDT by Mike Bates (You're getting drowsy. You will buy my book, you will buy my book, you will buy my book. . .)
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To: Libloather

He should be in jail or at least on trial. What is this with him speaking on behalf of Kerry. He was let go.


14 posted on 09/23/2004 5:42:59 PM PDT by rod1
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To: Libloather

I thought he was GONE. If he had any brains at all, he'd keep his mouth shut and a low profile. If attention swings to him again, what with the increased scrutiny of the media, he might find himself in the crosshairs. He'd make a wonderful scapegoat/distraction for C-BS in their time of woe, don't you think?


15 posted on 09/23/2004 5:43:03 PM PDT by Angry Enough
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To: exit82
Why isn't the sock stuffer in jail yet?

Liberals don't go to jail. They get promoted.

16 posted on 09/23/2004 5:43:18 PM PDT by kcordell
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To: Ann Archy

Unbelievable.


17 posted on 09/23/2004 5:43:48 PM PDT by MamaLucci (Libs, want answers on 911? Ask Clinton why he met with Monica more than with his CIA director.)
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To: The Old Hoosier

Right , just a pic .


18 posted on 09/23/2004 5:43:53 PM PDT by Nepalis (Bomb to Fallujah , everyday)
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To: Libloather

Kery has no exit strategy for South Korea!


19 posted on 09/23/2004 5:46:13 PM PDT by airborne (God answers all prayers. Sometimes the answer is ,"No".)
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To: Libloather

> Sandy Berger, former White House National Security
> Advisor and key foreign policy and security advisor
> to Democratic Party presidential candidate John
> Kerry, hinted Wednesday ...

Excellent: this felon-in-waiting is once again
bestowing the Kerry campaign with reminders of
"the most ethical administration in history".


20 posted on 09/23/2004 5:46:13 PM PDT by Boundless
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