Posted on 03/19/2011 12:30:42 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Former U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher died at the age of 85 Friday night, KABC-TV Los Angeles reported on its 11 p.m. newscast.
Christopher attended the University of Redlands before transferring to USC, where he graduated in 1945. He was secretary of state under President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997.
He died from complications of kidney and bladder cancer, KABC reported.
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RIP
RIP.
Deputy Attorney General in the Johnson administration, Deputy Secretary of State in the Carter administration, Secretary of State for Bill Clinton. He had the misfortune to serve under our worst Presidents!
R.I.P.
Rest in peace.
RIP.
I feel compelled to point out that he’ll never make a list of great American diplomats, though.
I think he’ll be remembered for the quote that genocide is a problem from hell.
He served as a campaign advisor for Howard Dean.
Rest in peace. Prayers to his family at this difficult time.
How could they tell?
He was an evil little man. May he RIP.
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-goldberg14-2009apr14,0,1560384.column
Met Christopher when I was in Ha Noi..he was a nice guy..he was pleasant and kind. Never asked for anything like McCain or Kerry.
His suit was impressive..
Thanks for visiting us in Hanoi.
When Colonel Beckwith of Delta Force gave his briefing at the White House about the raid/rescue of American in Tehran, Warren Christopher asked if the commandos could only just shoot Revolutionary Guards in the shoulders and not kill them. Supposedly Colonel Beckwith, stopped his presentation for a moment and gave the little twirp a WTF? look, didn’t answer and kept going with his presentation.
That’s got to be a painful way to die. Usually when you get kidney cancer, it spreads into the bladder.
Wonder if he was a smoker, since that’s a major cause of this condition.
Warren Christopher also listened to one of his underlings, the odious Martin Halperin and denied Rangers the use of Armor and Gunships to rescue those trapped in Mogadishu under the Clinton administration. Halperin’s reasoning was that the presence of such violent implements of destruction would upset the locals.
Several friends of mine at State described Christopher as Jiminy Cricket’s evil, stupid twin brother.
Jack.
I never knew the inside on that screw-up but I remember it was the excuse Clinton was looking for to can Les Aspin who was about to cause an insurrection in all the branches of the military.
I agree, never saw him with his eyes open.
“the odious Mark Halperin”
I copy that...his father stinks even more if that’s possible...and he once had full control of national security policies along with highly classified secrets...
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/washington/about/bios/halperin
Wasn't he nicknamed Sleepy?
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