Posted on 07/30/2009 9:12:16 PM PDT by Ooh-Ah
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. senator asked the Obama administration on Thursday to explain in detail its policy on the Honduran political crisis, warning that otherwise Senate confirmation may be delayed for a U.S. diplomatic nominee for Latin America.
"The complexity of events that led up to the Honduran crisis has given rise to questions regarding U.S. policy," Senator Richard Lugar, one of the Senate's most respected voices on foreign policy, wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
The United States has refused to recognize the Honduran government led by Roberto Micheletti, which took over the Central American nation after President Manuel Zelaya was ousted by the Honduran military on June 28.
Lugar told Clinton he shared her support for mediation by Costa Rican President Oscar Arias in the month-old dispute over whether Zelaya should be allowed to return to his post.
But he also appealed to the State Department to provide a detailed clarification of U.S. policy to "interested Members" -- an apparent reference to several of his fellow Republicans, who charge Washington is trying to reinstate a left-wing government in Honduras.
Because of U.S. support for Zelaya, conservative Republican Senator Jim DeMint has threatened to delay a Senate vote on the nomination of Arturo Valenzuela to be assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs, the senior diplomat in charge of Latin America at the State Department.
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It is simple. If the government is Marxist or a dictatorship than Obama supports it. If it is a Democracy than no support.
Hilarious: We plan to put this Communist Zelaya back in power to expand Communism in this hemisphere.
Lugar: Oh, well then, everything is fine. Go ahead.
Lugar is a nice loser. He’ll cave in after a few nice words abut democracy and Honduras. He always does.
Obama’s foreign policy regarding Honduras. Easy. Put the red back in power.
Nuff said.
Gee Richard, it’s been all over the internet. Go to www.freerepublic.com and search keyword honduras
Lugar is PATHETIC!
He could start by reading last week’s Wall Street Journal article by Micheletti, and then go on to a number of excellent statements and analyses by people like Mary Anastasia O’Grady.
I’m going to e-mail Lugar’s office.
Kudos to Lugar on this. Unfortunately, his support of Sotomayor is a total contradiction of this principled stance on foreign policy.
Good for lugar. Let him make a comment that the Obma Admi. loves our enemies but hates our allies. Let her squirm on that one.
I've spoken with various obama administration officials and I am comfortable with their decision.
He is a terrible caricature of his former self.
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