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DeMint sounds like a traitor to me ... asking another country to resist the US.
Kerry blocks DeMint trip to Honduras - TheHill.com
Kerry blocks DeMint trip to Honduras
By Jordan Fabian - 10/01/09 05:55 PM ET
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has blocked Sen. Jim DeMints (R-S.C.) trip to Honduras slated to begin Friday, according to DeMint's office.
But the chairman's office claimed that the DeMint trip was stopped because the South Carolina Republican is blocking two of President Barack Obama's nominations: Auturo Valenzuela, Obamas nominee to be assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Tom Shannon, the current assistant secretary and nominee to be ambassador to Brazil.
DeMints office informed The Hill of Kerrys decision Thursday afternoon.
On Thursday morning, the freshman Republican announced that he would lead a congressional delegation to Honduras on Friday ahead of the countrys Nov. 29 elections. The U.S. State Department, which acknowledges ousted President Manuel Zelaya as the legitimate ruler of the Central American nation, has said it will not recognize the contests because of ongoing political turmoil. <more>
Kerry blocks DeMint trip to Honduras - TheHill.com
Kerry blocks DeMint trip to Honduras
By Jordan Fabian - 10/01/09 05:55 PM ET
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has blocked Sen. Jim DeMints (R-S.C.) trip to Honduras slated to begin Friday, according to DeMint's office.
But the chairman's office claimed that the DeMint trip was stopped because the South Carolina Republican is blocking two of President Barack Obama's nominations: Auturo Valenzuela, Obamas nominee to be assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Tom Shannon, the current assistant secretary and nominee to be ambassador to Brazil.
DeMints office informed The Hill of Kerrys decision Thursday afternoon.
On Thursday morning, the freshman Republican announced that he would lead a congressional delegation to Honduras on Friday ahead of the countrys Nov. 29 elections. The U.S. State Department, which acknowledges ousted President Manuel Zelaya as the legitimate ruler of the Central American nation, has said it will not recognize the contests because of ongoing political turmoil. <more>
