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Feltman plays coy about US position on how to fill Lahoud's post
by angryindian | August 30, 2007 at 05:11 pm | 644 views | 1 comment
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Why is the United States involved in another foreign election when in 2000 and 2004 Africans and many Latinos were illegally prevented from using their own constitutional right to cast a vote for the candidate of their choice? - The Angryindian
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US Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman said on Thursday his country supported holding the presidential election within constitutional deadlines and without foreign intervention."It is not for the US to name candidates because we are confident that the Lebanese Parliament would elect a president committed to Lebanon's independence, democracy, sovereignty, unity and plurality," Feltman said following a visit to Speaker Nabih Berri.
Berri is expected to deliver a speech during a rally on Friday marking 29 years since the disappearance of Shiite leader Imam Moussa Sadr.
The speaker is expected to unveil a new initiative to solve the political impasse in Lebanon, including measures to ensure that next month's presidential election takes place.
Media reports circulated last week said that Berri would not make public his initiative before he receives the answers of US Foreign Secretary Condoleezza Rice on three questions concerning the presidential election in Lebanon. Berri had sent his questions via Feltman.
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August 30, 2007 at 05:11 pm by angryindian, 644 views, 1 comment
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at 17:39 on August 30th, 2007
AI, thanks for the post. Your one liner is a story that requires supporting evidence and is a story all its own. Try alling in some content and using the highlighted post to back up your analysis and construction of your own stories. http://www.nowpublic.com/newsroom/tools/highlight/getting_started perhaps the link will give you a few ideas of exactly what we are looking for