hmmmmm....I hadn't heard that Erskine had been appointed by Bushies as an Assistant Deputy for Tsunami Relief...:eyes: Will this offset Bolton appointment for Bushies in the eyes of Democrats? The latest Bush ploy or did Poppy grab his ear and convince him this was "a good thing" to do. :shrug:
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Clinton To Serve 2 Years as U.N. Envoy
Associated Press
Sunday, April 10, 2005; Page A21
UNITED NATIONS, April 9 -- Former president Bill Clinton will spend at least two years in his new role as the top U.N. envoy promoting recovery in tsunami-hit countries and demanding accountability for the unprecedented billions of dollars donated by countries and individuals, his deputy said.
Erskine B. Bowles said Clinton will also push for the construction of better homes, schools and hospitals in areas devastated by the killer waves and the adoption of new measures to warn against disasters and ensure quick action by governments when they occur.
Clinton's goal is to work for the tsunami victims he met on his first trip to the region in February as a U.S. envoy with former president George H.W. Bush and make sure "we leave these people better off than they were before this horrendous event occurred," Bowles said.
Bowles, who was Clinton's chief of staff at the White House from 1996 to 1998 and is now the United Nations' deputy special envoy for tsunami recovery, traveled to Indonesia, Sri Lanka and the Maldives in March for a firsthand view of the devastation while the former president was recovering from surgery.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40506-2005Apr9.html