On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Ismail Lagardien wrote:
> In her farewell speech to state department employees Connie Rice said:
>
> I want to say thanks to John Negroponte, my
> wingman, who does exemplify not just the finest in the Foreign
> Service,
> but the finest in the Foreign Service for a very, very long time.
> John,
> thank you for serving for 44 years. (Applause.)
>
> http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2009/01/115155.ht
Nice. The angry liberals on MSNBC can't stop saying that "America doesn't torture" - until Bush, that is. The entire career of Negroponte is a refutation of that nonsense.
Doug