McClellan mum
on Taiwan nukes

By Les Kinsolving

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At today’s White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about former Vice President Al Gore’s endorsement of Howard Dean, passing over his 2000 running mate, Sen. Joe Lieberman.

WND: Scott, is it safe to say that the president –

McCLELLAN: I don’t know if anything you say is safe to say, Lester. (Laughter.)

WND: Is it safe to say that the president would never ever do to Dick Cheney what Al Gore has done to Joe Lieberman?

McCLELLAN: Vice President –

WND: – isn’t that true, that he’d never do that to –

McCLELLAN: The vice president is doing an outstanding job and he appreciates – the president very much appreciates the job that he is doing.

McClellan then was asked about Taiwan as the president met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at the White House.

WND: Do we believe that Taiwan has no nuclear weapons?

McCLELLAN: We’ve made our views known on that, and I’m not going to –

WND: You have?

McCLELLAN: I’m not going to say any more on the subject.

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Les Kinsolving

Les Kinsolving hosts a daily talk show for WCBM in Baltimore. His radio commentaries are syndicated nationally. His show can be heard on the Internet 9-11 p.m. Eastern each weekday. Before going into broadcasting, Kinsolving was a newspaper reporter and columnist – twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for his commentary. Kinsolving's maverick reporting style is chronicled in a book written by his daughter, Kathleen Kinsolving, titled, "Gadfly." Read more of Les Kinsolving's articles here.


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