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At today’s White House news briefing, WND asked presidential press secretary Scott McClellan about Rep. Tom Delay’s criticism of the Geneva peace plan for the Middle East.
WND: Scott, Majority Leader DeLay said on Dec. 4: Entertaining free-lance peace plans like the Geneva Plan that morally equate terrorism and self-defense are not only counter-productive to the peace process, but dangerous in its validation of terrorists and terrorism. No wonder Yasser Arafat likes this thing. And my question – first of two – does the president believe Majority DeLay is wrong?
McCLELLAN: Well, first of all, the president has made it very clear what his vision is. He outlined that June 24, 2002, here in the Rose Garden, that he is working to – and the first United States president to do so – outline a two-state vision of Israel and Palestine living side-by-side in peace and security, and that the road map is the way to get there. We remain firmly committed to the road map. We remain firmly committed to working with the parties in the region – Israel and Palestine and Arab nations, as well – and that’s what we are doing.
And I would point out that the foundation remains – the foundation for moving forward remains cracking down on terrorism.
WND: At the Democrat get-together in New Hampshire, and on NPR and Fox, Governor Dean has kept mentioning what he calls the most interesting theory, that President Bush was tipped off in advance about 9-11. And Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer writes: When Representative Cynthia McKinney first broached this idea before the 2002 primary election, it was considered so nutty it made her former Representative McKinney. And my question: The president doesn’t believe that Dr. Krauthammer, who is a psychiatrist, is wrong about this nuttiness, does he?
McCLELLAN: Les, you’re asking me about the Democratic primary and the politics that are going on in the Democratic primary. I don’t –
WND: I’m asking about Dr. Krauthammer. He’s a psychiatrist.
McCLELLAN: Les, I don’t intend to vote in the Democrat primary. Let me make that very clear.
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