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Blogs Liberty and Power Another politician we need to take very seriously

Jun 24, 2005

Another politician we need to take very seriously

by Liberty and Power

Kofi Annan argues (sorry, subscribers only) in today’s Wall Street Journal that the United States should not take Henry Hyde’s advice and make a “draconian and unilateral cut in the U.S. contribution to the U.N. budget.” Annan’s argument is that … wait, hold on a second—tell me again why should we care about anything that Annan says?