{"id":14781,"date":"2009-10-01T19:14:01","date_gmt":"2009-10-02T00:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=14781"},"modified":"2009-10-01T19:14:01","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T00:14:01","slug":"kerry-blocks-demints-honduras-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=14781","title":{"rendered":"Kerry blocks DeMint’s Honduras mission"},"content":{"rendered":"

Senator Jim DeMint thought it might be a good idea for someone to go to Honduras and gather some actual facts about the situation there rather than sit back in Washington and make grand pronouncements. Well, John Kerry, who happens to be the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says “nope” according to The Hill<\/a> and DeMint’s office; <\/p>\n

\u201cNo U.S. Senator has yet been to Honduras to assess facts of crisis. [Kerry] & Obama admin using bullying tactics to hide truth,\u201d DeMint, who also sits on the Foreign Relations panel, said on Twitter after he heard the trip would not occur.<\/p>\n

“@JohnKerry (Foreign Rel. chair) trying to hide truth to protect Zelaya, blocking our fact-finding trip to Honduras at last minute,” DeMint also tweeted late Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

DeMint’s office followed with a statement. “These bullying tactics by the Obama administration and Senator Kerry must stop, and we must be allowed to get to the truth in Honduras. Not a single U.S. Senator has traveled to Honduras to learn the facts on the ground.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first thing that came to my mind was Kerry’s little foray to Nicaragua along with phony soldier Tom Harkin in 1985. At the time Kerry said<\/a>;<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this is a wonderful opening for a peaceful settlement without having to militarize the region. The real issue is: Is this administration going to overthrow the government of the Sandinistas no matter what they do?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My how things have changed, huh? Well, not really – Kerry is still supporting the communists over democratic opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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