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KISSINGER WITHDRAWS FROM 9/11 PROBE
Pro-abortion Kean named instead
WASHINGTON, December 16, 2002 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Henry Kissinger withdrew as head of the commission investigating the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks this weekend after it became clear that his multimillion-dollar consulting business, Kissinger Associates, includes Middle Eastern clients who might have come under commission scrutiny. According to a Dec. 17 Newsmax story "critics said Kissinger was stepping aside because he was not prepared to make public the list of his lucrative contracts, including many with foreign governments and other overseas entities".
There has been widespread criticism of the President's choice of Kissinger from both Republicans and Democrats because of the elite former secretary of state's past involvement in questionable and secretive international enterprises. Cynicism has been expressed that, with his extensive history of international manipulations, Kissinger is especially unlikely to provide honest public enlightenment on 9/11.
Bush's choice of Kissinger has also caused concern among long-time pro-life leaders because of his Nixon-era role in developing secret U.S. foreign policy population control measures through his creation of the policy memorandum NSSM 200. The 1970s secret document appears to have had a huge influence on American government foreign policy for years, helping population control to become a major industry for international advocates of abortion, contraception and sterilization.
The White House quickly named former New Jersey governor Tom Kean to replace Kissinger as head of the joint House-Senate inquiry, which has only 18 months to report. Kean is seen as a so-called "moderate" Republican with a strong ethical image, but, it was Kean who led the far from moderate attempt to strip the pro-life plank from the 1996 Republican party platform.
To read about Kissinger the resignation, and the new appointee, see:
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20021214-92397760.htm
and http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/16/politics/16CND-KEAN.html
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/12/16/155018.s...
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2002/11/29/113042.s...
For previous coverage on National Security Study Memorandum 200 see:
http://www.lifesite.net/waronfamily/nssm200/index.html
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