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Security Council members deny meeting Kerry

Security Council members deny meeting Kerry - The Washington Times:

U.N. ambassadors from several nations are disputing assertions by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry that he met for hours with all members of the U.N. Security Council just a week before voting in October 2002 to authorize the use of force in Iraq.

An investigation by The Washington Times reveals that while the candidate did talk for an unspecified period to at least a few members of the panel, no such meeting, as described by Mr. Kerry on a number of occasions over the past year, ever occurred.

At the second presidential debate earlier this month, Mr. Kerry said he was more attuned to international concerns on Iraq than President Bush, citing his meeting with the entire Security Council.

[Kerry said (at different times)], "I went to meet with the members of the Security Council in the week before we voted. I went to New York. I talked to all of them... with the entire Security Council, and we spent a couple of hours talking..."

Asked whether the international body had any records of Mr. Kerry sitting down with the whole council, a U.N. spokesman said that "our office does not have any record of this meeting."

A U.S. official with intimate knowledge of the Security Council's actions in fall of 2002 said that he was not aware of any meeting Mr. Kerry had with members of the panel.

An official at the U.S. mission to the United Nations remarked: "We were as surprised as anyone when Kerry started talking about a meeting with the Security Council."

(emphasis mine)

Update: Roger Simon says it's Christmas in Cambodia all over again (which is what I was thinking), and asks: "Is John Kerry a sociopath?", which is something I've wondered myself.

Of course, John Kerry has a history of secret meetings.

Update: Many people anticipating this story but not knowing what it was about had a similar reaction upon reading the article. Lorie writes:

Quite a few Polipundit readers are disappointed that this story is another one about Kerry lying. I guess when it is an everyday occurrence it ceases to be big news.

I'm seeing similar statements elsewhere. Sigh.

Update: Ha! Charles has what's probably unbeatable for best headline about this: Kerry Cheated on the Global Test.

Update: Lorie at PoliPundit has another quote from Kerry talking about how he met with the security council, and writes "I guess this really is another “Cambodia” moment.".

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