Comments on: Most Underreported Story of the Week: CCW http://www.undiplomatic.net/2009/01/30/most-underreported-story-of-the-week-ccw/ Bringing foreign policy back, girl. Those other countries don't know how to act. Mon, 21 May 2012 18:22:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: J http://www.undiplomatic.net/2009/01/30/most-underreported-story-of-the-week-ccw/#comment-12890 J Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:51:17 +0000 http://www.undiplomatic.net/?p=2551#comment-12890 Yes, the above commenter has it right. The Bush Administration supported the Senate ratification of these protocols last year, and John Bellinger, then the State Department's top lawyer and someone close to Secretary of State Rice, testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support. The Obama Administration is only carrying out what was put in process by its predecessors, as the Senate did move to ratify these protocols last fall. Partisan swipes here are not correct. Another nit -- one needs 67 votes to ratify treaties in the Senate, not 66. Yes, the above commenter has it right. The Bush Administration supported the Senate ratification of these protocols last year, and John Bellinger, then the State Department’s top lawyer and someone close to Secretary of State Rice, testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in support. The Obama Administration is only carrying out what was put in process by its predecessors, as the Senate did move to ratify these protocols last fall. Partisan swipes here are not correct.

Another nit — one needs 67 votes to ratify treaties in the Senate, not 66.

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