CHARLOTTE, N.C., February 2, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – There is growing fear by many, including former US Senator Jesse Helms, that former US President Bill Clinton will be the top pick to replace Kofi Annan as head of the United Nations when Annan retires in 2006.
In a fundraising letter for the Helms senatorial library, Helms warns his benefactors of the impending possibility of a Clinton-lead UN: “I’m sure you might agree that putting a left-wing, undisciplined and ethically challenged former President of the United States into a position of such power would be a tragic mistake,” as reported by the AP, who obtained a copy of Helms’ letter Tuesday.
Helms, who left office in 2003 after five terms, included a petition with his letter, calling on President Bush to “rebuke all efforts by Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and every other liberal in Congress to push for Bill Clinton to become Secretary-General of the United Nations.” Clinton, meanwhile, accepted today Annan’s appointment as UN envoy to tsunami-stricken south Asia.
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