Lantos on Rice Planned Meeting With Syrian Foreign Minister: Administration Admits It Was Wrong to Criticize Pelosi
Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in reaction to the news that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet with her Syrian counterpart today:
"As a lifelong internationalist, Secretary Rice knows better than most the great value of face-to-face discussion, even those with whom we strongly disagree. Now the Secretary will meet with her Syrian counterpart. This is a marked improvement in the Administration's ostrich policy approach, and a tacit admission of how wrong it was last month in criticizing the Speaker of the House and congressional colleagues, including myself, for going to Damascus. It is infinitely better to confront in a firm but civilized way those with whom we disagree than simply to give them the silent treatment."
Flashbacks from the liberal media.