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Rice’s refusal is costly for Bush
Though she has attempted
to ease the public relations
impact, a refusal to testify
may hurt Bush politically
By David Lightman
Hartford Courant (KRT)
WASHINGTON — Condoleezza
Rice's refusal to testify publicly before
the Sept. 11 commission may be
grounded in solid historical precedent,
but it may already be politically costly.
"Rice's view may be damaging to the
president, and he has to weigh that,"
said Douglas A. Borer, visiting professor
at the U.S. Army War College's national
security and strategy department.
A public still nervous about terror
ist threats does not want to hear the
nuances of executive privilege, added
Ivan Eland, director of the Center on
Peace & Liberty, an Oakland, Calif.
based research group.
"People will say, This was a nation
al catastrophe. Why can't she make an
exception?"' he said.
There are signs that Bush, said to be
adamant about Rice not appearing
publicly before the commission, is
starting to suffer politically from the
controversy ignited by former coun
terterrorism chief Richard Clarke.
Clarke, who is questioning whether
the White House lapsed in pursuing
al-Qaida before and after the attacks,
has been all over television and Wash
ington reciting his charges and pro
moting his book.
A new poll from the Pew Research
Center, taken between March 22, the
day after Clarke appeared on CBS's
"60 Minutes," and Saturday, found
Bush slipping with the crucial one
fourth of the electorate labeled as
swing voters.
Half thought Bush was the best
choice to defend the country against ter
rorism, down from the 72 percent who
felt that way in a mid-March survey.
The White House argues that put
ting the national security adviser un
der oath in a public setting would
compromise executive privilege and
add little to what's already known.
Many experts agreed.
"We need to take a deep breath
here. It's not like the 9/11 commission
is hurting for information," said
James Carafano, senior fellow at
Washington's Heritage Foundation.
"If she testifies, she creates a prece
dent," Borer added. "Standing on
principle on this one is not necessarily
a bad idea."
Rice has tried mightily to soften the
public relations hit. She got her own fo
rum on "60 Minutes" Sunday and said
that although she would like to appear
before the commission investigating
the attacks, "there is an important prin
ciple involved here: It is a long-standing
principle that national security advisers
do not testify before Congress."
Rice, however is arguably on shakier
ground than her predecessors. Al
though Congress created the 10-mem
ber commission, the panel is not a con
gressional committee. Rice has given
private testimony, and members of the
bipartisan panel have unanimously
agreed that Rice should testify publicly.
The furor re-ignites an old debate
over how to regard the role of the Na
tional Security Council, created July
26, 1947, when postwar Washington
reorganized its security apparatus.
The council's role was to coordinate
the new Defense Department as well
as the Central Intelligence Agency and
related departments, and its purpose
was to foster cooperation between the
agencies, while adding political savvy
to the discussions.
Different presidents have used the
national security adviser in starkly dif
ferent ways.
During World War II, before the
current system was devised, three
presidential advisers appeared before
Senate committees.
(c) 2004, The Hartford Courant.
Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune
Information Services.
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Summers said the cost of the re
pairs will be "considerable," adding
that the incident caused damage to
the street and a storm drain. Both will
be repaired within the next few days,
Robertson said.
Robertson estimated that between
500,000 and 1 million gallons of wa
ter was released from the broken pipe.
He said Eugene uses about 30 to 35
million gallons of water every day by
comparison.
Freshman pre-business major Jon
Marcus, who lives in Cloran Hall at
the Hamilton Complex, said he was
disappointed when he returned from
spring break to find the water shut off.
"It sucked because my ffiend and I
had just gotten back from a 13-hour bus
ride and we couldn't shower," he said.
Director of University Housing
Michael Eyster said most residents
managed fairly well despite the lack of
water. Eyster said he received few
complaints about the incident.
"I think most people understood and
tried to do the best they could to live
with the circumstances," he said. "Even
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ter pressure caused some of the toilets
to keep flushing, but mechanics easily
repaired this problem.
"It was more of a nuisance than a
problem," he said.
In spite of an intense investigation
by EWEB, the cause of the break could
not be determined.
Robertson said EWEB personnel were
on site by 10:30 a.m. Sunday and started
their investigation shortly afterwards.
The investigation involved digging up
the street to reach the pipe three feet be
low the asphalt. The water main was re
paired and the water in all the buildings
was restored shortly after midnight.
Crews worked into the morning to refill
the hole, Summers said.
Eyster said he was impressed with
the speed of the repair and the coop
eration of the various agencies in
volved with containing the situation.
"They all seemed to work together
very well," he said. "They just rolled
up their sleeves and tried to get the
job done."
Students whose personal property
was damaged by the flooding should
contact EWEB at 484-2411 and ask for
the claims department.
Contact the peopte/cutture/
faith reporter
atmoriahbalingit@daityemerald.com.
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