ElBaradei confirmed for 3d term at IAEA

Key members of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency reappointed Mohamed ElBaradei for a third term as head of the organization [International Atomic Energy Agency] on Monday -- a move backed by the United States, a longtime critic of the U.N official.

i posted on this not long ago and pointed out that the u.s. had proposed some unspecified "strings" be attached in return for u.s. support of elbaradei's confirmation for a third term... he met with condi last week but nothing has emerged so far about what exactly those "strings might be...

"We looked to the future and ... did not discuss the past," [ElBaradei] said of the meeting last week with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that led to a public announcement of American support for ElBaradei.

condi tried to tie up insulza of the oas with the same kind of tit-for-tat support but insulza proved to be his own man in the oas summit last week...

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