Via ABC News: ElBaradei Reappointed to U.N. Nuclear Post
Mohammed ElBaradei won a third term Monday as head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency and said he was “grateful to the United States” after the Bush administration last week publicly dropped its opposition to him.ElBaradei, a 62-year-old Egyptian diplomat, said his priorities will include fighting the threat of nuclear proliferation and the potential menace posed by nuclear terrorism issues on which he said he has full U.S. support.
“We looked to the future and …did not discuss the past,” he said of the meeting last week with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that led to a public U.S. announcement for his reappointment.
In a bow to the Americans, ElBaradei said after being reconfirmed that he was “humbled by the unanimous support” expressed by the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-nation board of governors, adding: “I am grateful to the United States.”
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June 13th, 2025 at 5:17 pm
I read a story (where?) that the US would like to have had someone else in that post. However the people they wanted didn’t want the job. So unqualified support of ElBaradei was given after all other courses were explored.
June 13th, 2025 at 6:22 pm
Buckland is right about the job, but when i hear about this Egyptian and Rich and words like Potential menace and nuclear i see ten million Americans dead in our streets and i think maybe that is what bush wants in the end. God help us all from the bush boys and our non government on both sides, can we say government by cesspool?