Picked this up on dailykos concerning Hastert:

[shraby]

The Washington Post, March 28, 2003 Friday
HEADLINE: Missteps With Turkey Prove Costly;
Diplomatic Debacle Denied U.S. a Strong Northern Thrust in Iraq

"The reason is that Turkey, a close NATO ally that shares a 218-mile border with Iraq, earlier this month refused a Bush administration request to permit the armored troop deployment from its soil...Administration officials even arranged a meeting between the Turks and House Speaker J. DENNIS HASTERT (R-Ill.), who assured them Congress would honor the president's budget request for Turkey. Yakis preferred a written commitment, but the Turkish ambassador, Faruk Logoglu, told him Hastert's word was the best they could get under the U.S. system."


Hmmmmm?

[Erika]

1. Hastert is a bean counter and flunky n/t

[shraby]

2. In light of the Vanity Fair article,

this looks like it fits right in.