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State Department spokesman Adam Ereli was grilled about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s reported directive to her staff to keep mum on John Bolton’s nomination. Here’s how it began:

QUESTION: Also, The Washington Post reported that Secretary Rice said she didn’t want any information coming out of the Department that could adversely affect the nomination. Is there any truth to that?

MR. ERELI: That is a very inaccurate report and obviously I think you will understand that I’m not going to get into what is said in private staff meetings…

(too long to post the rest of the questions)

Here are the two questions Condoleezza Rice needs to answer to settle this controversy:

1. Should employees of the State Department provide the committee with any information on John Bolton they believe is relevant to his nomination?
2. Have you ever suggested, in any way, that employees of the State Department withhold certain kinds of information from the committee?

rest of the article
http://thinkprogress.org/index.php?p=686

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1. And Condi's...

usual reply would be "let me put this in context...." "but you don't understand...." "it is important to understand...." you know the usual b.s.