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Bill O'Reilly likes Bill Clinton for U.N. chief
Fox News star says he should replace Kofi Annan

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Posted: January 5, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern



© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com



Bill O'Reilly, host of the highest-rated program on No. 1 Fox News
Channel, last night endorsed Bill Clinton to replace Kofi Annan as
secretary-general of the United Nations.


Richard Holbrooke

While ripping Annan's tenure as leader of the U.N. in an interview with
Richard Holbrooke, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, O'Reilly
was asked by the guest what he would like to see happen.

"I'd like to see Annan out of there," he said. "I'd like to see Bill
Clinton take the job. The world loves him. He'd do a good job. It would
be good for the United States. Hillary would love it."

Holbrooke agreed that Clinton would be a superb secretary-general of the
U.N., but he continued to argue that Annan is not incompetent and
deserves continued support in the job. His tenure ends in 2006.

The idea of Clinton as secretary-general has been talked about in U.N.
circles and among the former president's insiders for more than two
years.


In October, a United Press International report said Clinton "definitely
wants to do it." According to the report, Clinton's candidacy would
receive overwhelming support from U.N. member states, particularly in the
Third World.
But Clinton faces an unusual predicament ˆ and potential obstacle ˆ in
his quest: Can he get the support of the U.S. government to take on the
assignment?

U.N. boosters think Clinton as secretary-general would bolster the
prestige of the world body.

No American has ever been U.N. secretary-general even though the United
States serves as host country and the major contributor to its budget.

"Critics of the U.N. complain that it's an organization without the
muscle and will to put its decisions into effect," a U.N. source told
UPI. "There's a good chance that Clinton could significantly change that
situation, and then we'll see if the critics mean what they say."

This is not the first time Clinton's interest in the job has been raised.


Back in February of 2003 there were reports of a "major international
move" to engineer Clinton into the post. Those reports suggested Clinton
had already lined up support for his candidacy for the secretary-general
position from Germany, France, England, Ireland, New Zealand, a handful
of African states, Morocco and Egypt.

There were also suggestions that Annan might resign before the end of his
term in 2006.

Annan took over as U.N. chief in 1997. On the record, he has said he
intends to fill out his entire term.

Clinton's fund-raising prowess is viewed in some quarters as a real
incentive for the U.N.

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1. doesn't O'Liely want the US to pull out of the UN?

most right wingers want that. To have Bill Clinton be SG would just be another reason to leave the UN and become the outlaw, bully nation that the neocons want us to be.

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2. BC running it would be cool - that way, the Repukes can broadcast to

the world that they can't cope with any true greatness . . . and they'd expose their total hatred for "all things Clinton".