Clinton Holdovers Still Dominate U.S. Mission to U.N. On the eve of “United Nations Day,” October 24, when supporters of world government will be honoring the United Nations, information disclosed under the Freedom of Information Act shows that Clinton-Gore holdovers still dominate the U.S. mission to the U.N. Of the 138 employees in the mission, only 18 are political or presidential appointees of President George W. Bush. The U.S. mission answers to the U.S. Department of State, headed by Colin Powell. The new information shows that, even though Al Gore lost the 2000 presidential election, his followers are still having a major influence over U.S. policy at the U.N. When the U.S. mission refused to disclose the information voluntarily, Cliff Kincaid, president of America’s Survival, Inc. (ASI), was forced to get the figures through a Freedom of Information Act request. It took 18 months for the information to be released. The unclassified information includes the employee’s name, title, type of appointment and total pay. The employees include Richard Grenell, director of communications at an annual salary of $136,107, and Richard Williamson ($134,000), who served with Ted Turner on the board of the United Nations Association (UNA). Grenell, the official spokesman for U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. John Negroponte, once threatened ASI President Cliff Kincaid for exposing the left-wing credentials of Williamson, who was appointed by President Bush. We have "taken note" of your activities, said Grenell in a threatening telephone call to Kincaid. He then hung-up the telephone. So the fact that an employee is an appointee of President Bush doesn’t necessarily mean that he/she is a conservative. Turner, who called the terrorists who attacked America on Sept. 11 "brave" and compared President Bush to Roman dictator Julius Caesar, was praised by the UNA as the U.N.'s "billion-dollar man" for his $1 billion contribution to the world body. Turner won the UNA's "global leadership" award in 1997.              Printer-friendly version Click here to be added to our mailing list.