Coble not dabbling in foreign affairs
While he may be endorsing someone for president, Congressman Howard Coble is NOT dabbling in foreign affairs.
This story came my way courtesy of a Google alert and seems to suggest that Coble would sponsor legislation to recognize Somaliland. A version of the post seems to be making the rounds on the Internets. It reads in part:
Rep. Howard Coble's office said it is willing to offer support, whether it means writing a letter of support to the Department of State or actually seeing that this bill is introduced in the House...
Not so, says Coble's chief of staff, Ed McDonald.
Although Cobles office did meet with a representative of a group called "Friends of Somaliland People," Cobles staffers told them that if anyone was going to write a letter it should be someone on the Foreign Affairs Committee and really needed to be aimed at prompting executive branch action.
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Thank you for reaction about the news artilce issued by Frainds of Somaliland Poeple, you declared that this group has visited at Congressman Howard Coble's office, but are you sure that Coble is rejected the proposal of Freind's Somaliland People, We hope that he would support the intrest of his country as well as the supporting young democratic countries.
Posted on February 4, 2008 6:58 PM
Thank you for reaction about the news artilce issued by Frainds of Somaliland Poeple, you declared that this group has visited at Congressman Howard Coble's office, but are you sure that Coble is rejected the proposal of Freind's Somaliland People, We hope that he would support the intrest of his country as well as the supporting young democratic countries.
Posted on February 4, 2008 6:58 PM
I'm going to answer what I think is your question:
Coble's office said that it really hadn't taken a position one way or the other. He doesn't have a foreign affairs assignment as part of his portfolio, so he's not really got any responsibility for this type of thing.
More generally, while Congress can urge the executive branch to act in a certain way, it's really the purview of the president and his state department to make treaties, recognize countries and that sort of thing. If I understand Coble's chief of staff right, and I think I do, that's his position.
Posted on February 4, 2008 7:50 PM