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The Washington Post reports that the Republicans gained little for their stonewalling, and the New York Times relays that the holdup made the United Nations feel even more snubbed by the United States.
In his annual report on the judiciary--usually a highly unmemorable document--the chief justice criticized the Senate for stonewalling President Clinton's judicial nominees.
Later in the column, Safire does some more thinking on behalf of the president: "My stonewalling just has to work past the '98 elections.
That's especially striking in view of Crowley's flagrant (oh, let's just say it, Nixonian ) stonewalling on the matter.
That almost certainly helps to account for White House stonewalling over the documents left behind in his office--an action that did much to fuel suspicions about what secrets Foster might have known.