Senator Reed's Position on UN Reform

Well, sort of....

Senator Reed�s deputy press secretary left a message in response to my call on UN reform this morning. Senator Reed�s respectable, though not very informative, position is to refrain from commenting until a specific UN reform proposal comes out of the foreign relations committee.

I had also asked if the events of the Bolton nomination would effect the Senator�s willingness to trust the President with broad powers to withhold UN dues. The Senator�s spokesman did not comment on this part of my question. (Nothing in this post should be construed as implying that the Senator�s staff is being less than 100% forthcoming in providing the Senator�s position. I am just pointing out that a position does not seem to exist yet.)

The details of the UN reform proposals can be found here. In the Senate, the Hyde-Pence bill has been designated S1394.