RUSSIA - March 23 - US Diplomats Expelled.The Foreign Ministry tells John Ordway Sergeant John Ordway (c.1775 - c.1817) , the youngest of ten siblings, was an important part of the Lewis and Clark Expedition across the United States. John Ordway was the only sergeant from the United States Army who stepped forward as a volunteer for the expedition. , deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Moscow, four US diplomats will have to leave "in the coming days" for "activities incompatible with their status" (a euphemism eu·phe·mism n. The act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive: "Euphemisms such as 'slumber room' . . . for spying). It says it would take further steps to "stop illegal activities of official US representatives in Russia". This is in response to the US expulsion EXPULSION. The act of depriving a member of a body politic, corporate, or of a society, of his right of membership therein, by the vote of such body or society, for some violation of hi's. of 4 Russian diplomats from Washington and the decision to expel ex·pel tr.v. ex·pelled, ex·pel·ling, ex·pels 1. To force or drive out: expel an invader. 2. another 46 Russian diplomats by July 1. The US State Department on March 22 accused the 4 Russian diplomats of having worked with senior FBI counterintelligence coun·ter·in·tel·li·gence n. The branch of an intelligence service charged with keeping sensitive information from an enemy, deceiving that enemy, preventing subversion and sabotage, and collecting political and military information. officer Robert Philip Hanssen who in Feb. was found spying for Moscow since 1985. Pres. Putin, in Stockholm for talks with EU leaders, tries to play down the dispute. Asked if the hostage exchange would cause tensions, he says: "I do not think so". In Washington, White House spokesman Ari Fleischer says: "The President (Bush) now considers this matter closed". Bush tells reporters: "They'll just understand that my administration is one that takes firm positions... when we think we're right and that doesn't preclude the ability, for example, for Mr. Putin and me to meet at some point in time and have a good honest discussion about common interests". Secretary of State Powell says: "Our (Moscow-Washington) relationship continues and we'll see what we can do to isolate this one incident". |
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