Damn Daschle, Senate Confirms Negroponte

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) was the only senator who said that Negroponte's record in Honduras made him the wrong choice to represent the country in Iraq. He accused the nominee of lying to his bosses and to Congress about the death squads that were responsible for the disappearance of 184 people, including an American priest, while he was ambassador to Honduras.

"Ambassador Negroponte turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the human rights abuses in Honduras," Harkin said. "To send Mr. Negroponte to Iraq would send entirely the wrong message at this time."