I had the clipping from the paper sitting in a vast folder of interesting bits. I'd like to throw out a lot.
Los Angeles Times
March 5, 1997
Washington Insight
Part A; Page 5; National Desk
OFFICIAL FUMBLE: It isn't often that a U.S. vice president gets to become the father of a new country, but Al Gore seemed to be doing just that when he signed a letter to the "Council of Khalistan" about goings-on in the state of Punjab. The letter came as a big surprise to India, which had been pretty certain that the United States considered the territory--where Sikhs want to create their own state--to be part of India. State Department spokesman Nicholas Burns says the letter was an error by Gore's staff and the Clinton administration has apologized to India. "Sometimes we have a perfect foreign policy and sometimes we have minor mistakes," Burns said. "In this case there was a mistake. . . . Of course, we do not recognize a republic of Khalistan. We recognize the Punjab to be part of India."
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