US furious at official's shame over Bush and Blair - Yahoo! News

US furious at official's shame over Bush and Blair - Yahoo! News: "WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US government furiously rejected comments by a senior State Department analyst that he was 'ashamed' of how President George W. Bush treated British Prime Minister Tony Blair.

The official, Kendall Myers, set off a diplomatic embarrassment by also reportedly saying US-British relations were 'totally one-sided' and London's political bridge between Europe and the United States was falling down.

But State Department deputy spokesman Tom Casey mounted a damage control effort, after Myers's remarks at an academic forum were plastered across the front page of Britain's Times newspaper.

'We repudiate and disassociate ourselves from these comments,' said Casey, stressing that Myers had no role in formulating American foreign policy.

'The comments, frankly, I think, could be described as ill-informed, and I think from our perspective, just plain wrong.'" Read complete post here.