Credibility question doesn’t stop at weapons

It’s all well and good for U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to downplay the new U.S. case of mad cow disease. Hungry Americans seem to be satisfied with this "trust us" approach. But nobody should be surprised if much of the world remains wary of the Bush administration’s reassurances on beef or anything else, in the wake of the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. It matters.
Posted by Rhonda Holman