Dina is the second from the left on this photo.
Posted on 03/14/2005 8:41:56 AM PST by nypokerface
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dina Powell, an American of Egyptian descent who speaks fluent Arabic, will be named to a top State Department public diplomacy job Monday as the White House seeks to improve its image in the Arab world, U.S. officials said.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will announce the choice of Powell, head of personnel at the White House, to be assistant secretary of state for educational and cultural affairs and deputy under secretary of state for public diplomacy at noon, the officials said.
Powell, who came to the United States from Egypt as a child, will serve as deputy to Karen Hughes, a long-time confidante to President Bush who was to be officially tapped for under secretary of state for public diplomacy at the same State Department ceremony Monday.
The choices of one of Bush's closest advisers and of an Arabic speaker illustrate the emphasis the White House attaches to trying to improve the way Arabs view the United States, long seen by Arabs as favoring Israel in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute and resented for supporting repressive Arab regimes.
As an aside, I'm really getting tired of every article on every State Department appointment grooved in the rut that we have to "repair" or "improve" our image with the Muslim world.
In fact, you don't even know how angry it makes me.
I'm sure I don't have to amplify for the majority of freepers reading my comment.
Leni
Dina is the second from the left on this photo.
Ahh, the "head in the sand or up the a-s" wing of Free Republic speaks. ;-)
Coming from the Liberal PC side of FR that is funny..Do not worry we will protect you!
That is a better picture of her. I just posted the first one I found. She's lovely.
Dan Senor must have been very happy that day.
Is that picture yours? Are you in it?
I am not in it. That's a photo from an engagement party in DC.
I have some pictures of her from this summer but I have no clue where I put it. If I can find it I will scan and post. I know I have a couple of photos of her and Liz Cheney.
What an ignorant statement. You should be embarrassed to post on here FRiend.
Jean Francois Kerry is currently consulting with "European Leaders" to see if they are in agreement with our President's decision!
Why Is that Because I do not trust some people?? If they are born here and back a couple generations But!!!
Sorry guess I will think like you and believe everyone in the government is a Prince/princess and appeasement is the rule of the dayLater ..
She is indeed an attractive woman. Search for Dina Powell on Google, you'll get the WAPO story.
That's what usually happens to people who assume.......
Oh, please. Not all Egyptians or Middle Easterners in general are Muslims, and even in the case of those who are Muslim, most of them are not interested in "jihad." ME Christians are a powerful force for modernization and also are able to deal with those many Muslims who are not jihadis. Good choice, IMHO.
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