Panel OKs Karen Hughes for State Dept.

AP ^ | 7-26-05

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WASHINGTON - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of Karen Hughes, a former political adviser to President Bush, as the State Department's top public relations official.

The Senate is expected to complete the confirmation process this week before leaving for its August recess.

Hughes' main assignment as Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is to reverse anti-American sentiment around the world.

She said at a committee hearing last week that the challenge was "the urgent need to foster greater understanding, more respect and a sense of common ideals among Americans and people of different countries, cultures and faiths around the world."

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Great move, Sec. Rice ..(and President Bush). Karen is a formidable and innovative executive who has much energy and many talents to bring to this important mission.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Superb appointment!

[sthpaw2]

waste of good talent. who cares what anyone outside of hear thinks. the 49 million that voted for john F'n kerry are anti-american and share the same sentiment as the french. i say screw em!

[Mo1]

FYI

[Seattle Conservative]

Yahoooo! I think Karen is GREAT! Thanks for posting!

[jla]

Superb appointment!

How so?

[Ruth A.]

Took them long enough for confirm this.

[Lancey Howard]

Hughes' main assignment as Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs is to reverse anti-American sentiment around the world.

So who's in charge of reversing anti-American sentiment in the State Department?

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Secretary Condoleeza Rice and her closest advisors...(but I think I know what you mean ;).

[q_an_a]

yesterday or two days ago she had a hearing before the committee charged with the American image - so important to John Kerry and Joe Biden. No DemoRats attended, so the two - yes 2 - Republicans said hello and asked all the questions they planned. RATS never walk the walk of foreign policy.

[blaquebyrd]

I thought she left DC to spend time with her husband and watch her son grow up?

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"waste of good talent. who cares what anyone outside of hear thinks."

Welcome to FR, sthpaw2. Watch your spelling and punctuation, please. This is a classy place! ;)

Frankly, I can think of others who grossly LACK talent that could've been appointed to this important position, if others such as Kerry (or Algore) were in charge. *SHIVER*

I'm glad this was all kept relatively low-key, but I can't believe the left hasn't just been having kittens over this. You'd think they'd love to glom on to this since they lost the Karl Rove round, and will be losing the John Roberts round. They're slipping!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

She did. They did. She's back. :)