{ Zalmay Khalilzad } New U.S. Ambassador to U.N. Starts Job

AP via SFGate ^ | 4/23/7 | EDITH M. LEDERER

[SmithL]

UNITED NATIONS, (AP) --

Zalmay Khalilzad started his new job Monday as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, with one ambassador on the Security Council saying he 'can't be as bad' as his controversial predecessor — John Bolton.

Khalilzad was confirmed by the Senate on March 29 by unanimous voice vote to replace Bolton, whose nomination by President Bush sparked a bruising Senate debate. Bolton resigned in December, weeks before his recess appointment was to expire.

When asked about Khalilzad as he headed into a Security Council meeting Monday, South Africa's U.N. Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo said with a smile, "He can't be as bad as Bolton."

[SmithL]

No one can be as good as Bolton.

[Vaquero]

when Bush made the recess appointments recently he should have re-upped Bolton....

[Diver Dave]

Whenever The Modesto Bee has an article about Khalilzad, they always make reference to the fact that he spent a year of his high school days as a foreign exchange student at Ceres (CA) High School.

[twonie]

I give up. Game over. Go home. Can’t deal with this.

[Argus]

“as bad as Bolton” = “a patriotic American who sees through the UN’s agenda of America and Israel hating, terrorist coddling, bureaucratic corruption and cronyism, and blue helmeted child rapists running rampant in Africa”.

[null and void]

Bolton-Rice ‘08

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...and dared to speak the truth!

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Testing new tagline...

[fieldmarshaldj]

"when Bush made the recess appointments recently he should have re-upped Bolton..."

I don't think he could legally do that, unfortunately.

[VaBthang4]

"South Africa's U.N. Ambassador Dumisani Kumalo said with a smile, "He can't be as bad as Bolton."

DANGIT!

[VaBthang4]

Augmenting your new tagline...

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." -Jesus

[null and void]

*shrug* That’s not what Dumbldore said.

BTW, What happened to “Thou shall place no gods before me”?

[alecqss]

I reasonably sure, Mr. Ambassador Dum. Kumalo, that Mr. Khalilzad will be “bad” enough.

[VaBthang4]

Dont know this Dummydoor person...and what happened to it? It is still there.

[snowsislander]

That's an interesting choice, a Muslim from Afghanistan as our Ambassador to the U.N.

I did some searching, and here's a somewhat interesting piece by Ambassador Khalilzad from back in 1995:

From Containment to Global Leadership? America and the World After the Cold War

[Prost1]

I am acquainted with Ceres. I have been to Ceres. Just this past year, in fact.

Most of the time, I like most, pass Ceres. Highway 99 goes right through it and it is barely noticed.

Talk about poor! Rio Linda is several steps up.
Ceres does have a Home Depot. Lots of “guest” workers hanging around.

Rush Limbaugh was never in Ceres!