Posted on 01/07/2009 8:49:57 AM PST by nuconvert
07 Jan 2009
Transition officials confirm that President-elect Obama has asked Dennis Ross, Richard Haass, and Richard Holbrooke, to serve as his chief emissaries to world hot spots.
It's expected that Ross will get the Iran portfolio, that Holbrooke, the hard-headed architect of the Dayton Peace Accords, will take the tough (and tougher) Southwest Asia portfolio, which includes India, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and that Haass will deal with the Middle East.
(Excerpt) Read more at marcambinder.theatlantic.com ...
Whats Hillary to do?
What a revoltin development! Holbrooke was a dismal failure as an ambassador, whose incompetancies we are *still* suffering the consequences of...and Barry Illegitimate wants him as his chief ambassador without portfolio to screw up royally, *again*???
More change, dontcha know (NOT)
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