Posted on 03/25/2009 2:51:40 PM PDT by Chet 99
Seasoned U.S. diplomat Chris Hill showed some jitters on Wednesday over being nominated as next U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
“I just don’t want to screw it up,” said Hill, in fairly undiplomatic language at a confirmation hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
As new U.S. ambassador, Hill would oversee the drawdown of U.S. troops.
Hill has faced some opposition as next U.S. ambassador to Iraq but he had a fairly smooth hearing on Wednesday.
Critics Arizona Sen. John McCain and Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, who have questioned Hill’s lack of Middle East experience and whether he was tough enough in talks with North Korea, were not on the panel.
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You already did when you accepted the job...
This administration squeals on and on about having inherited crap from Bush. Iraq is a success story they inherited....they should be afraid of screwing it up. The adults left town in Jan/09.
{sigh} Listening to all these classless, noobish, juveniles in Washington after watching the beautiful Condy Rice last night on Leno, it just makes me sad at how inept our leadership now looks to the world. It’s only a matter of time some terrorists decide to help this moron ‘screw it up.’
...your a liberal appointee, it's OK, it's expected, when you get fired, Obambi will hired you as some sort of lobbyist go between.
The List, ping
I give Chris 6 months before he’s wedged under Obama’s bus.
The polished and elegant words of a great American diplomat./sarcasm. Are there ANY adults in this administration?
“I just don’t want to screw it up,”
like you did with North Korea?
Iraq is a success story but Chris Hill was responsible for taking North Korea off the terror list
Isn’t General Petraeus pushing hard for this guy? I’ve heard it several times.
At first I thought this was from that satire news site. Had to check the source to be sure it was not. The article ends with the guy mentioning that his son is stationed in Iraq and he hopes he hasn’t “blown his cover”. This administration is pathetic.
Don’t sweat it.Screwing up is the norm with that bunch.You’d fit right in.
“Do I look scared? I feel scared! What will my posh friends at State think of me if I can’t swing a deal with the ‘wogs???”
A quick google search I did suggests you're right. It's hard to tell if the General wants Hill or just wants the post filled.
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