[Republican Red]

But we know who first appointed him to the diplomatic corps, don't we? 41.

Actually, he is a Carter appointee not a Bush 41 appointee.

http://www.mideasti.org/html/bio-wilson.html

Ambassador Wilson was a member of the U.S. Diplomatic Service from 1976 until 1998. His early assignments included Niamey, Niger, 1976-1978; Lome, Togo, 1978-79; the State Department Bureau of African Affairs, 1979-1981; and Pretoria, South Africa, 1981-1982.

In 1982, he was appointed Deputy Chief of Mission in Bujumbura, Burundi. In 1985-1986, he served in the offices of Senator Albert Gore and the House Majority Whip, Representative Thomas Foley, as an American Political Science Association Congressional Fellow. He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Brazzaville, Congo, 1986-88, prior to his assignment to Baghdad.

[lugsoul]

Wow - spinning like a top. He worked civil service jobs under Carter. He first had political appointments under Bush. Read your own source.