I believe Rush thought that scene might be cut on the Ambassador
The movie definitely caught the demeanor and hangups of Ambassador Bodine. John Miller's book, "The Cell," covered more details, but a decade has to be squeezed into five hours, so compression has to happen. I thought the movie did a surprisingly good job. BTW, Bodine had an ill-fated three weeks of service as the "mayor" of Baghdad, at the beginning of the Iraq war.
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0512-03.htm