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A board member from a pro-United Nations lobby group and former associate of controversial CNN founder Ted Turner has won a coveted post as a Bush administration representative to the U.N. Richard S. Williamson, who once served with Turner on the board of directors of the United Nations Association (UNA), an officially "nonpartisan" group that is dominated by liberal Democrats, is now the alternate U.S. representative to the U.N. for special political affairs. The post carries with it the title of "ambassador" in the Bush administration. Turner, who called the terrorists who attacked America on Sept. 11 "brave" and compared...