An auspicious indicator for Chris Hill as he moves through his hearing. So far two GOP senators have questioned him, Sens. Bob Corker of Tennessee and Johnny Isakson of Georgia. Neither has gone after him on Brownback’s North Korea-based criticisms, and instead have asked substantive questions about security contractors, the More…
Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.) takes up Sen. Sam Brownback’s (R-Kans.) criticism that Hill’s tenure as envoy to North Korea should disqualify him from serving as ambassador to Iraq, for allegedly being disinterested in human rights in North Korea. In particular, Brownback feels Hill misled him on working with President George More…
These are the main points U.S. Ambassador to Iraq-nominee Christopher Hill wanted to hit in his opening statement for his nomination to be ambassador to Iraq:
The drawdown of U.S. troops will be “combined with a political diplomatic and civilian effort … to lay the foundation for lasting peace and More…
In this corner: Christopher Hill, the Obama administration’s choice to become ambassador to Iraq; Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the committee’s ranking GOPer; Defense Secretary Bob Gates; Generals David Petraeus and Raymond Odierno; and former ambassadors to More…
Laura Rozen is hearing about some irritation with the small-but-determined coterie of GOP senators determined to scotch Chris Hill’s nomination to become U.S. ambassador to Iraq:
Sources tell The Cable that Centcom commander Gen. David Petraeus, top Iraq commander Gen. Raymond Odierno, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates are frustrated
Returning for a second to the GOP opposition to Chris Hill, the Obama administration’s choice to be the next Iraq ambassador. Josh Rogin’s write-up for Congressional Quarterly highlights this criticism from Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.), one of the five Republican senators calling on President Obama to withdraw More…
Bad news for those who don’t want Chris Hill to become the next ambassador to Iraq:
Also in Mr. Hill’s corner are three former Iraq ambassadors: Ryan C. Crocker, Zalmay Khalilzad and John D. Negroponte. The three wrote a letter supporting Mr. Hill for the post and urging the
As I reported earlier, and in my piece that just went up now, Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, is backing Chris Hill as the next ambassador to Iraq. Here’s Lugar’s just-released full statement:
“As President Bush’s envoy to the Six Party
A few days ago Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) announced their opposition to Ambassador Chris Hill, President Obama’s choice to become the next ambassador to Iraq. They’ve been joined in their opposition by Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kans.) and, uh, former Vice President Dick Cheney. But so More…
Unexpectedly, Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) have a problem with prospective U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Chris Hill. From a joint statement they put out yesterday:
“We have real concerns with the President’s decision to nominate Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill as the next U.S. Ambassador to Iraq,”
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