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...Democratic leadership during his seven terms as a U.S. Representative from New Mexico, impressing colleagues with his dynamism and charm. Youthful (he's a young-looking 52) and eminently presentable, he was shipped up to the United Nations in 1997, where he served as U.S. ambassador until the Clinton administration called him back to Washington. He was made secretary of energy in 1998, and has spent the last two years coming to the unpleasant realization that the few square miles inside the Beltway can be some of the most treacherous in the land...
...resign from the company in 1995 because of conflicts of interest stemming from her marriage to Walter Carrington, a Harvard Law School alum who was then the American ambassador to Nigeria...
...ironic twist, Robert Straus-Hupe, an American ambassador and political advisor, arrived late to the meeting. He entered the room and joked, "What you oughta do Mr. President is ask for everybody's resignation...
...Houghton's father was ambassador to France from 1957 to 1961, and his grandfather was an ambassador to Germany and Great Britain after two terms in the House of Representatives...
...Richard Holbrooke, U.S. ambassador...