Word: ambassadorships
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Governor Weld is now Citizen Weld after resigning his post to (unsuccessfully) face-off with Senator Jesse Helms (R-N.C.) over his nomination by President Clinton to the Ambassadorship to Mexico. The charming, intelligent and popular New Englander was quickly shown the door by the poster-boy for the conservative agenda. Remarkably, the steamrollering of this one-time G.O.P. rising star by Helms generated only an outcry of deafening silence from his fellow Republicans in control of the Senate. This Capitol Hill embarrassment comes within a year of his failed attempt to unseat incumbent Senator John Kerry (D-Mass...
...Massachusetts governor announced Monday he has conceded to Jesse Helms in the battle for Mexico. TIME Washington contributor Laurence Barrett believes Weld's attack on Beltway culture had gone as far as it could. "Weld looked a little bored in the governor's chair, and the idea of an ambassadorship must have intrigued him. And once he saw Helms in his way, Weld figured that a fight, whether he won or lost, would raise his national profile...
...intend to stand and fight for the Mexico ambassadorship," Weld said, breaking his self-described "radio silence" on the issue. The White House has not yet formally nominated the governor for the position...
Guiteau (Joseph Nuccio '00) is a sleazy, wheeling-dealing character out to promote his book and acquire the ambassadorship to France, complete to the shiny suit and slicked-back hair. He constantly encourages Leon Czologsz (Rodrigo Chazaro '99), a disgruntled immigrant whose complaints parody the labor movement of the first half of the century. The scenes featuring these two are frequently juxtaposed with those involving Sam Byck (Kenneth Weber), a man obsessed with the right to protest...
...July -- as the U.S. has long demanded -- save one critical component: it will no longer accept Aristide's resumption of the presidency. The accord also requires the removal of military ruler Cedras. Phillipe claimed that talks have been opened with China in hopes of landing Cedras a face-saving ambassadorship. Zhao Hufei, the counselor at China's U.N. mission, confirmed that discussions were under way, saying, "Anything is possible if we have diplomatic relations with Haiti." Such relations do not exist because Aristide recognized rival Taiwan...