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...Tough Job President Bush's choice of John Bolton, who has been openly hostile to the U.N., to be U.S. ambassador to the organization was a gutsy move [March 21]. In my dozen or so years in the Washington foreign assistance field, as a political appointee and a career diplomat, I found no individual more honest and straightforward than Bolton. The man is brilliant, an off-putting quality to many in the State Department and foreign policy arena who adopt the maneuvering and cloying approaches traditionally viewed as "diplomatic." Bolton was a tough boss and a straight-shooting friend...
ELDEST CHILD The No. 2 U.S. diplomat for the Middle East, Elizabeth Cheney, 38, was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs in February...
What comes out of Singh's mouth is sometimes far too understandable. Two years ago, he said bluntly that LPGA superstar Annika Sorenstam didn't "belong out there" with the men at the Colonial tournament in Fort Worth, Texas. "He's just not a diplomat," says golfer Joey Sindelar, who has known Singh for almost 20 years. "And so what?" Singh isn't looking for a mulligan either. "It was kind of blown out of proportion," he says. "Maybe I shouldn't have said anything. What's done is done." He enhanced his two-strokes-over-cranky persona when...
PRESIDENT BUSH'S CHOICE OF JOHN Bolton, who has been openly hostile to the U.N., to be U.S. ambassador to the organization was a gutsy move [March 21]. In my dozen or so years in the Washington foreign-assistance field, as a political appointee and a career diplomat, I found no individual more honest and straightforward than Bolton. He was a tough boss and a straight-shooting friend and colleague who always let you know where you stood. He's an inspired and excellent choice...
...arrangement like it has with Israel, which has sold $35 million in arms to China since 2000. It clears purchases that might disturb the U.S. in advance. That degree of subservience won't fly in Paris or Berlin-nor end China's human-rights abuses. Sighs a British diplomat: "This mess isn't going away...