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• In 1994, President Bill Clinton offered Mitchell an appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court. The senator turned it down to continue his work on health care issues.
• After choosing to leave the Senate the following year, he became an envoy tasked with tackling sectarian violence in Northern Island. As chairman of the peace negotiations, he helped broker negotiations that culminated in the historic Good Friday agreement. In 1998, Mitchell earned an honorary knighthood for his role...
• In 2006, Mitchell was tapped by Bud Selig, the commissioner of baseball, to conduct a thorough review of the sport's cuture of performance-enhancing drugs. Mitchell found, to no one's surprise, that steroid use was endemic; still, the Mitchell Report - which was released in Dec. 2007 and...
"It reflects a serious commitment by the new administration to addressing the Arab-Israeli crisis. He has real negotiating experience in Northern Ireland and the Middle East and he understands the requirements of both sides." - Aaron David Miller, a U.S. negotiator steeped in Middle Eastern diplomacy, on Mitchell's appointment...
"He's neither pro-Israeli nor pro-Palestinian. He's, in a sense, neutral." -Martin Indyk, former U.S. ambassador to Israel, praising Mitchell's appointment. New York Times, Jan. 22, 2009