Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Yes We Con! ....and Pander, and Pander, and......


Obama mulls ex-ambassador to Israel, Daniel Kurtzer, as special Mideast envoy

"President-elect Barack Obama is considering the appointment of Daniel Kurtzer, former American Ambassador to Egypt (1997-2001) and Israel (2001-2005), to become his administration's presidential envoy to the Middle East, a senior Israeli diplomatic source said this week.....

Kurtzer, 59, joined Obama's primary and presidential campaigns as a senior member of the president-elect's foreign advisers. He also helped prepare Obama's visit to the region and was among the main writers of Obama's address on the Middle East to AIPAC in June 2008, which was seen as one the candidate's most important speeches on international affairs.....

An observant, Hebrew-speaking Jew, Kurtzer has filled several positions on the State Department's Middle East desk and was on the Clinton administration's peace team, headed by Dennis Ross....."

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