Julie with a B

Thursday, February 17, 2005
 
John Negroponte... hmmmmm..
Is this really the best man for the job?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
John D. Negroponte
John Dimitri Negroponte (born July 21, 1939) (pronounced neg-row-pontee) is the current United States ambassador to Iraq and the nominee as the first U.S. Director of National Intelligence. A career diplomat who served in the United States Foreign Service from 1960 to 1997, Negroponte served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations from September of 2001 until June 2004. As ambassador to Iraq, Negroponte oversees the largest American diplomatic facility in the world.
He is a controversial figure because of his involvement in covert funding of the
Contras in Nicaragua (see Iran-Contra Affair) and his alleged covering up of human rights abuses carried out by CIA-trained operatives in Honduras in the 1980s.

If you follow the link it has his entire biography and a broader view of his career. Is he really an example of the ideals of "peace and freedom" for home and abroad that the President keeps talking about?

This is an important post we are filling, yes, it takes some thought and resume sifting to find the right person. We are being rushed into discussing a string of inappropriate candidates because the administration needed someone yesterday.

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