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General Category => Politics/Government => Topic started by: mystery-ak on January 28, 2014, 07:10:04 pm
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http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/28/Future-Ambassador-to-China-Im-no-expert-on-china (http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/01/28/Future-Ambassador-to-China-Im-no-expert-on-china)
by Mike Flynn 28 Jan 2014, 9:41 AM PDT post a comment
At his confirmation hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT), Obama's nominee for US Ambassador to China admitted, "I'm no real expert on China." The answer came in response to a question from Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI). Points to Baucus for honesty, I guess.
There is probably no other diplomatic post more critical than the US representative in the People's Republic. Worries about North Korea's nuclear program cast a worrisome shadow over the Pacific region. There has also been rising tension between China and Japan, ostensibly over control of a chain of islands in the South China sea.
Navigating these rocks will be difficult and require a deft diplomatic hand. Yet, Obama has nominated someone who admits they aren't an expert on China.
As Glenn Reynolds says, the country is in the very best of hands.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44aAVSJHO4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n44aAVSJHO4)