Political ambassadors
The Washington Post had an interesting story today about ambassadors getting political briefings:
White House aides have conducted at least half a dozen political briefings for the Bush administration's top diplomats, including a PowerPoint presentation for ambassadors with senior adviser Karl Rove that named Democratic incumbents targeted for defeat in 2008 and a "general political briefing" at the Peace Corps headquarters after the 2002 midterm elections.The briefings, mostly run by Rove's deputies at the White House political affairs office, began in early 2001 and included detailed analyses for senior officials of the political landscape surrounding critical congressional and gubernatorial races, according to documents obtained by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Why are we, your local political enthusiasts, interested? Because of the list of those who got briefed:
The ambassadors included in the Rove briefing were Eduardo Aguirre Jr. of Spain, James P. Cain of Denmark, Alfred Hoffman Jr. of Portugal, Ronald Spogli of Italy, Craig Stapleton of France and Robert Tuttle of Britain. Gregory Slayton, the consul general to Bermuda, also attended.
Cain is a graduate of High Point Central High School and a one time executive for the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team.
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Holding a political event at Peace Corps HQ is very bad. PC volunteers, who often are assigned to isolated locations in countries where distrust of the U.S. government is high, do not want to be associated with politics.
Posted on July 25, 2007 4:17 PM