The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday approved President Barack Obama's nominees for ambassadors to key allies Japan and China. The panel approved longtime Internet and biotechnology lawyer John Roos as ambassador to Japan and Republican Utah Governor Jon Huntsman -- a fluent Mandarin speaker who has been seen as a possible contender for the White House in 2012 -- to be Obama's eyes in Beijing. The voice vote set up consideration by the full Senate, expected to take place... Read Full Story
US President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to China promised Thursday to bring a "hard-headed realist" approach to relations and said he felt personally invested in the fate of Taiwan. Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, who is fluent in Mandarin and Taiwanese, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the sometimes difficult 30-year diplomatic relationship was in "an exceptionally exciting time." "But I also am a hard-headed realist about what it's going to take to manage this... Read Full Story
Great analysis on Jon Huntsman’s possible future plans for taking the White House…
Over the weekend, President Obama named Utah Governor Jon Huntsman as the next Ambassador to China, a masterstroke of political strategy.
Huntsman may be the most important person you’ve never heard of. He’s a moderate Republican governor in one of the most conservative Republican states, where, until the time of his appointment, he enjoyed approval ratings above 80%. A few weeks back, Obama campaign... Read Full Story
Even as Michael Steele appears to be increasingly the verge of expulsion from his postion as RNC chairman by the Kool -Aid drinker element that now controls the Republican Party - in large part because of Steele's moderate statements on abortion and gay rights - there are a few signs that some within the GOP realize that staying the course as a de facto religious party does not bode well for the party's long term future. A case in point is Utah's GOP governor, Jon Huntsman Jr., who despite... Read Full Story
NAME — Jon Huntsman Jr. AGE-BIRTH DATE — 49; March 26, 1960. EDUCATION — Attended University of Utah; bachelor's degree in international politics from the University of Pennsylvania. EXPERIENCE — Nominated by President Barack Obama on Saturday to be ambassador to China; elected to a second term as governor in November 2008; national co-chairman of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign; former chairman and chief executive of Huntsman Family Holdings Co.; former president of Huntsman Cancer... Read Full Story
President Barack Obama has selected Republican rising star Utah Governor Jon Huntsman to be the country's next ambassador to China, media reported Saturday. Huntsman, a fluent Mandarin speaker, was due to appear with Obama at a White House announcement at 9:30 am (1330 GMT), Politico reported. Huntsman, who learned Mandarin Chinese when he served on a Mormon mission in Taiwan, has been seen as a moderate voice in the Republican Party and a possible rival to Democrat Obama for the 2012... Read Full Story
Ok, so many this is a bit of inside baseball for most of you -- but for me, the thrashing death spasms civil war over at the Republican National Committee is just too delicious to not point out : A battle over control of the party's purse strings has erupted at the troubled Republican National Committee, with defenders of Chairman Michael S. Steele accusing dissident RNC members of trying to "embarrass and neuter" the party's new leader. Randy Pullen, the RNC's elected treasurer, former RNC... Read Full Story
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday named Utah Governor Jon Huntsman Jr. to be the next U.S. ambassador to China, a pivotal post in relations between the United States and a major emerging economic power. Obama, a Democrat who took office in January, announced Huntsman's nomination at the White House. The Mandarin-speaking Huntsman, who has been mentioned as a potential Republican presidential candidate in 2012, served as deputy U.S. trade representative in the... Read Full Story
John Huntsman, Jr., is the governor of the state of Utah. He is a Republican politico. He is not happy with the Republicans who represent him in the United States Congress. That's not so surprising - I mean, anyone with half a brain would be unhappy with the Repugnican nitwits in Congress. What's surprising is that he's pissed off enough to make his unhappiness public. In an interview with the Washington Times, Huntsman "said his party is blighted by leaders in Congress whose lack of new... Read Full Story
The All For One Initiative is calling on us to contact Utah Governor Jon Huntsman as well as the Senate President Michael Waddoups and urge them to speak up in favor of Senator Buttars submitting his resignation. The senator has recently called " gays the greatest threat to America " among other highly offensive comments. The current and past comments by this senator illustrate his lack of ability to represent all Utahn's due to his racist and homophobic rhetoric. Please use the contact info... Read Full Story
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