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DWS Caught in Web of Lies
As DNC Chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s Ambassador-gate scandal deepened last night, political observers were left wondering how someone who lies so frequently could be so bad at it.
Tag: Ambassador
WH Nominee Pulled after DUI
The White House withdrew the nomination of Timothy Broas, a prominent Obama fundraiser, for ambassador to the Netherlands after he was charged with drunk driving last week.
GOP Senators: Withdraw McGurk
GOP Senators Call For Withdrawal of McGurk's Nomination in letter to President Obama
President Obama is being pressed by a delegation of prominent Republican Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee to “withdraw” his nomination of Brett McGurk as the next ambassador of Iraq.
Baghdad Booty Call
Leaked emails of embattled Iraq ambassador nominee raise questions over reporter’s access, coverage
Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon’s repeated use of anonymous, high-level sources in her dispatches from Iraq has raised further concerns that her sexual relationship with former National Security Council member Brett McGurk—now President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Iraq—won her unprecedented insider access.
Fifty Shades of Disgrace
Emails add to concerns over Obama nominee for Iraq post
Sen. James Inhofe (R., Okla.) may hold up the nomination of former National Security Council member Brett McGurk in light of allegations that McGurk engaged in a love affair with a Wall Street Journal reporter while the duo were stationed in Iraq, according to sources close to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Arabian Nights
Leaked Emails Endanger Obama Nominee
President Obama’s ambassadorial nominee to Iraq appears to have conducted a lascivious extramarital affair with a Wall Street Journal reporter while the duo were stationed in Iraq, according to a collection of often-explicit emails posted on the website Cryptome earlier this week.
Iraq Ambassador Nominee Under Fire
Failed negotiator tied to Islamist groups
President Barack Obama’s pick for ambassador to Iraq has come under fire for his ties to Islamist parties, as well as his failure to negotiate for continued U.S. troop presence in the country.
State Dept. Downplays Ambassador’s Tweets
The U.S. ambassador to Russia implied that certain forces may be spying on his e-mail and listening in on his phone calls, a premise that State Department officials in the U.S. rejected.