RSSUtah governor chosen as China envoy
From: The Washington Times | May 16, 2009
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reached across the political divide Saturday and named Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a potential Republican presidential contender in 2012, to the sensitive diplomatic post of U.S. ambassador to China. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese from his days as a Mormon missionary in Taiwan, the 49-year-old Huntsman is a popular two-term governor who served in both Bush administrations. He has made a name for himself advocating a moderate agenda in one of the nation’s most conservative states. Huntsman made headlines recently for encouraging the Republican Party to swing in a more moderate direction if it wanted to …
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