55 US Ambassadors & Diplomats Endorse Clark

Couldn't make it to the meet-up, so I'll post some postive Clark stuff tonight. :)


Fifty-Five U.S. Ambassadors And Diplomats Endorse Clark
Little Rock - Fifty-five former U.S. ambassadors and diplomats, women and men who have served in some 36 countries during the last four administrations, believe that Wesley K. Clark is the right choice to lead America at this critical time in the world.

"Serving as representatives of the United States has allowed each of us to meet with world leaders and see what terrific leadership looks like," said Cynthia Schneider, Ambassador to theNetherlands and co-chair of Ambassadors for Clark. "We know that the world is more interconnected than ever before, and so the impact of good and bad leadership impacts Americaand the world more than ever before. Wes Clark appreciates that and ambassadors understand the interconnectedness of the world and the critical need for a new leader to repair and strengthen our global ties."

"I am thrilled by the endorsement of those that have the respect of world leaders on every continent," Wesley Clark said. "They understand the importance of rebuilding America's alliances and restoring our country to a position of leadership based on cooperation and respect."

Ambassadors and Diplomats for Clark grew out of the unique phenomena of the Draft Wesley Clark movement. Not only did Wes Clark receive encouragement to run from thousands of individuals from across the U.S., the letters of support came from people, both U.S. citizens and citizens of many other nations, who understand that Wes Clark is the person we need to lead America at this crucial moment in history. The full list of ambassadors and diplomats is below.

Morton Abramowitz, Ambassador to Turkey and Thailand, Assistant Secretary of State
Brady Anderson, Ambassador to Tanzania.
Christopher Ashby, Ambassador to Uruguay.
Jeff Bader, Ambassador to Namibia, Senior Director National Security Agency
Robert Barry, Administrator, Agency for International Development; Head, OSCE
J.D. Bindenagel, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues.
Donald Blinken, Ambassador to Hungary
Amy Bondurant, Ambassador to OECD
Avis Bohlen, Ambassador to Bulgaria, Assistant Secretary of State
George Bruno, Ambassador to Belize
Paul Cejas, Ambassador to Belgium
Tim Chorba, Ambassador to Singapore
Bonnie Cohen, Under Secretary of State
Nancy Ely-Raphel, Ambassador to Slovenia
Ralph Earle, Deputy Director of State, Chief U.S. Negotiator, SALT II Treaty
Thomas H. Fox, Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development
Mary Mel French, Chief of Protocol
Edward Gabriel, Ambassador to Morocco
Richard Gardner, Ambassador to Italy & Spain
Robert Gelbard, Ambassador to Indonesia & Bolivia, Assistant Secretary of State
Gordon Giffin, Ambassador to Canada
Lincoln Gordon, Ambassador to Brazil, Assistant Secretary of State
Anthony Harrington, Ambassador to Brazil
John Holum, Under Secretary of State
William J. Hughes, Ambassador to Panama
Swanee Hunt, Ambassador to Austria
James Joseph, Ambassador to South Africa
Rodney Minott, Ambassador to Sweden
John McDonald, Ambassador to the United Nations
Stan McLelland, Ambassador to Jamaica
Gerald McGowan, Ambassador to Portugal
Arthur Mudge, Mission Director for Agency for International Development
Lyndon Olson, Ambassador to Sweden
Donald Petterson, Ambassador to the Sudan, Tanzania & Somalia
Kathryn Proffitt, Ambassador to Malta
Edward Romero, Ambassador to Spain & Andorra
James Rosapepe, Ambassador to Romania
Nancy Rubin, United Nations Commission on Human Rights
James Rubin, Assistant Secretary of State
David Sandalow, Assistant Secretary of State
Howard Schaffer, Ambassador to Bangladesh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
Teresita Schaffer, Ambassador to Sri Lanka & Maldives
David Scheffer, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes
Cynthia Schneider, Ambassador to the Netherlands.
Derek Shearer, Ambassador to Finland
Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary of State
Thomas Siebert, Ambassador to Sweden
Richard Sklar, Ambassador to the United Nations
Peter Tarnoff, Under Secretary of State
Peter Tufo, Ambassador to Hungary
Arturo Valenzuela, Senior Director, National Security Council
William Walker, Ambassador to El Salvador & Argentina, Head, Kosovo VerificationMission
Vernon Weaver, Ambassador to the European Union
Phoebe L. Yang, Special Coordinator for China Rule of Law, State Department
Andrew Young, Ambassador to the United Nations

thanks!

Thanks. I missed our meetup too. Got a miserable cold that won't go away. Made another donation instead.

I couldn't make any calls by Sunday the cold was so bad.

No meetup for me either.

One of those unexpected touches Clark brings to this campaign season.

:thumbsup:

Why is this news not getting out?

national security and foreign policy CREDIBILITY! :toast:

Gravitas?

This is information that should be spread to every corner of the nation! I've NEVER heard of this many former members of the diplomatic corps endorsing any candidate as a group!

This is a real lift-me-up!

they are so stoopid :(

I think he's the Clark team's MVP, for sure.

It says alot about his ability to handle international affairs.

hardball@msnbc.com, Crossfire@cnn.com, am@cnn.com

Here's my note

Chris Matthews & Jack Cafferty, I know you don't think Clark is worthy of discussing during your shows. Fortunately 55, count them Fifty - Five US Ambassadors and Diplomats think otherwise. Good thing they aren't listening to you. We might just get the right guy in the White House afterall. U WES A!

sending those e-mails, xultar! :yourock:

I hope Tweety enjoys the list. :evilgrin:

Thanks for posting the list. :)

front lines every day. They collectively want Clark to be President.

Hummmmm, these people aren't sittin around thinking about being diplomats and ambassadors, they are doing the whole diplomat and ambassador thing.

They think Clark is the bestto lead us as President.

:WOW: IF that doesn't say anything! I don't know what does!

This is the best news I've heard today!!!!


And then there were none!
” JAFO”

Got a link to the original? When was it released? Has it made it into media outlets, yet?

Thanks for posting it. I'd read nothing about this group.

This is great!

The only caveat is we need to seperate out the political appointees from the career diplomats in that list . . . Most of the big name country ambassadors are political, meaning they are friends of the campaign or past Dem party donors.

Too bad this couldn't have happened a week earlier so it could have made it to the press and filtered down to the voters of the 7 states who are voting tomorrow.

This is truly awesome but will this be too late to matter? Damn, the timing of this almost makes me cry.

MzPip
:dem:

used to visit the Pentagon, he heard a lot of positive things about Clark, Shelton be damned. And, apparently, even while he was still serving, lot of people wanted him for run for President someday.

If I had testicles I might be inclined to bet one of them.

I couldn't agree with them more!

Thanks for the post.

Morton Abramowitz is a PNAC writer to Bush.

http://www.newamericancentury.org/hongkong-20021126.htm

James Rubin is just as upsetting. He's the guy who spun for Madeleine Albright when she said that it was ok for 500,000 million Iraqi children to die from 8 year's worth of sacntions & starvation under Clinton and later accused the UN World Health organization of "exaggerating" when they documented that 1 million children were either dead or dying from same sanctions.


He also, immediately after Sept 11, penned a bunch of articles for world papers trying to get our allies on board saying "it is not retribution, it's pre-emption". "I do not think you will find a shred of difference between Democrats and Republicans over what the US government should do next.". http://www.guardian.co.uk/wtccrash/story/0,1300,551067,00.html

Those 2 names just leapt out.

Congratulations on some of the fine endorsements Clark has gotten but those two are alarming. Especially Abramowitz.

I like your Native American endorsements much better- they carry much more weight with some of us and I'd be damn proud of those. I'm sure you are- rightfully so.

but maybe they exaggerated.

bump...lets keep this one up for a bit...let others see it.