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Bush Taps Dina Powell for Top State Job
2005-03-17
Dina Powell, an American of Egyptian descent who speaks fluent Arabic, will be named to a top State Department public diplomacy job as the White House seeks to improve its image in the Arab world, US. officials said. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will announce the choice of Powell, Head of Personnel at the White House, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs and Deputy Under -Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy, the officials said. Powell, who came to the United States from Egypt as a child, will serve as deputy to Karen Hughes, a long-time confidante of President Bush who was to be officially tapped for Under-Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy at the same State Department ceremony. 
Posted by:Steve White

#17  ed: gay, black, jewish, Arab-speaking woman ambassador to Saudi
Posted by: someone   2005-03-17 11:53:18 PM  

#16  I am not worried, Karen H. will slap her around if she does.
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-03-17 9:14:24 PM  

#15  Man, she is beautiful!!

Back to business..
She better not sell out the U.S like Halfbright.
Posted by: Poison Reverse   2005-03-17 9:12:46 PM  

#14  I wondered what happened to Sela Ward.
Posted by: Capsu78   2005-03-17 5:07:35 PM  

#13  The more and more I see this, the more I think our good prez is saying in no uncertain terms to the Islamic world, GET WITH THE 21st CENTURY, YOU IDIOTS.

THESE WOMEN SPEAK FOR ME. I TRUST THEM, SO GET USED TO SEEING THEM!
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-17 1:06:53 PM  

#12  You have to love the way Bush is seeding State with his people. I think he really aims to clean up that swamp. I have to believe that Hughes is there to help Condi run the beauracracy, while D. Powell will be the prime voice for the ME.
Posted by: Remoteman   2005-03-17 1:03:21 PM  

#11  t. w. : Oh, to be a fly on the wall at certain select dinner parties!

You beat me to the remark!

But blood pressure meds conflict with alcohol. Those parties will have deliemmas...
Posted by: BigEd   2005-03-17 12:42:25 PM  

#10  I eagerly await our next gay, black, jewish, woman ambassador to Saudi.
Posted by: ed   2005-03-17 10:00:13 AM  

#9  I eagerly await the wave of accolades from the Left, once again praising the Administration for breaking the glass ceiling for yet another capable woman. I'm waiting. Pretty soon now. Must be some reason for the delay. Maybe they are gathering lots of folks for a major news event celebrating the appointment. I'm still waiting.
Posted by: Highlander   2005-03-17 9:46:13 AM  

#8  It's a quiet lesson for the State Dept. people, too. Until now, there were jobs that were not given to women and minorities because the host countries would object. The pander-free zone is now inside State as well as the face State turns to the world. Oh, to be a fly on the wall at certain select dinner parties!
Posted by: trailing wife   2005-03-17 6:37:40 AM  

#7  Ok, I'll rephrase. The Bush Administration is a pandering free zone. If you are humiliated by having to deal with a woman, a black, a jew? (and the Arabs seem to be humiliated by pretty much everything) then thats just a step on the program.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-03-17 2:29:03 AM  

#6  She sounds like another good one: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64575-2005Jan10.html
Posted by: AzCat   2005-03-17 1:15:45 AM  

#5  Just to have the Hildabeast refuse. A source of innocent merriment, Desert Blonide.

Seafarious, my dear, you are bloody diabolical!!!!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-03-17 12:54:02 AM  

#4  And make sure she's a southpaw for good measure.
Posted by: Seafarious   2005-03-17 12:52:02 AM  

#3  AP, you beat me to it!
Hey, why not Hillary for Saudi ambassador? :P
Posted by: Desert Blondie   2005-03-17 12:49:48 AM  

#2  I do not know if humiliation is the main reason, phil_b. Maybe he is sending a message about free, capable women assuming positions of responsibility and leadership. Though it will spin a few turbans, heh heh. How 'bout a woman ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Now THAT would get turbans spinning to warp speed!
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2005-03-17 12:45:28 AM  

#1  Bush gives women the main roles in communicating with the Arab world. Looks to me like he is deliberately trying to humiliate the misogynists.
Posted by: phil_b   2005-03-17 12:29:47 AM  

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