The F.O.B. Ambassador Track
U.S. Presidents always know the perfect thing to give a pal -- an ambassadorship. Secretary of State Warren Christopher recently sent Bill Clinton a list of four career diplomats whom he was recommending to become ambassadors. The President scribbled a no next to each name on the list and wrote at the top, "Where are all our friends?" One candidate has since been promised an embassy, one is leaving government, two are still waiting.
Pointing Fingers with Bloody Hands
WASHINGTON -- After 600 refugees were massacred in Liberia on June 6, it seemed as if everybody in...