Posted on 03/24/2009 2:27:00 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Prospects for veteran US diplomat Christopher Hill's Senate confirmation as US ambassador to Iraq brightened Tuesday as one of his vocal critics pledged not to block the nomination.
"There are better choices out there. But at the end of the day we need an ambassador and, you know, he has many talents," Republican Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters after "a good meeting" with Hill last week.
"My concern is that this is a very important position. It would be better (to) have somebody who's knowledgeable in the area, knows the players, but we'll see," he said. "I will say he was very knowledgeable about Iraq."
Graham called the nomination "a work in progress" but pledged not to use a parliamentary tactic popularly known as a "hold" to stall the appointment, which requires vetting by the Senate.
The South Carolina lawmaker had joined Republican Senators John McCain and Sam Brownback earlier this month in urging President Barack Obama to pick someone else.
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“you know, he has many talents,”
Something republican Senator Lindsey Graham does not have.
Well McCain, will roll over next..............worthless, the whole lot of them.
Lindsey Graham =Useless as tits on a boar.
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