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I have not worked with Anne and I am sure she is a nice person who has been feeding at the public trough all her working life, who has served so many different administrations that she certainly has lost whatever scruples she started with, and Hillary, the bonehead politico in charge, put a woman to be the ambassador to a rabid Muslim country. Nice plan. Just retire on a fat government pension already.

‘zackly what’s in store for her.
A lifetime of nice government checks.

I have not worked with Anne and I am sure she is a nice person who has been feeding at the public trough all her working life, who has served so many different administrations that she certainly has lost whatever scruples she started with, and Hillary, the bonehead politico in charge, put a woman to be the ambassador to a rabid Muslim country. Nice plan. Just retire on a fat government pension already.

She has served in many tough and dangerous posts. She has put her life on the line for her country. What have you done for God and country?

Egypt was not and is not a "rabid Muslim" country. It is one of the reasons that Morsi was tossed out. Secular and Coptic Christian elements are very strong. Have you ever been to Egypt? I have been there almost a dozen times. It is the place in the Arab world that many arabs come to get some R&R from their more restrictive societies.

Why can't we have a woman ambassador to Egypt? Or Pakistan?

In a first, half of Egypt's new diplomats are women

"The number of women working as ambassadresses hit 37, including 15 who are heads of missions abroad (ambassadress or general consul) and 19 who assume leading positions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs where six ambassadresses assume the position of assistant to the Foreign Minister, one of them is the Assistant to the Foreign Minister for the Affairs of the Minister’s Office."