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Published 3/26/2009 at Yahoo! News: Politics News
Reuters - A Republican senator vowed on Wednesday to block nomination of President Barack Obama's choice for U.S. ambassador to Iraq, saying he had mismanaged talks with North Korea and ignored its human rights record.
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