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Sources: Mitchell tapped for Mideast envoy

 

Published 1/21/2009 by rsinderbrand at CNN Political Ticker

Sources say Mitchell has been tapped as Mideast envoy. WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Obama administration has asked former Sen. George Mitchell to be a special envoy to the Middle East, sources close to the administration and diplomats told CNN. In the final days of the transition, officials talked to Israeli, Palestinian and Arab diplomats about the [...] (link)

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