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mudvillegazette.com - 3/21/2009
Hill blocked on Hill?
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Hmmmm... Brownback to block Iraq nominee Senator says Christopher Hill misled him Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas threatened Thursday to take advantage of a Senate rule to block the confirmation of Christopher Hill as U.S. ambassador to Iraq on the grounds that Mr. Hill misled him in ...
Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador
thecable.foreignpolicy.com - 3/19/2009
Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador
— thecable.foreignpolicy.com — There's one as yet unremarked constituency increasingly disturbed by some Republican senators' efforts to block the confirmation... of former North Korea envoy Christopher Hill to be the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq: the U.S. military. Sources tell ... (more) Top brass disturbed by GOP stalling of Iraq ambassador

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washingtontimes.com - 3/20/2009
Brownback to block Iraq nominee
— washingtontimes.com — Senator says Christopher Hill misled him Eli Lake ( Contact ) Friday, March 20, 2009 Sen. Sam... Brownback of Kansas threatened Thursday to take advantage of a Senate rule to block the confirmation of Christopher Hill as U.S. ambassador to Iraq on the ... (more) Brownback to block Iraq nominee

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tnr.com - 3/19/2009
Up a Very Steep Hill
— tnr.com — Although Barack Obama has had plenty of domestic fights with Republicans over everything from earmarks to his... stimulus plan, when it comes to his foreign policy, partisan politics have been relatively quiet. No longer. A cadre of Senate Republicans ... (more) Up a Very Steep Hill

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Victory Caucus -- All Content — Hmmmm...Brownback to block Iraq nominee Senator says Christopher Hill misled him Sen. Sam Brownback of Kansas threatened Thursday to take advantage of a Senate rule to block the confirmation of Christopher Hill as U.S. ambassador to Iraq on the grounds that Mr. Hill misled him in promising to raise human rights in talks with North Korea. I am going to be doing everything I can to hold up this nominee, Mr. Brownback told The Washington Times. Mr. Hill is to... read ...

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