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news.yahoo.com - 10/8/2009

Obama picks openly gay lawyer for ambassadorship (AP)

— news.yahoo.com — AP - President Barack Obama said Wednesday he planned to nominate an openly gay lawyer as the... U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. (more) Obama picks openly gay lawyer for ambassadorship (AP)

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/7/2009

David Huebner: Obama's First Openly Gay Ambassador Nominated

— huffingtonpost.com — According to The Washington Blade , Obama is set to nominate his first openly gay ambassador --... David Huebner. Huebner is a lawyer specializing in international mediation who also serves as general counsel for the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. He's expected to be nominated to ... (more) David Huebner: Obama's First Openly Gay Ambassador Nominated

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huffingtonpost.com - 10/6/2009

Australian Surfer Describes Riding Out Samoa Tsunami (VIDEO)

— huffingtonpost.com — The tsunami that devastated American Samoa has left much tragedy in its wake, but this Australian surfer... was extremely lucky that he was out in the water when the giant wave hit. Listening to him describe the swells that came in and how the water was sucked off the reef as the tsunami began to ... (more) Australian Surfer Describes Riding Out Samoa Tsunami (VIDEO)

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Obama's Ambassador Appointment
The Page by Mark Halperin — Getty President plans to name an openly gay lawyer, David Huebner , to serve as ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, administration officials said late Wednesday.

The Score: Cost estimate is huge boost -- and here comes the left, again
The Note — ... In time for the Human Rights Campaign dinner -- better than a rhetorical flourish: “President Obama plans to name an openly gay lawyer to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, administration officials said Wednesday evening. If confirmed by the Senate, the lawyer, David Huebner, would become the first openly gay ambassador in the Obama administration,” Sheryl Gay Stolbert reports in The New York Times. ...

ThinkFast: October 8, 2009
Think Progress — ... Administration officials announced yesterday evening that President Obama plans to name an openly gay lawyer to serve as his ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. The nominee, David Huebner, would be the first openly gay ambassador under Obama if confirmed by the Senate. ...

Talking about New Zealand -- By: Veronique de Rugy
The Corner on National Review Online — The New York Times reports that Obama just named the "openly gay lawyer" David Huebner to be his new ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa. ...

The Gay Ambassador
Weekly Standard Blog — ... So the Obama administration is sending an openly gay man to serve as America's ambassador to New Zealand. This is apparently meant to be a statement to the world of Obama's deep commitment to gay rights both at home and abroad, coinciding as it does with what is being billed as a major speech by the president on gay issues on Saturday night. ...

Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... a "robust" public option. Reformers will need 218 for passage. * In the Senate, 30 members of the Senate Democratic Caucus are also on board with an ambitious public option. * If you missed it, Keith Olbermann's hour-long "Special Comment" on health care is online . * Expanded hate-crimes measure passes the House . * Rep. Charlie Rangel's (D-N.Y.) troubles with the House Ethics Committee seem to be getting worse . * The president is poised to name the first openly gay ambassador in the Obama administration. * Marriage equality in D.C. is ...