Confirmations hearings today for new Ambassador's to Iraq and Afghanistan

[Greeby]

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Time: 9:15 AM
Place: 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Kerry


Nominees:
+The Honorable Ryan C. Crocker
To be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq
+The Honorable William B. Wood
To be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic
of Afghanistan



OK, we know why Khalilzad got his pay-off, being a PNAC'er and all. So what did these guys do for Shrub to get the job?

[salin]

1. I have to go to work - or would do a quick lookup

will be interested what DUers find.

[unhappycamper]

2. The common denominator is Negroponte.

Crocker's easy to explain:
http://www.dialognow.org/node/view/1153
http://www.usaid.gov/press/speeches/2006/sp061008.html
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?167823

as is Wood:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/sept_11/wood_001.htm
http://ciponline.org/colombia/040920wood.htm
http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/nima/commission/article02.htm