Bush to name journalist as new US image-maker

[Kadie]

Bush to name journalist as new US image-maker
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WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President George W. Bush will nominate on Tuesday conservative journalist James Glassman as the senior diplomat in charge of improving America's battered image abroad, the White House said.

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"In his new role, Mr Glassman will help effectively explain our policies and America's fundamental values to people around the world," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino told reporters, announcing the appointment.

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Glassman will take over as the Bush administration faces new criticism from human rights groups over its handling of suspects in the "war on terror" following the CIA's admission that it destroyed tapes of interrogations.

Glassman is the chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which oversees the US government's international broadcasters including Voice of America, Radio Free Europe, and Alhurra.

He is also the editor-in-chief of The American, a bimonthly business and economics magazine of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank.

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[LSparkle]

1. You mean it wasn't "mission accomplished" for Karen Hughes?

:sarcasm:

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. Is it wisdom, or stupidity to send a jewish person to the middle east

to smooth things over?

[TomInTib]

5. Arrogance. nt

[TomInTib]

3. No sweat. Bigfoot did such a stellar job in laying out the groundwork.

This should prove to be a breeze for Glassman.

[lpbk2713]

4. The USA's image won't even begin to improve until January 2009.

And even then there will have to be assurances that BushCo will be held accountable for all their villainous misdeeds.

[terisan]

6. If they knew why we kill and torture, they would love us instead of hating us for our freedoms

Aargh, the American Enterprise Institute, Republican Spin Central, which is already propagandizing for Bush on NPR.