Chris Hill not staying on?
NBC News reports on the status of Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and the point man on U.S. negotiations with North Korea: Hill said today that he has NOT been asked to stay on in an Obama administration. “I haven’t talked to anybody about my future,” he said ...
NBC News reports on the status of Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and the point man on U.S. negotiations with North Korea:
Hill said today that he has NOT been asked to stay on in an Obama administration. "I haven't talked to anybody about my future," he said in response to a reporter's question about a possible role in the diplomatic corps of the next president, adding wryly, "I do need to figure out what I'm going to do when I grow up." [...]
[Hill] spoke to reporters today in the wake of bad news for the U.S. in six-party talks, which suffered a major setback last week when North Korean negotiators refused to sign on to guidelines for a "verification protocol" that would open up north Korean nuclear facilities to intrusive inspections, including collecting and removing nuclear samples from the country.
NBC News reports on the status of Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and the point man on U.S. negotiations with North Korea:
Hill said today that he has NOT been asked to stay on in an Obama administration. “I haven’t talked to anybody about my future,” he said in response to a reporter’s question about a possible role in the diplomatic corps of the next president, adding wryly, “I do need to figure out what I’m going to do when I grow up.” […]
[Hill] spoke to reporters today in the wake of bad news for the U.S. in six-party talks, which suffered a major setback last week when North Korean negotiators refused to sign on to guidelines for a “verification protocol” that would open up north Korean nuclear facilities to intrusive inspections, including collecting and removing nuclear samples from the country.
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