President Bush Will Nominate ZALMAY KHALILZAD As The New U.S. Ambassador To The U.N. (PNAC)

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Interesting choice... PNAC'er! sighhhhhhh Congress can stop this, right?

"Zalmay Khalilzad, the most senior Pashtun-American and highest-ranking Muslim to serve in the Bush administration,<1> became the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan in November 2003. He headed the Bush-Cheney transition team for the Defense Department in 2000 and has been a Counselor to Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld. <2>

He is a member of the Project for the New American Century (PNAC) and was one of the signers of the January 26, 1998, PNAC Letter sent to President William Jefferson Clinton.

In September 2004, Khalilzad was charged with trying to influence the October 9 Afghan presidential elections." from http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Zalmay_Khalilzad