Monday, June 19, 2006
Heckuvajob, Zoellick!
CNN.com - State Department's No. 2 resigns - Jun 19, 2006:
"[Deputy Secretary of State Robert Zoellick] has been the administration's leading diplomat handling the volatile situation in Sudan's western Darfur region, where at least 180,000 have died since 2003. Zoellick has also been the State Department's chief diplomat dealing with China."
In part, the China dealings pertained to Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs. So, donning the ol' tinfoil hat, it seems to be interesting timing for Zoellick to bail out now, with North Korea in the process of fueling up to test missiles and Iran shrugging off "preconditions" to nuclear talks.
