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Huntsman to accept ambassadorship to China
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| Last Edited | particleman May 15, 2009 10:33pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Salt Lake Tribune |
| News Date | Saturday, May 16, 2009 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. will resign from office to accept a nomination to become the ambassador to China.
Sources tell The Salt Lake Tribune that an announcement is scheduled for Saturday. Huntsman is in Washington, D.C., but calls to his spokeswoman and various staffers were not returned Friday night.
Huntsman, who had been mentioned as a potential Republican contender for the White House, was nominated by President George H.W. Bush as ambassador to Singapore -- he was the youngest ambassador in over a century --- and later was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Deputy United States Trade Representative. He was unanimously confirmed to both positions.
He speaks Mandarin Chinese and he and his wife, Mary Kaye, have adopted a daughter from China.
Huntsman had been scheduled to travel to China next week as part of a delegation of Western governors visiting the nation to discuss climate change, alternative energy and clean air technologies.
That trip was canceled due to concerns by some of the governors over the swine flu outbreak.
Huntsman will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert who would serve through 2010, at which time a replacement would be elected until 2012.
Contacted Friday evening, Joe Demma, Herbert's chief of staff, said neither he nor the lieutenant governor knew anything about any Huntsman appointment.
"The lieutenant governor doesn't have any idea what's happening,"
Demma said. "He and the governor just got re-elected. He's looking forward to his second term and supporting Governor Huntsman." |
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