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  Jon Huntsman: Why I served Barack Obama
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News DateSaturday, May 7, 2011 04:10:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionCOLUMBIA, S.C. — Jon Huntsman marked his return from China to the United States with a sweeping address calling young Americans to serve their country — even if it's by working for the president of a different political party.

"Serve [America], if asked. I was, by a president of a different political party. But in the end, while we might not all be of one party, we are all part of one nation," Huntsman, who was named ambassador by President Obama, told the 2011 graduating class of the University of South Carolina's College of the Arts and Sciences on Saturday.

The speech was Huntsman's first public appearance since returning from abroad — and his comments are his first attempt to neutralize potential attacks on his service to a Democratic president loathed by the Republican base he'll have to win over if he's going to win the 2012 Republican presidential primary.

Huntsman, 51, was introduced to the students in the program as a "respected public servant, business executive, governor and ambassador" — a list of credentials that put Huntsman's resume near the top of the prospective Republican 2012 pile. Huntsman was governor of Utah and also served as ambassador to Singapore during the first Bush administration before being appointed as Obama's ambassador to China.
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