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Bryza confirmation vote scheduled for August 3rd
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31.07.2010 12:49
Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, announced that his panel will hold a vote next Tuesday,
August 3rd, on the confirmation of Matthew Bryza, President Obama's
controversial nominee to serve U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, despite
the nominee's evasive and incomplete answers to a series of written
questions submitted to him by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
and key members of this influential panel, reported the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA).
"Mr. Bryza's evasive, unresponsive, and incomplete written answers to
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, even more than his spoken
testimony before this panel, confirm our reservations about his
troubling track record, and clearly confirm that he is not the right
person to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan," said Aram
Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. "American diplomacy in the
region would be well served by a fresh start, with a new ambassador
who doesn't have deep ties into Azerbaijan's corrupt government, a
history of turning a blind-eye to Baku's aggression, or serious
conflict of interest issues."
"We want to thank Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and offer our
sincere appreciation to Senators Boxer and Menendez and all the those
who have worked hard to ensure that we send an ambassador to Baku who
can effectively represent U.S. interests, persuasively advance
American values, and - crucially, for the cause of peace - constrain
an increasingly belligerent Aliyev regime from acting on its threats
of renewed war," added Hamparian.
Bryza's July 22nd confirmation hearing before the Foreign Relations
Committee raised more questions than answered on a range of issues,
prompting Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Russ
Feingold (D-WI) and Chairman Kerry to submit written questions to the
nominee and, significantly, prompted a detailed letter of inquiry to
the State Department directly from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
From: A. Papazian
armradio.am
31.07.2010 12:49
Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Foreign Relations
Committee, announced that his panel will hold a vote next Tuesday,
August 3rd, on the confirmation of Matthew Bryza, President Obama's
controversial nominee to serve U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan, despite
the nominee's evasive and incomplete answers to a series of written
questions submitted to him by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
and key members of this influential panel, reported the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA).
"Mr. Bryza's evasive, unresponsive, and incomplete written answers to
the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, even more than his spoken
testimony before this panel, confirm our reservations about his
troubling track record, and clearly confirm that he is not the right
person to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Azerbaijan," said Aram
Hamparian, Executive Director of the ANCA. "American diplomacy in the
region would be well served by a fresh start, with a new ambassador
who doesn't have deep ties into Azerbaijan's corrupt government, a
history of turning a blind-eye to Baku's aggression, or serious
conflict of interest issues."
"We want to thank Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and offer our
sincere appreciation to Senators Boxer and Menendez and all the those
who have worked hard to ensure that we send an ambassador to Baku who
can effectively represent U.S. interests, persuasively advance
American values, and - crucially, for the cause of peace - constrain
an increasingly belligerent Aliyev regime from acting on its threats
of renewed war," added Hamparian.
Bryza's July 22nd confirmation hearing before the Foreign Relations
Committee raised more questions than answered on a range of issues,
prompting Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Russ
Feingold (D-WI) and Chairman Kerry to submit written questions to the
nominee and, significantly, prompted a detailed letter of inquiry to
the State Department directly from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
From: A. Papazian