Ambassador Designee Huntsman Appears Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee

Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., President Obama's nominee to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Beijing, China, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday as part of his confirmation process (see his statement). He is expected to be confirmed by the full Senate next week.

We are ardently hoping that all the grand talk about "human rights" will extend to U.S. citizens with Chinese wives, fiancees, and relatives. I am continuing to press this issue with the future Ambassador.