Sunday, June 23, 2013

Kerry to choose diplomat caught negotiating with Hamas for key Middle East position

06/23/2013


The Washington Free Beacon's Adam Kredo reports that US Secretary of State John FN Kerry is about to appoint Robert Malley to be deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern Affairs, where he would be in charge of the Middle East 'peace process.' Malley, who was a member of the Clinton administration and an adviser to the Obama campaign, was fired from the campaign in 2008 after he was caught negotiating with Hamas.
A State Department spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.
Malley’s most prominent misstep came in 2008 when he was fired from his post as an adviser to then-Sen. Obama after he entered into direct negotiations with Hamas.

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