Khalilzad nominated new U.S. ambassdor to the U.N

Reports: Khalilzad to U.N.; McConnell to intelligence

Breaking news about two high-level Bush administration vacancies:

ABC News says it "has learned" that President Bush will nominate Zalmay Khalilzad, currently the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, to be the new U.N. ambassador. He would fill the seat of John Bolton.

The Associated Press says it has been told by a senior administration official that retired vice admiral Mike McConnell, a veteran of more than 25 years in the intelligence field, will be named by the president to succeed John Negroponte as national intelligence director.

Posted by Mark Memmott at 03:46 PM/ET, January 04, 2007 in Politics, Washington | Permalink