Thursday, February 1, 2018

Sudden exit of ambassador pick has Trump facing Korean crisis without key diplomat


Viviam Salama, NBCNews.com 

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The State Department said Wednesday that it is confident South Korea will host the Olympics without incident and that Cha’s withdrawal has no impact on the event.

"South Korea understands we have not yet nominated, that the White House has not yet nominated an ambassador, that the White House will do so when it has a candidate that they are willing — that they are able to put forward," said Steve Goldstein, undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs. "The fact that we do not have an ambassador in place has not impacted  [JB emphasis] the security planning for the Olympic games on behalf of the United States and for South Korea." ...

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