What job is President Obama picking Governor Jon Huntsman for?
Utah GOP governor is Obama’s pick as China envoy By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press Writer © 2009 The Associated Press May 16, 2009, 9:07AM WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reached across the political divide Saturday and named Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, a potential GOP White House contender in 2012 and top John McCain supporter, to the sensitive diplomatic post of U.S. ambassador to China. Fluent in Mandarin Chinese from his days as a Mormon missionary in Taiwan, the 49-year-old Huntsman is a popular two-term governor who served in both Bush administrations and was national co-chairman of Arizona Sen. McCain’s campaign against Obama last year. Huntsman has made a name for himself advocating a moderate agenda in one of the nation’s most conservative states. With Huntsman by his side, Obama said in brief remarks in the White House Diplomatic Room that he made the appointment “mindful of its extraordinary significance. Given the breadth of issues at stake in our relationship with Chi
