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President Obama has named a special envoy to Sudan, pleasing many activists on the Darfur issue. Here’s his announcment that Major General J. Scott Gration will take the job: Today, I am pleased to join Secretary Clinton in announcing the appointment of Major General J. Scott Gration as the U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan.  General […]

UPDATE: Ben Smith at Politico reports that the Zinni rumor below isn’t true: There’s been some buzz today that General Anthony Zinni — who had thought he was going to be Ambassador to Iraq — is now up for chairman of the National Intelligence Council, the job to which Chas Freeman was appointed. Not so, […]