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Chas Freeman was too pro-Saudi even for Jim Baker. Mark Hemingway at the National Review has a couple of excerpts from Baker’s book “The Politics of Diplomacy.” Here’s one: Our ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Chas Freeman, suggested to me that perhaps we shouldn’t ask quite so much of the Saudis. As a result of their […]

Another member of Congress is going public with his unhappiness about the appointment of Charles “Chas” Freeman as chair of the National Intelligence Council. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Va.) has sent a lengthy letter to President Obama detailing his problems with the appointment. Wolf, a longtime activist on human rights, is particularly upset about Freeman’s ties […]