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Originally Posted by Matt D
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To be fair he is only a nomination; his appointment has to be confirmed by the bi-partisan US senate (the same US senate with B. Boxer and H. Clinton). Of course Bush's nomination would be someone he thinks is on the same page, you can't blame Bush for that; Any left/right-wing president would do the same.
I don't know what kind of majority is needed to confirm Negroponte, but it seems like he is favoured by the Democrats too, as in
this news report, they said his nomination drew "bipartisan praise". Also, i'm not an expert on the Iran-contra thing, but it seems everyone had a hand in it from Reagan to Colin Powell, so to lump it on him, although it sounds like he was lucky to escape human rights convictions for his time as abassador to Honduras.