Is Jeff Gedmin Getting a New Job?

Hope you enjoyed the brief detour to Slovenia.  Now we'll get back to the main task, but I will post a few more updates from Laibach-land as the mood strikes me.

Now for something German-American.  According to the Washington Note, a blog run by Steve Clemons, Jeffrey Gedmin, currently head of the Aspen Institute in Berlin and a familiar face on German television, might be in consideration for a job under John Bolton at the United Nations.  German who watch political chat shows have seen Gedmin, a true-blue conservative associated with the conservative U.S. magazine National Review, defending U.S. policy in good German. 

Recently, Gedmin has had the thankless task of explaining to Germans why the invasion of Iraq was an appropriate foreign-policy step, and why re-electing George W. Bush would be good for the United States.  Perhaps in return for walking into those buzzsaws, American Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton is reportedly considering bringing Gedmin to be a member of his team, although in what capacity is not yet quite clear.

The blog author, Steve Clemons, who is a very good source on the workings of Washington, draws an interesting conclusion from the possibility of Gedmin -- a staunch U.S. conservative -- joining Bolton, who is perhaps even stauncher, at the U.N.:

Someone wake up Secretary Rice. If John Bolton is out there paving the way for ideological fellow-travelers like Jeffrey Gedmin, she should know about it. And if she does -- what is she thinking?

For those of you who don't get the importance of John Bolton bringing in Jeffrey Gedmin to his team, imagine an alternative universe where Ralph Nader was appointed (but not confirmed) to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Shortly after that, Ambassador Nader began to work the machinery so that Michael Moore became Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations.

Stay tuned -- it's only going to get more interesting.

Comments

[Alfonz Cicero]

Jeffrey Gedmin is the new president of RFE/RL Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. He will start in March.

[Alfonz Cicero]

Jeffrey Gedmin is the new president of RFE/RL Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. He will start in March.

[Ligia]

Good example for people that have no Idea about what´s going on on german TV. Ralph Nader and Michael Moore working for UNO would be one of the signs that Apocalipse will soon reach the humankind :-(