News on Christopher Hill

Vote on new US envoy to Iraq delayed

2010-06-26T01:34:52Z

Senate vote on new US ambassador to Iraq likely delayed: sources

A Senate confirmation vote on President Barack Obama's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq will likely be delayed due objections of at least one lawmaker, congressional aides said Wednesday.

The Obama administration had hoped the Sen...

Baghdad envoy nominee wary of Iraqi security

2010-04-16T16:18:16Z

Obama nominee on the challenge of keeping Iraq stable: `I just don't want to screw it up'

Like a baseball relief pitcher hoping to preserve a late comeback, veteran diplomat Christopher Hill has one overriding fear as he contemplates being the next ambassador to Iraq.

"I just don't want to screw it up," the nominee told senators Wednesday.

That blunt...

Iraq pick Hill faces Senate grilling

2010-06-26T01:59:41Z

Veteran US diplomat and North Korea point person Christopher Hill faces a Senate grilling Wednesday on his nomination to be ambassador to Iraq, as opposition to him taking the post seemed to wane.

One of his most vocal critics, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, promi...

Lugar signs off on Iraq ambassador nomination

2010-06-26T01:43:46Z

Obama pick for Iraq ambassador wins Lugar's support even as other Republicans oppose choice

Veteran diplomat Christopher Hill on Tuesday won the support of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar to become the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq, even as other President Barack Obama's embattled nominee to be ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, courted senators, including some of his chief critics, on Tuesday in a bid to secure his confirmation.

Hill, a veteran of North Korea nuclear talks, has faced opposition from lawmake...

Cheney: US less safe under Obama

2010-06-26T01:45:55Z

President Barack Obama has made Americans more vulnerable to attack, former vice president Dick Cheney said Sunday in a trenchant defense of his own divisive prosecution of the "war on terror."

Asked by CNN if Obama had made the nation less safe by dismantling former president The White House and top Democrats Friday mounted a strong defense of Christopher Hill, President Barack Obama's pick to be ambassador to Iraq, after two top 3 Republican senators voice opposition to Christopher Hill as next US ambassador to Iraq

At least three Republican senators have said that President Barack Obama should reconsider his pick to become the next U.S. ambassador to Iraq, dimming the chanc...

Obama names envoys to Afghanistan, Iraq

2010-06-26T01:48:24Z

Obama names general who was top US military commander in Afghanistan as new ambassador there

President Barack Obama on Wednesday named a career military officer who once was the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan to be the next ambassa...

Hill to be new US ambassador in Iraq

2010-04-16T13:58:10Z

Obama says Hill to lead US diplomatic efforts in Iraq

President Barack Obama confirms that Christopher Hill is becoming the new U.S. ambassador to Iraq.

Officials had said earlier this month that Hill was the leading candidate to replace

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

2010-04-09T15:39:54Z

A handout picture released by Iraqi Prime Minister Office shows US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) being greeted by newly appointed US Ambassador to Iraq, Christopher Hill, in Baghdad as

US diplomat Christopher Hill arrives to Baghdad

2010-04-10T05:37:48Z

US diplomat Christopher Hill (L) presents his credentials to Iraq's President Jalal Talabani (2-L) in his office in Baghdad, Iraq, 24 April 2009. Christopher Hill arrived in Baghdad to begin his new job as Ambassador to Iraq as the...

US diplomat Christopher Hill presents his credentials to Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari at the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad

2010-04-10T06:30:07Z

US diplomat Christopher Hill (L) shakes hands with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari after presenting his credentials at the Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq on April 24 2009. US diplomat Christopher Hill arrived in Baghdad to ...

China Koreas Nuclear

2010-04-11T14:55:01Z

Christopher Hill, U.S. envoy to the six-party talks, speaks to the press at the international airport as he prepares to leave Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2008. Hill said talks fail to bridge gap on how to verify North Korean nuclear activities. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)

U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill talks to reporters upon his arrival at the Incheon international airport, west of Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Hill arrived in South Korea for consultations before talks with