President Barack Obama has selected Gary Locke to succeed Jon Huntsman as U.S. ambassador to China, senior administration officials have told POLITICO. He will make the announcement tomorrow.
Locke is the current United States Commerce Secretary, a position he assumed in March of 2009. Prior to that he was the 21'st Governor of Washington State, having served from 1997 to 2005. In the interim of his governorship and position as commerce secretary he joined a law firm that specializes in China governmental-relations. Throughout his political career he has much to be proud of, and is often noted for being the only Chinese American U.S. governor to date. Prior to his governorship, he has worked in Washington State congress dating back to 1983.
As U.S. Ambassador, Locke will take on a very important role in the Obama Administration, becoming the chief American diplomat to China. Our relationship with our lender, I mean, very close ally, is critical to say the least; and will only become more important over the years and decades to come.
In the mean time, there is a rager in Libya that we should be focussing our attention on, as the UN has aspired to do http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=37695&Cr=Libya&Cr1=.
