Mitchell envoy to Middle East. Holbrooke envoy to Pakistan & Afghanistan

[Subdivisions]

What do you think?

[Captain Hilts]

1. I want HRC to handle Pakistan and India herself.

[polichick]

2. It's a mess out there - the President and SoS could use the help imo.

[babylonsister]

3. Sounds good to me. We need experienced people to help with all

the massive problems around the world.

[sandnsea]

4. Mitchell, good; Holbrooke, yikes

He was one that repeated a lot of the WMD garbage and who had to know better. He's always made me nervous.

[Jeanette in FL]

7. Plus his little shout out to Negroponte just now

Now that makes me very nervous and makes me wonder what Negroponte is still doing there. Was he held on to?

[Richard D]

5. He has . . .

. . . recognition of the immensity of the problems combined with competence and what appears to be genuine humility and commitment. Sounds good to me.

[Idealism]

6. Mitchell is one of the few who has enough diplomatic clout to change the I/P landscape

[Ichingcarpenter]

8. Obama is doing a great job with Palestine right now

his words give me hope.

[Idealism]

9. Uh-oh, he mentioned the API

Those are not welcomed words to Israeli officials' ears.

His speeches always give me hope, I find it odd at times. No other politician has given a speech that made me believe them quite like our President has.