Obama Names Republican Governor Huntsman to Be Envoy to China – China News

www.bloomberg.com — President Barack Obama nominated Utah’s Republican Governor Jon Huntsman to be U.S. ambassador to China, the world’s most populous country and the biggest foreign owner of U.S. debt. The selection follows through on Obama’s pledge to seek bipartisan cooperation. Huntsman, 49, has served in Republican administrations and was co-chairman of Senator John McCain’s losing presidential campaign against Democrat Obama last fall.

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