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The US Senate has conducted hearings on the appointment of Thomas A. Shannon to the post of assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs, the State Department's envoy to Latin America. There is little doubt Shannon will be approved, but diplomats and other interested parties have been straining to ascertain whether this appointment signals a shift in policy for the US or just a housekeeping move to rid itself of Roger Noriega, the incumbent, who has proved ineffective in the job (see NotiCen, 2005-08-05).
In his prepared statement to the Senate committee, Shannon called himself a "dusty roads diplomat," by which he said he meant he had spent 21 years working in countries in transition in Latin America and Africa. His career path, he said, has stretched from working as a vice consul doing visa work in Guatemala to being "deputy assistant secretary with responsibility for the Andes and the Caribbean," giving him program, policy, and personnel management experience. He said that would be important in his new position, where he would oversee the management and security of 50 posts and 29 consular agencies, as well as...
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