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EndlessWire

(6,377 posts)
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 05:35 PM Aug 2022

Biden creates a new position

I found this and it tickled me:

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/26/biden-ambassador-role-arctic-00053811

This is really more of a hotbed role than it first appears, but I love it for the immediate optics it brings. I'm not really sure where the North Pole is, but I have visions of some smartly suited, square-jawed gentleman shaking hands with Santa Claus, surrounded by penguins.

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Biden creates a new position (Original Post) EndlessWire Aug 2022 OP
Sounds cold! Croney Aug 2022 #1
They better take their long underwear, gonna be cold!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Aug 2022 #2
No penguins. Basic LA Aug 2022 #3
what a great idea. mopinko Aug 2022 #4
Good idea! We need ambassador level person to deal with other countries... Wounded Bear Aug 2022 #5

Croney

(4,646 posts)
1. Sounds cold!
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 05:48 PM
Aug 2022

"The U.S. at the moment has an “Arctic coordinator” position; the State Department announcement says the plan is to “elevate” the coordinator role into an ambassadorship"

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
5. Good idea! We need ambassador level person to deal with other countries...
Mon Aug 29, 2022, 06:22 PM
Aug 2022

with regard to Arctic issues. Some high level shit going on up there as the ice melts.

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