Dennis Ross sidelined at State over his foreign agent status with Israel
Wayne Madsen
12 Aprile 2009
Former pro-Israel Washington Institute for Near East Policy (WINEP) director Dennis Ross, named by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as her special envoy for Iran, has been sidelined at the State Department by Clinton’s special envoy for Pakistan and Afghanistan Richard Holbrooke, according to informed sources at the State Department.
In fact, Ross was purposely kept out of the loop on the recent landmark meeting between Holbrooke and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mehdi Akhundzadeh in The Hague at a conference on Afghanistan. WMR was told that Holbrooke effectively snatched the Iran portfolio from Ross and that while Ross has an office on the seventh floor of the State Department, he has little responsibility over America’s new opening to Iran.
Ross served as director of Policy Planning for the State Department under President George H. W. Bush and special Middle East envoy under President Bill Clinton. Ross earned the enmity of Palestinian …
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