THERE ARE SEVERAL SCENARIOS AS TO WHERE HOAGLAND NOMINATION MAY END UP

PanARMENIAN.Net
10.10.2006 13:08 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ There are several scenarios as to where Hoagland’s
nomination as US Ambassador to Armenia may end up in the coming
weeks, California Courier Editor-in-Chief Harut Sassounian told a
PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, after months and months of
waiting for his confirmation, Hoagland may end up withdrawing his name
and ask the State Dept. to nominate him to another country. "A second
possibility is that President Bush may make a recess appointment,
naming him ambassador to Armenia, while the Senate is not in session. A
third option would be for the State Dept. to come back to the Senate
and pressure Sen. Menendez to remove his hold," Sassounian noted.

"The best option for the State Department, Ambassador Hoagland,
Sen. Menendez, and the Armenian American community would be to get
together and see if there are certain inducements that the State
Department would offer on one or more Armenian issues which might
convince Sen. Menendez to remove his hold," the California Courier
Editor-in-Chief underscored.