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Obama Wants a Gay to Play Ambassador to New Zealand + Samoa

By Queerty Staff October 8, 2009 at 10:10am

If the U.S. Senate confirms Los Angeles attorney David Huebner as the ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, he’ll be Obama’s first openly gay pick to serve as ambassador, and the nation’s third.

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  • Cam

    Previously presidents made statemtns with ambassadors, like when the U.S. sent a black ambassador to then Aparteid controlled South Africa. How about picking a gay ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Ukraine, Jamaica etc…

    October 9, 2009 at 12:10pm

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