ZALMAY KHALILZAD NOMINATION FOR US AMBASSADOR IN WASHINGTON

Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad takes his seat prior to his Senate Foreign Relation Committee nomination hearing to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, in Washington on March 15, 2007. Khalilzad is joined by Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE). (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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