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LDS Church News: Pres. Obama nominates Special Envoy for North Korea.

Robert R. King of the McLean 2nd Ward of the McLean Virginia Stake has been nominated by President Barack Obama to be Special Envoy for North Korean Human Rights Issues, with the rank of ambassador.

Doesn’t sound like your stereotypical cushy ambassador slot.

The Office of the Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea was created by the North Korea Human Rights Act of 2004, which called for a Special Envoy to “coordinate and promote efforts to improve respect for the fundamental human rights of the people of North Korea.

Brother King formerly worked for Rep. Lantos.

23 October 2009 @ 9:49 am | No comments

Check out Rep. Jeff Flake’s (R-AZ, who also happens to be LDS) photos from his survivalist trip to the Marshall Islands (specifically photo #7).

14 October 2009 @ 11:41 am | 3 comments

Former Sen. Gordon Smith has a new job in D.C.

The National Association of Broadcasters is naming Gordon Smith, from the law firm Covington & Burling and a former two-term Oregon Senator, as its new president, according to a source familiar with the selection. . .

Smith is described as a moderate Republican who also has good relationships with Democrats. He is a former member of the Senate Commerce and Finance Committees and knows all the broadcast issues. He is also tapped into new media issues as former chair of the Senate’s high-tech task force.

18 September 2009 @ 3:25 pm | No comments

Nine Mormons’ quest for the presidency.  Sounds like an interesting book.  Some of the listed candidates weren’t directly affiliated with the Church at the time of their candidacies (thank goodness).

1968 Eldridge Cleaver (Peace and Freedom) — Prior to joining the Mormon church, Eldridge Cleaver was a radical left-wing activist in the black power movement. If elected president, he promised to burn the White House down. By the 1980s, Cleaver converted to Mormonism and became an ardent right-wing Republican.

5 February 2008 @ 11:46 am | No comments

Joseph Smith’s presidential campaign platform.

19 December 2007 @ 12:28 pm | No comments

Three Cousins in the Senate?

4 October 2007 @ 10:13 am | 1 comment

From RealClearPolitics:

The retirement of Sen. Pete Domenici, which he is expected to announce today from Albuquerque, sets up the possibility of a bid by Rep. Tom Udall (D-NM), son of the late Rep. Stewart Udall (D-AZ) and cousin of Rep. Mark Udall (D-CO), who is running for Senate himself. But what we overlooked, which Taegan Goddard points out today, is that a third cousin to both congressmen, Oregon Sen. Gordon Smith, a Republican, is running for re-election. Have three first cousins ever been on the ballot for Senate in the same year before?

If Rep. Tom Udall becomes Sen. Domenici’s successor, he will join Sen. Reid as another Democrat senator who is LDS.  Sen. Smith is also LDS while Rep. Mark Udall has no religious affiliation

UPDATE:  Alas, it’s not to be.  Rep.  Tom Udall opts not to run for the Senate.