The appointment of former Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. as the Atlantic Council’s new Chairman made headlines across the nation, including a mention in the Washington Examiner:
President Obama’s former ambassador to China and 2012 GOP White House hopeful is moving back into diplomacy, being named late Wednesday as chairman of the influential Atlantic Council.
Jon Huntsman, a former Utah governor well known for his world vision but whose presidential bid stumbled from the start, will succeed Chuck Hagel who quit the post early last year to be defense secretary. Retired Gen. Brent Scowcroft, a former White House national security advisor, has been interim chairman of the Washington-based powerhouse.