force the u.s. accredited graduate school central european university, founded and funded by george soros, out of hungary. cau president says that while cornstein publicly vowed to help the university in its dispute, privately he quickly capitulated to orban. >> why would he be unwilling to push for an issue that's so clearly in americans interests? >> i don't understand to tell you the truth, but somehow i think mr. cornstein began to think, huh, this is a liberal institution. i'm closer to a conservative like orban than i am to the ideals of the institution, and what's disturbing about that is that shouldn't be the issue. >> reporter: for the government here, his appointment has been a gift bringing hungary back into the u.s.'s good books while appearing to demand no real concessions. >> for the past two years, since the coming of the new ambassador, we believe it's a new chapter we have opened.