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Then, my friends, we are making a serious mistake. >> and joining us, the hill's editor-in-chief and national review's tom rogan. presidents for decades have been appointing professional and nonprofessional foreign service to ambassador posts. why is this one causing such a stir with republicans? >> well, it's the latest one, basically, and you have to wonder what the interview process is. do you speak the language of the country? have you ever been to the country? this has happened before. the interesting part was angus king, he voted with the republicans for rejecting both of these nominees....

Obama. but she is -- is raising campaign cash, enough of a qualification to serve as the president's personal representative overseas. let's bring in jamie weinstein who joins us now in washington, senior editor for "the daily caller." you know, colleen bell, nominee to hungary, soap opera producer is her creds. but maybe more important creds are $800,000 the campaign that she raised. it was sort of an inept delivery. we watched it on television. she appeared to know almost nothing about that particular country. what do you think? >> well, let's stipulate at the top, it is not new that preside...

Expect them to read the briefing books and scan the web to find out the former government of the country. >> go to wikipedia and find out where the country is. >> that would help. you have been looking at the numbers on this. more than half of the appointees he has made to ambassador posts have been political appointees of that figure half are big donors and bundlers. >> that's not bad if they can do the job or show any level of interest. >> i agree. long tradition of that josh rogan made at the press briefing. walter mondale you can talk about ambassador kennedy now to japan. these are people...

Briefing books and scan the web to find out the former government of the country. >> go to wikipedia and find out where the country is. >> that would help. you have been looking at the numbers on this. more than half of the appointees he has made to ambassador posts have been political appointees of that figure half are big donors and bundlers. >> that's not bad if they can do the job or show any level of interest. >> i agree. long tradition of that josh rogan made at the press briefing. walter mondale you can talk about ambassador kennedy now to japan. these are people that have invested in i...

Well as fox and asking about the various roles they had through the prism of this conversation. >> but at least according to these quotes there's nothing that the general said as he's quoted that is at all out of context with what he has always said publicly, he is not planning to have a political career right now. >> on that point it's consistent. some of the other things he said are racing some beltway eyebrows. >> and speaking of eyebrows, anna winter, one of the biggest contributors being mentioned, of course, there are always people mentioned for these ambassador posts but there is a ment...