CNNW New Day March 5, 2015
Ambassador to south korea, mark lippert. The diplomat undergoing nearly three hours of surgery overnight, receiving more than 80 stitches on his face alone. Im bleeding here. Lippert slashed by a teninch knife in the face and arms moments before delivering a speech in seoul on wednesday. The weapon slicing open his left forearm, damaging the nerve system for his fingers. The gash on his right cheek four inches long and an inch deep. South korean surgeons say if the facial injury was any deeper it could have been lifethreatening. Hes one of our top asia policy experts in the u. S. Government. A...