There Are Several Scenarios as to Where Hoagland Nomination May End up

PanARMENIAN.Net - There are several scenarios as to where Hoagland's nomination as US Ambassador to Armenia may end up in the coming weeks, California Courier Editor-in-Chief Harut Sassounian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. In his words, after months and months of waiting for his confirmation, Hoagland may end up withdrawing his name and ask the State Dept. to nominate him to another country. "A second possibility is that President Bush may make a recess appointment, naming him ambassador to Armenia, while the Senate is not in session. A third option would be for the State Dept. to come back to the Senate and pressure Sen. Menendez to remove his hold," Sassounian noted.



"The best option for the State Department, Ambassador Hoagland, Sen. Menendez, and the Armenian American community would be to get together and see if there are certain inducements that the State Department would offer on one or more Armenian issues which might convince Sen. Menendez to remove his hold," the California Courier Editor-in-Chief underscored.