New Mexico Gov. Richardson: If elected President, I may tap James Baker as Mideast envoy - Haaretz

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New Mexico Gov. Richardson: If elected President, I may tap James Baker as Mideast envoy

By Shmuel Rosner, Haaretz Correspondent

Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, one of the Democratic candidates for president, said Wednesday that he would consider appointing former secretary of state James Baker to be special envoy to the Middle East peace process if elected president.

Richardson's statement came in response to a question from reporters after addressing the National Jewish Democratic Council in Washington.

The governor was one of seven presidential candidates to address the group in the past three days, following former senator John Edwards and Senators Christopher Dodd, Barack Obama, Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, and Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

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Richardson added that more diplomacy is needed in the Middle East, and that the past six years of the presidency of George W. Bush have made Israel less secure than it was in the years of Bill Clinton's administration.

Richardson was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations during the Clinton administration, and was present at several UN proceedings on the Middle East peace process.

More about the Democratic presidential hopefuls and Jewish Democrats in Rosner's Domain.

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1.	James Baker	19:23	\|	rich	25/04/07

2.	Didn`t know he was running for President	19:34	\|	Chick Corea	25/04/07

3.	Richardson`s crap	19:36	\|	Brod	25/04/07

4.	Richardson Indicative of How Most Dems Think	19:37	\|	Tod Zuckerman	25/04/07

5.	Maybe Baker can find oil in the Dead Sea	19:37	\|	Paul Freedman	25/04/07

6.	I guess Mr Richardson considers regular suicide	20:07	\|	Ben	25/04/07

7.	# Tod	20:27	\|	PJ	25/04/07

8.	Why is Haaretz even covering this announcement?	20:31	\|	Sherman	25/04/07

9.	Richardson	20:33	\|	Israel Letzter	25/04/07

10.	James Baker?	20:53	\|	RC	25/04/07

11.	Richardson shows he doesn`t get it.	21:02	\|	Raymond from DC	25/04/07

12.	#9 Israel Letzter	21:29	\|	Boycott	25/04/07

13.	Oy	21:30	\|	L. Derzov	25/04/07

14.	# 2 Chick Corea	21:31	\|	Lynn	25/04/07

15.	Response to PJ ( #7)	21:32	\|	Tod Zuckerman	25/04/07

16.	# 4 Joe Lieberman should run	21:34	\|	Lynn	25/04/07

17.	Chick Cor	21:39	\|	Mike	25/04/07

18.	Only hope for Baker to HELP Israel is if they find+oil than Saudi	22:06	\|	Alan Sa	25/04/07

19.	Brod & Al Gore	22:11	\|	GZLives	25/04/07

20.	BAKER and his PLO - SAUDI buddies...	22:13	\|	amir	25/04/07

21.	God forbid...	22:15	\|	MG	25/04/07

22.	#12: how to ensure Richardson doesn`t get elected	23:09	\|	Paul Freedman	25/04/07

23.	Bill Richardson and James Baker	23:11	\|	Mitch	25/04/07

24.	#19 Gore for president?!Great analyzes!	23:39	\|	Joseph	25/04/07

25.	Clinton made Israel so secure?	23:47	\|	Joseph	25/04/07

26.	James Baker	23:56	\|	Bruce	25/04/07

27.	He just lost the votes of Zionists and Evangelicals	00:07	\|	Jon	26/04/07

28.	Democrats` new motto: no anti-semite left behind	00:42	\|	Asylum Aleikum	26/04/07

29.	BRILLIANT!!!!	00:58	\|	Brant	26/04/07

30.	#2	01:34	\|	rich	26/04/07

31.	Ms. President Clinton will show better taste...	01:35	\|	Pepe	26/04/07

32.	James Baker : True Blue Jew Hater	01:37	\|	Dr. Dave	26/04/07

33.	# 15 Tod	01:38	\|	PJ	26/04/07

34.	New Mexico Gov. Richardson: If elected President, I may tap James	01:41	\|	alex	26/04/07

35.	Baker, Mideast Envoy, how about Carter as US amb to Israel	02:02	\|	Pavel	26/04/07

36.	Richardson...	02:02	\|	sg	26/04/07

37.	Baker has power in the USA	03:05	\|	JJ	26/04/07

38.	Richardson and Baker	01:54	\|	devin farrell	27/04/07

39.	Richardson has just sealed his fate: he is unelectable	14:29	\|	David	27/04/07

40.	ENVOY WON`T BE GOOD ENOUGH	07:25	\|	indrajaya	29/04/07