Roos wants to strengthen 'special bond' as next envoy to Japan

Friday 24th July, 05:17 AM JST

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some14some at 07:14 AM JST - 24th July

Let's hope this 'special bond' will yield more than Japanese Govt bonds that hardly yield one percent. Practically speaking US will earn much more through "no relation no bond" with China.
shinjukuboy at 08:25 PM JST - 24th July

These ambassadors come and go, and don't seem to be all that important. Remember that when Reagan became president, didn't even replace Mansfield, who was a republican apointee.

The only one I remember in the last decade or so is Mondale. Everyone after that is a big blank.
shinjukuboy at 08:28 PM JST - 24th July

Opps, Manfield was a democratic appointee, of course, which was supposed to be my big point.
taikan at 06:32 AM JST - 25th July

Ambassadors can be very important, and the fact that Reagan allowed Mansfield, a Democrat, to stay on as Ambassador does not detract from that point. Reagan did so because (1) prior to serving in the Senate and then being appointed as Ambassador, Mansfield had been a professor of Far Eastern History at the University of Montana, and (2) Mansfield was very popular with Senators of both parties, and Reagan was concerned about his administration's relationship with Congress.