A top US Senator warned his colleagues Wednesday against delaying a vote to confirm North Korea nuclear diplomacy point person Chris Hill as the new US ambassador to Baghdad. "This is not a time for delay," Democratic Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said as Hill, a veteran US diplomat, faced stiff opposition from a handful ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday defended the choice of Christopher Hill as the next ambassador to Iraq, saying Republican criticism of him was "unfounded." Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham last week urged President Barack Obama to reconsider his choice after saying Hill lacked Middle East experience and left a "controversial legacy" in North Korea diplomacy ...