Obama nominating gay ambassador to NZ

Thu 8 Oct 2009 In: New Zealand Daily News View at Wayback View at NDHA

1.15PM: US President Barack Obama will nominate an openly gay lawyer as America's ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa, report US news sources. US ambassador nominee David Huebner David Huebner, currently working in China as a partner in a law office, has also served as a mediator and arbitrator, and specialises in dispute resolution. Huebner, who will be the first openly gay person to be nominated to an ambassadorship by the Obama administration, co-chaired the board of directors of the Gay

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First published: Thursday, 8th October 2009 - 1:10pm

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