Post by Ironside on Jul 26, 2014 8:22:23 GMT -5
Curt Clawson mistakes U.S. officials for representatives of Indian government
NAPLES, Fla. - Bonita Springs Republican Curt Clawson has encountered his first national hiccup in office since elected.
Foreign Policy Magazine’s The Cable blog reported Clawson misidentified two senior U.S. government officials as representatives of the Indian government during a meeting of the Asia and Pacific subcommittee Thursday.
Clawson was elected in June to fill the seat left vacant in January when U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fort Myers, resigned amid scandal.
One of Clawson’s congressional appointments was to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Foreign Policy Magazine’s blog reported that in an awkward congressional hearing of the committee Thursday, Clawson misidentified two senior U.S. government officials as representatives of the Indian government. Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar are Americans who hold senior positions at the State Department and Commerce Department, respectively, the blog reported.
Although both Biswal and Kumar were introduced as U.S. officials by the chairman of the Asia and Pacific subcommittee, Clawson repeatedly asked them questions about “your country” and “your government,” in reference to the state of India.
He declined to respond to Foreign Policy Magazine about the gaffe, the blog reported.
"I made a mistake in speaking before being fully briefed and I apologize," Clawson said in a statement released through his congressional office. "I'm a quick study but in this case I shot an air ball."
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NAPLES, Fla. - Bonita Springs Republican Curt Clawson has encountered his first national hiccup in office since elected.
Foreign Policy Magazine’s The Cable blog reported Clawson misidentified two senior U.S. government officials as representatives of the Indian government during a meeting of the Asia and Pacific subcommittee Thursday.
Clawson was elected in June to fill the seat left vacant in January when U.S. Rep. Trey Radel, R-Fort Myers, resigned amid scandal.
One of Clawson’s congressional appointments was to the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Foreign Policy Magazine’s blog reported that in an awkward congressional hearing of the committee Thursday, Clawson misidentified two senior U.S. government officials as representatives of the Indian government. Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar are Americans who hold senior positions at the State Department and Commerce Department, respectively, the blog reported.
Although both Biswal and Kumar were introduced as U.S. officials by the chairman of the Asia and Pacific subcommittee, Clawson repeatedly asked them questions about “your country” and “your government,” in reference to the state of India.
He declined to respond to Foreign Policy Magazine about the gaffe, the blog reported.
"I made a mistake in speaking before being fully briefed and I apologize," Clawson said in a statement released through his congressional office. "I'm a quick study but in this case I shot an air ball."
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