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US envoy Roemer key to managing US-India relationship | In having six-time Congressman Timothy Roemer posted as Washington's envoy in New Delhi, there is a view that the exquisitely sensitive US-Indian relationship is being managed by someone with a finely tuned political ear. Roemer, according
to Politico, also has some serious academic and policy credentials, which should
stand him in good stead during his diplomatic stint in New Delhi. He has a doctorate
in government from Notre Dame, and after leaving Congress, served as president
of the Center for National Policy, a Washington think tank. "Peace and stability,
and a peaceful relationship between Pakistan and India, is very much in the U.S.
interest," Roemer said in an interview with Politico last week, after arriving
in Washington ahead of Singh's visit. "And any kind of talks between India and
Pakistan, India and Pakistan will determine the pace and character and progress
of those talks," he added. To his task, Roemer brings a prodigious interest in
intelligence, counter-terrorism, and non-proliferation issues and a reputation
as a heartland centrist who earned Obama's gratitude for his endorsement. Roemer
has burnished his foreign policy reputation as a member of the joint House and
Senate intelligence panel that investigated the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11,
2001, where he had a reputation for his keen interest in the raw data and his
spending hours doing research. Eleanor Hill, who served as staff director of the
joint inquiry, recalls Roemer frequenting the special secure suite in the Ford
House Office Building where the records were kept, proceeding to spend hours poring
over documents and staff statements. "A lot of them can't spare the time to do
that, and he made sure he made the time to do that," says Hill. Hill noted that
Roemer didn't just learn about terrorism, but about counter-terrorism as well,
a study that she said perfectly correlates to his work now in India. After retiring
from the House, Roemer continued to immerse himself in counter-terrorism and intelligence
issues serving as a member of the independent 9/11 Commission. Fellow former Indiana
Rep. Lee Hamilton, co-chairman of the commission and another occasional Obama
confidant, said Roemer was a key consensus builder in the bipartisan group dealing
with hugely sensitive and often politicised issues. |
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