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Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/27/national/w120355D24.DTL
U.S. Envoy to Israel Pledges to Speak Out Against Terror
(AP/San Francisco Chronicle) Barry Schweid - The newly named U.S. ambassador to Israel, veteran diplomat Richard H. Jones, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday that the Bush administration did not approve of PA Chairman Abbas's strategy of "trying to co-opt" violent groups and bring them over to his side instead of challenging them head-on. Jones, who speaks Arabic and has served in four Arab countries, said, "I am not shy about taking on terrorists. When I was ambassador to Lebanon I had no problem in condemning terror, including Hizballah."