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5:23 PM, Mar 31, 2009 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

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Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) weighs in on the fight over Chris Hill's appointment at his Foreign Intrigue blog:

Senator Sam Brownback is leading the opposition to Hill's nomination. Brownback feels that Hill misled him during congressional testimony last year about pressing North Korea on human rights, never a popular issue among State Department-types. For raising this, Brownback was ridiculed in a popular e-newsletter circulated among Washington's Asia wonks: "He at least did not directly accuse Hill of building Auschwitz," hisses an anonymous Senate staffer. Gimme a break. As if North Korea's gulags are a non-issue.

Brownback's objections seem to fundamentally lie with Chris Hill's tendency to play fast and loose with Congress. I can relate.

Royce goes on to suggest that other senators "dig into this episode before the full Senate vote."

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