NeoCon Watch

The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan is Dr. Zalmay Khalitzad. The next US ambassador to Iraq will be, if confirmed Dr. Zalmay Khalitzad, described by the New York Times as "a protégé of Vice President Dick Cheney and Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz since long before Mr. Bush took office."

The Dems can use the hysteria they've tried to generate regarding neocons, and also that Khalitzad was once an advisor to Unocal, an energy company with a direct interest in oil.