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The Obama administration has tapped a veteran American diplomat to be the
new U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.Secretary of
State John Kerry says he chose Ambassador James F. Dobbins because of
his "deep and long-standing relationships in the region."Kerry called the
leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Friday to inform them of his
decision. He praised Dobbins as one of America's "most accomplished diplomats."Dobbins
replaces Marc Grossman, who took the job after Richard Holbrooke died in
2010.Dobbins raised the flag over the U.S. Embassy in Kabul when it
reopened in 2001. He most recently has been serving as a director
at the RAND Corporation.
rnative under
sequestration," Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell wrote in March to governors
in 41 states, explaining that since the payments were issued in the
2013 budget year, the money would be subject to sequestration.Infuriated,
Republicans and Democrats from Capitol Hill to the governor's offices banded
together to fight back, arguing the money was paid to the states
well before the spending reductions went into effect. The governors of Alaska
and Wyoming have flat out refused to send the money back."The frustration
level is off the charts on this," said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,
whose timber-rich state is the top recipient of the Forest Service payments
and stands to lose nearly $3.6 million.Wyden, chairman of the Senate Energy
and Natural Resources Committee, said he and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski,
the panel's top Republican, are working together to "turn this around" so
their states and others are not forced to return any money to
the federal government."This is slap-your-forehead-in-disbelief kind of
stuff," Wyden said.At issue are so-called county payments, a revenue sharing
plan that's existed since President Teddy Roosevelt created the national
forests to protect timber reserves from the cut-and-run logging going on
at the time. For nearly a century, hundreds of counties received a
quarter of the revenue from the timber sold on federal land. The
money is being used for roads, schools and emergency services and is
a welcome a
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