US Embassy in Warsaw wants another left-liberal to replace Szlajfer
Why does the State Department persist in warming to the Left?
With admitted secret police collaborator Henryk Szlajfer quitting his all-but-certain appointment as ambassador to the United States, it appears that the US Embassy in Warsaw is quietly pushing for another left-liberal to take his place: Jerzy Kozminski, who served as Poland's envoy in Washington during the Clinton administration.
Kozminski currently has a cushy job heading a US-sponsored foundation in Poland, raking in a salary of more than $100,000 a year - by Polish standards a fortune - and some doubt that he will accept the post. Others are betting that he will, anticipating an electoral victory of conservative and center-right political parties in the upcoming parliamentary presidential elections. Then, Polish observers say, Kozminski will be out of his foundation job - but if the former Communists can name him ambassador before the elections, he will be set for the next few years.
With admitted secret police collaborator Henryk Szlajfer quitting his all-but-certain appointment as ambassador to the United States, it appears that the US Embassy in Warsaw is quietly pushing for another left-liberal to take his place: Jerzy Kozminski, who served as Poland's envoy in Washington during the Clinton administration.
Kozminski currently has a cushy job heading a US-sponsored foundation in Poland, raking in a salary of more than $100,000 a year - by Polish standards a fortune - and some doubt that he will accept the post. Others are betting that he will, anticipating an electoral victory of conservative and center-right political parties in the upcoming parliamentary presidential elections. Then, Polish observers say, Kozminski will be out of his foundation job - but if the former Communists can name him ambassador before the elections, he will be set for the next few years.
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