Ros-Lehtinen(R) and Engel(D) against Obama's support for Navi Pillay's extension

U.S. Reps. Snub Navi Pillay

 

The U.N. General Assembly today formally extended Navi Pillay's term as U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights for another two years.

 

But not before House Foreign Affairs Chair Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Rep. Elliot Engel (D-NY) fired off an angry letter calling on the Obama administration to "publicly and strongly oppose" Pillay's extension, saying she has been too soft on China, Syria, and other rights violators and has "repeatedly demonstrated bias against the State of Israel."

 

http://turtlebay.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/05/24/us_reps_snub_navi_pillay