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Trump picks official involved in Bush-era torture program as his nuclear envoy
Source: The Guardian
Trump picks official involved in Bush-era torture program as his nuclear envoy
• Marshall Billingslea oversaw Guantánamo detainees’ treatment
• Trump wants to negotiate new deal with Russia and China
Julian Borger in Washington
Wed 4 Mar 2020 23.32 GMT
First published on Wed 4 Mar 2020 19.31 GMT
The Trump administration has chosen a special envoy for nuclear talks, with the principal task of negotiating a new arms control agreement with Russia and China, according to congressional sources and former officials.
The proposed special negotiator, Marshall Billingslea, is currently the under-secretary for terrorist financing at the US Treasury. His nomination last year for a top human rights job at the state department was stalled by controversy over the extent of his involvement in the torture programme established by the George W Bush administration, in which he oversaw the conditions of detainees in Guantánamo Bay.
Neither the state department nor the treasury responded to a request for comment, but congressional staffers and former officials said Billingslea had accepted the post.
The Trump administration has been trying to recruit a high-level arms control negotiator for several months, but several former Republican officials with significant experience in the field turned down the offer.
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• Marshall Billingslea oversaw Guantánamo detainees’ treatment
• Trump wants to negotiate new deal with Russia and China
Julian Borger in Washington
Wed 4 Mar 2020 23.32 GMT
First published on Wed 4 Mar 2020 19.31 GMT
The Trump administration has chosen a special envoy for nuclear talks, with the principal task of negotiating a new arms control agreement with Russia and China, according to congressional sources and former officials.
The proposed special negotiator, Marshall Billingslea, is currently the under-secretary for terrorist financing at the US Treasury. His nomination last year for a top human rights job at the state department was stalled by controversy over the extent of his involvement in the torture programme established by the George W Bush administration, in which he oversaw the conditions of detainees in Guantánamo Bay.
Neither the state department nor the treasury responded to a request for comment, but congressional staffers and former officials said Billingslea had accepted the post.
The Trump administration has been trying to recruit a high-level arms control negotiator for several months, but several former Republican officials with significant experience in the field turned down the offer.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/04/trump-nuclear-talks-envoy-marshall-billingslea
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