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Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. Is expected to be announced Saturday as President Barack Obama's choice to become U.S. Ambassador to China, sources have confirmed to the Deseret News. Ref. Source 8

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I wonder if this nomination is a way to eliminate a possible rival for the presidency coming up in 2012?

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Obama names ambassador to China

US President Barack Obama names the Republican Governor of Utah, Jon Huntsman, as his ambassador to China. Ref. Source 5

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Senate confirms Huntsman as ambassador to China

It's Ambassador Jon Huntsman Jr. Now. Utah's governor was confirmed Friday by the U.S. Senate as ambassador to China shortly before senators adjourned for their August recess. Huntsman's nomination was by unanimous consent. There was no debate. Ref. Source 2

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There aren't many people Glenn thinks more highly of in this world than Jon Hunstman - a great businessman, a gentleman, good to his word and a man of great charity and faith. He has immense wealth but an even bigger heart. Too often people think being wealthy means life is easy - that's simply not true and Hunstman has the life to prove it. Glenn sat down for a frank conversation with Huntsman on radio today. Ref. Source 4

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There are a lot of rumors running around that he will likely run for President of the United States. Not sure if he has much hope given his religious background.

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Jon Huntsman May Launch Pro-Life Republican Presidential Bid

Former two-term Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has stepped down from his position as ambassador to China and may launch a bid for the Republican nomination to face the pro-abortion president for whom he currently is a diplomat. Huntsman, who is pro-life and supported and signed into law parental consent requirement for abortion, is a Republican but is known for bucking the establishment and he did so when he accepted the nomination to become ambassador to the Asian nation. He did so in part because he learned to speak Mandarin while on Mormon mission to Taiwan during college.

Now he may be speaking the language of fundraising and grassroots support as White House officials tell both Poltico and ABC News they expect him to resign from his position to mount a bid for the Republican presidential nomination. They point to the fact that GOP political operatives have set up a new political action committee called Horizon Pac to serve as placeholder for what could become an exploratory committee. Susie Wiles, a Florida-based Republican strategist who ran the gubernatorial campaign of pro-life candidate Rick Scott, will head the organization. Ref. Source 2

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Huntsman to announce presidential bid next week

Republican Jon Huntsman, until recently President Obama's ambassador to China, will announce next week that he'll enter the 2012 presidential Ref. USAToday