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April 16th, 2011
10:11 PM ET
Defiant U.S. ambassador rebuked for faith-based writing asks to resign Douglas Kmiec, center, at a 2006 U.S. Senate hearing. By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) - The U.S. ambassador to Malta has submitted his resignation, just over a week after he was called out in a State Department report for allegedly devoting time to writing about religion at the expense of his official duties. Douglas Kmiec told CNN that he notified Malta's foreign ministry on Saturday about his intention, the same day he submitted his resignation to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and three days after he tendered a similar letter to President Barack Obama. "With my reputation impugned by the recent ... report, I can no longer be certain that I am in a position with my government to have your needs and perspectives heard in the best possible light," Kmiec said in an e-mailed statement. The State Department had no immediate comment Saturday on the ambassador's submitted resignation, including whether or not it had been accepted.  Egyptian activists in Cairo on March 27.
April 16th, 2011
01:00 AM ET
Could fundamentalist Christians help Mideast politics?By John Blake, CNN (CNN) - As protesters battle repressive regimes in the Middle East, some commentators fear that the collapse of these regimes could pave the way for radical Islamic groups to take power. But anyone who believes that democracy and religious fundamentalism cannot co-exist has not been paying attention to how fundamentalist Christians have strengthened American democracy, Jonathan Zimmerman, a history professor at New York University says in a provocative recent Christian Science Monitor article. |
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