Lesley Clark

(The Associated Press) Presidential candidate Jon Huntsman

Huntsman confident he will do better than polls say

 

By LESLEY CLARK

McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON -- At 19, Jon Huntsman arrived in Taiwan for a two-year gig as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He didn't receive a warm reception. The Taiwanese government was furious at the United States for re-establishing diplomatic ties with China, and the people whom Huntsman was there to recruit to his faith weren't much happier.

(CLIFF OWEN/The Associated Press) Republican presidential candidate, former Utah Gov. and Ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman waits to be announced onstage prior to addressing the 2012 Republican Presidential Candidates Forum hosted by the Republican Jewish Coalition, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, in Washington.

Huntsman seeks GOP presidential nomination his way

WASHINGTON — At 19, Jon Huntsman arrived in Taiwan for a two-year gig as a missionary for the Mormon church. He didn’t receive a warm reception. The Taiwanese government was furious at the United States for re-establishing diplomatic ties with China, and the people whom Huntsman was there to recruit to his faith weren’t much happier.

Obama: Firms pledge to hire 25,000 vets, military spouses

HAMPTON, Va. -- Major U.S. manufacturers have pledged to hire 25,000 veterans and military spouses by the end of 2013, Michelle Obama said Wednesday.

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