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Toby Harnden

Toby Harnden

in Washington DC

Toby Harnden has been The Daily Telegraph's US Editor since 2006. He lives in Washington DC with his wife Cheryl, daughter Tessa and dog Finn. Toby was previously Chief Foreign Correspondent for The Sunday Telegraph. He first joined The Daily Telegraph in 1994 and has been its Ireland Correspondent, Washington Bureau Chief and Middle East Correspondent. He is the author of Bandit Country: The IRA & South Armagh (1999). An archive of his work is at www.tobyharnden.com. Story ideas and news tips are welcomed and Toby can be contacted at toby.harnden@telegraph.co.uk. His Facebook profile is here.

A diplomatic dressing down in DC

Posted by Toby Harnden on 01 Dec 2006  at 11:38 
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Well, the US State Department senior analyst Kendall Myers is being well and truly hung out to dry for his rash comments about the "myth of the special relationship" between the UK and US.

The Senate House
Kendall Myers may be ejected from the corridors of power

I was at the State Department briefing on Thursday and asked spokesman Tom Casey whether Mr Myers's position as a US official was tenable. He gave every indication that it is not. Mr Myers was "ill-informed", "plain wrong", "not authorised" and the US government  wanted to "repudiate and disassociate" itself from what he said.

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Posted by Toby Harnden on 01 Dec 2006 at 11:38