WASHINGTON (AP) - July 23, 2008
President George W. Bush announced the delegation, to be headed
by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The president also on
Wednesday listed Kwan, a two-time figure skating medalist at the
Winter Olympics who has made several trips to China on behalf of
the U.S. government as a diplomacy envoy.
Kwan is a student at Denver University.
Joining Rice and Kwan in the delegation will be Secretary of
Labor Elaine L. Chao; Secretary of Health and Human Services
Michael O. Leavitt; Clark T. Randt, Jr, the U.S. ambassador to
China; U.S. Olympic committee president Peter Ueberroth; and Karen
Hughes, global vice chair of Burson-Marsteller.
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