print email comment close America Needs a Fleet of Special Envoys URL: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/Article.aspx?id=2993 Description: This December 2008 policy piece discusses why Barack Obama should appoint special envoys ("often called 'special advisors to the president and secretary of state,' with the unfortunate acronym 'SAPASS')" to "clean up" foreign relations problems. Includes description of roles of special envoys and lists some special envoys of the past. From the World Politics Review, "a daily foreign policy, national security and international affairs Web publication." Author: Patel, Nirav; Singh, Vikram J. Publisher: World Politics Review Extra Keywords state department LII Database Information: Record 27836 created by Maria Brandt on 01/23/2009 Last modification on 02/05/2009 Published: 02/05/2009   LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27836