The Huntsman contradiction

Published June 21, 2011 4:00am ET



Standing in front of an American flag with the Statue of Liberty in the background, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman just formally announced his campaign for president. A key factor of his candidacy will be his service as President Obama’s Ambassador to China, which both gives him foreign policy bona fides and complicates things for him in several ways.

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