Tim Roemer to be nominated as US Ambassador to India: report

Lalit K Jha

Washington, Apr 17 (PTI) Tim Roemer, the former Democrat
Congressman from Indiana and an ex-member of the 9/11
Commission, will be nominated by the Obama Administration as
the next US Ambassador to India, the prestigious US Foreign
Policy magazine has said.

Roemer, 52, is currently president of the Center for
National Policy (CNP), a Washington-based think tank, the
magazine said on its web post Thursday. An email sent to the
CNP office of Roemer was not returned.

Besides heading CNP, Roemer also serves on the
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction
Proliferation and Terrorism, according to his bio posted in
the CNP website.

The Commission is a bipartisan body created by the US
Congress in 2007 as an outgrowth of the reforms put forth by
the 9/11 Commission to examine how America can best address
the threat to its national security.

In addition, he serves on the Washington Institute for
Near East Policy's Presidential Task Force on Combating the
Ideology of Radical Extremism, and the National Parks Second
Century Commission.

Roemer, who represented Indiana's Third District from
1991 to 2003, was among the one who had endorsed Obama in his
early electoral campaign phase. It is said that his support
was a prime reason for his victory in Indiana. PTI LKJ