tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post4866739295020128017..comments2023-08-09T05:43:38.350-07:00Comments on Competing Hypotheses: Some thoughts...L.Douglas Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14850812403220127553noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post-36911770505415147882012-09-16T18:35:05.991-07:002012-09-16T18:35:05.991-07:00Point. FWIW, I intentionally lacked precision abou...Point. FWIW, I intentionally lacked precision about that, (English remains a masculine-default language in the generic case, after all) but since you chose to be more specific, yes Anne Patterson is the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt and she was out of the country at the time of the event.L.Douglas Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14850812403220127553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3545486259853481740.post-80504142283573845242012-09-16T18:09:13.575-07:002012-09-16T18:09:13.575-07:00You incorrectly referred to the US Ambassador to E...You incorrectly referred to the US Ambassador to Egypt as "he". She is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_W._Patterson" rel="nofollow">Anne W. Patterson</a>, a career FSO who's been with State since the Nixon Administration. Mr. Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06758602445594918403noreply@blogger.com