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US Mideast Envoy Mitchell to Resign

   Dan Robinson  May 13, 2011
   US Mideast envoy George Mitchell waves his hand to reporters while
   arriving at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 15,
   2010.

Photo: AP

   US Mideast envoy George Mitchell waves his hand to reporters while
   arriving at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Dec. 15,
   2010.

   U.S. President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy, George Mitchell, 77,
   is resigning.
   The president is expected to issue a statement Friday on the personnel
   change.
   Mitchell, a former senator, has been in the post since the start of the
   Obama administration in January 2009. He has traveled extensively to
   the Middle East in an effort to broker peace.
   Mitchell was instrumental in the Northern Ireland peace deal.
   The announcement comes as Mideast peace efforts are seemingly at a
   standstill. Next week, President Obama delivers a speech on U.S. policy
   in the Middle East, and meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
   Netanyahu at the White House.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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