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. >>> senator max bacchus will be ambassador to china. according to the associated press. the montana democrat had announced he will not seek re-election to the senate next year. he is chair of senate finance committee and he would replace gary locke. >>> to make sure crimes against civilians do not go unpunished, thousands of people have taken refugee in the capitol city's international airport which has been secured by french soldiers. fighting between christians and muslims have spread across the country. peace keepers troops are trying to stop the violence and keep it from spreading further. >> reporter: another peacekeeping force in the making. dress rehearsals for a ceremony on thursday that ushers in another military acronym for a country on the brink of more killing with the threat of genocide. the initial support mission to central africa republic, will double their number to 6,000. with the military build up more political pressure is prayering down on the c.a.r.'s interim president. >> we have discussed the transition to rally and assist on what needs to be done

the republican meeting about max bacchus who has been to china five or six times. a true surprise and this was. the key part of it was the campaign manager. he worked with bacchus and he came to him and said what would you think of this? he thought about it and said sure. that means they can appoint a democrat. running for election and allows mary landrieu to be the head of the committee. is this all about politics? >> i don't know what kind of ambassador he will be, but he is involved in the trade issues. i remember the earlier time, everyone said this is going to be awful. it's terrible. sometimes they can be very, very good. >> china got the issue with the south china sea and the standard issues and spying issues. >> what do they tell me at the white house. >> they have not announced anything yet. when you look at this, it's hard to see it as anything other than a play to take a democrat that is not well-known at the state. they try to guarantee that democrats can hold on to the seat. if that really is what happened, he went along with it. >> mare ke go around l