Sentence examples for private emissary from inspiring English sources

He said Jones viewed his role "as a private emissary of the president," often traveling to Pakistan, Russia and important strategic allies on Obama's behalf.

Mr. Obama's private emissary to Mr. Mubarak, Frank G. Wisner, abruptly left Cairo on Wednesday evening after only two meetings, one with the president and one with Mr. Suleiman.

In an unusual step, he circumvented the State Department by sending a private emissary, Arie Genger, a former business partner, to the White House but not the State Department, said several officials knowledgeable about the subject.

He invited Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States and an important confidant, over to his house to ask him, "What would it take for me to convince the leadership in Pakistan that the U.S. wants to work together?" And he sent a private emissary to the military leadership to convey that he hoped to repair relations, not deliver an ultimatum.

He learned that Ms. Minchilli, a food writer and occasional New York Times contributor who has lived in Italy since 1988 (and who spent some of her childhood there), could be hired as a private emissary to gastronomic gems around the city.

Mr. Biden's phone call came after a mission by Mr. Obama's private emissary, Frank G. Wisner, was abruptly ended when Mr. Mubarak, angry at Mr. Obama's toughly worded speech on Tuesday night, declined to meet with the envoy a second time, officials said.

This included not only direct lines between kings but also lower-level exchanges among cabinet ministers, senior princes and private emissaries.

One of the last in a series of private emissaries to meet with the rebels, Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist who has covered the war in Chechnya, had said no one should underestimate their willingness to kill themselves and their hostages to publicize their cause.

"Hu and Wen sending private emissaries to get information in secret, for example, is exactly like the Song Dynasty," which lasted from 960 to 1279, said Deng Xiaonan, a Beijing University history professor.

Ten days later, he sat down at his electric typewriter and wrote a private letter "from the heart" to Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, asking whether he could send a secret emissary, which he did, dispatching national security adviser Brent Scowcroft with a message that he would give the Chinese some breathing room.

Abu Mazen sent a secret emissary to the White House: Khalil Shikaki.