To conclude: Viet Weekly can not hide its pro-communist stand. When its act is caught by the Vietnamese community that is predominantly anti-communist, its staff instead of recognizing the wrong doings and apologize to the community, they aggravated the problems by committing plenty of lies to cover them up. This cover-up can be seen as a “small scale Watergate scandal” within the Vietnamese media and the Vietnamese community. By spreading lies and inventing facts to back them up, Viet Weekly can no longer be trusted as a credible media organization. Phu Le. After the press release of April 5, 2007, in which Ambassador Michael Marine criticized the Vietnamese government specifically for political imprisonment and naming Father Ly, the American Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez who was escorting the wife of a political prisoner to the Ambassador’s home was prevented from entering. The Vietnamese woman was physically prevented by Communist police. After the Ambassador protested this to the Deputy Prime Minister Kheim with the American Congressional delegation on April 6, he was reportedly asked to resign by U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. His resignation takes effect July 31. His nominated replacement is the Ambassador to APEC Michael Michalak. The extraordinary APEC appointment at Ambassador level was made by President Bush in November 2005 and confirmed by the Senate in February 2006. The nomination for Ambassador to Vietnam was sent to the Senate on May 24, 2007. Jean Libby   more »