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December 27, 2005 Ambassador mars major radio interview THE NEW US ambassador to the UK has marred one of his first major media appearances. Robert Holmes Tuttle, who became the USA's emissary to the Court of St James's in July this year, was speaking on the BBC's flagship Today radio programme, but before his full interview had even been broadcast, officials had had to clarify what he said. Mr Tuttle told interviewer Jim Naughtie that the US had no evidence of 'extraordinary rendition' flights to Syria, but embassy officials felt obliged to clarify the comment by revealing that the ambassador did know of a media report of one rendition there. The embassy statement repeated that the US did not condone torture and that US officials had not taken part in the transfer of a Canadian citizen to Syria in 2002. Mr Tuttle was renown as a Republican fundraiser before his appointment. He lived in Beverly Hills and was a managing partner in one of the biggest US car dealerships. In the 1980s, Mr Tuttle worked at the White House as an assistant to President Reagan. Mr Tuttle was accorded one of the highest profile interview segments on the agenda-setting Today programme - just after 8am during the first edition after Christmas. The interview's effect was however diminished as the clarification was broadcast in the news bulletin just before its transmission.
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