First to report new U.S. negotiator on sensitive North Korea portfolio

First to report new U.S. negotiator on sensitive North Korea portfolio Reuters was first to report that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would announce retired U.S. ambassador Stephen Bosworth as the new lead U.S. negotiator for talks on ending North Korea`s nuclear weapons program. Our correspondent broke the news on Feburary 11, eight days before Clinton made the official announcement. The Obama administration’s quick selection of an experienced diplomat to lead its negotiations with North Korea reassured financial markets in Asia that have been jittery about increasingly bellicose rhetoric from Pyongyang, reports of preparations for a possible North Korean long-range missile test and doubts about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il.