[laserboy]

My greatest concern is that this conflict of interest will result in policy detrimental to the US citizens.

The ambassador to Netherlands is not a meaningless position, it should go to the person best qualified to represent the US in that capacity. But you are correct in that it is not at the top of the list of my concerns. But what about other domestic issues, like curbing lending resrcitions on Fannie Mae? If politicians are so blatantly flaunting their favoritism in issues like appointing ambassadors, who is to say that Bush is not being influenced on these matters as well?