McCain Rolls Out Ambassador Supporters

John McCain today rolled out a group of 100 former U.S. ambassadors who have endorsed him for president.

Notables include President George H.W. Bush and John Bolton, former ambassadors to the U.N.; former Ambassador to Portugal Frank Carlucci III, who served as secretary of defense under President Ronald Reagan; and former Ambassador to the Vatican Jim Nicholson, who served as secretary of veterans affairs under the current President Bush.

One of the group’s co-chairs–an appointee of President Bill Clinton–offered criticism of Barack Obama’s foreign policy credentials in the McCain camp’s announcement of the group.

“I will vote for John McCain because the differences between the two candidates are so vast and profound,” said MarkErwin, who was appointed by Clinton in 1997 to the board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and in 1999 became ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, the Republic of the Seychelles and the Federal Islamic Republic of Comoros.

“Senator Obama does not have sufficient leadership experience, nor has he been tested in difficult times,” Erwin said.

See a full list of the former ambassadors after the jump.

Weston Adams, Malawi — Columbia, S.C.
Lenore Annenberg, Chief of Protocol — Radnor, Penn.
Cresencio Arcos, Jr., Honduras; FP/NS — Coral Gables, Fla.
George Argyros, Spain and Andorra — Costa Mesa, Calif.
Catherine Todd Bailey, Latvia — Louisville, Ky.
Howard H. Baker, Jr., Senator (R-TN); Senate Majority Leader; Amb. Japan — Huntsville, Tenn.
Douglas H. Barclay, El Salvador — Pulaski, N.Y.
Stuart A. Bernstein, Denmark — Washington, D.C.
Everett E. Bierman, Papua New Guinea — Oakton, Va.
Julia Chang Bloch, Nepal — Washington, D.C.
John Bolton, United Nations
Stephen F. Brauer, Belgium — Bridgeton, Mo.
Keith Lapham Brown, Lesotho; Denmark — San Antonio, Texas
Donald Burnham, Ensenat, Brunei; Chief of Protocol — New Orleans, La .
Richard R. Burt, Germany — Washington, D.C.
President George H.W. Bush, United Nations — Houston, Texas
William J. Cabaniss, Jr., Czech Republic — Birmingham, Ala.
Richard G. Capen Jr., Spain — Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
Richard W. Carlson, Seychelles — Weems, Va.
Frank Carlucci III, Portugal
Bruce Chapman, IAEA; Vienna — Seattle, Wash.
Sue McCourt Cobb, Jamaica — Coral Gables, Fla.
Charles E. Cobb, Jr., Iceland — Coral Gables, Fla.
Walter J.P. Curley, Ireland; France — New York, N.Y.
Peter H. Dailey, Ireland; Special Envoy to NATO Countries — Pasadena, Calif.
Mark L. Edelman, Cameroon — Washington, D.C.
Mark Erwin, Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros — Charlotte, N.C.
Richard M. Fairbanks III, Ambassador-at-Large — Washington, D.C.
William S. Farish III, United Kingdom — Versailles, Ky.
Edward R. Finch, Jr., Panama — New York, N.Y.
John R. Gavin, Mexico — Los Angeles, Calif.
Bruce S. Gelb, USIA; Belgium — N ew York, N.Y.
Joseph B. Gildenhorn, Switzerland — Washington, D.C.
Anthony H. Gioia, Malta — Buffalo, N.Y.
Luis Guinot, Jr., Costa Rica — Falls Church, Va.
Margaret M. Heckler, Ireland — Arlington, Va.
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., Sweden — Riverside, Conn.
Hans H. Hertell, Dominican Republic — Washington, D.C.
Alfred Hoffman, Jr., Portugal — Fort Meyers, Fla.
Richard Holwill, Ecuador
G. Philip Hughes, Barbados, Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and Grenadines — Falls Church, Va.
Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., Singapore — Salt Lake City, Utah
Robert S. Ingersoll, Japan — Evanston, Ill.
James C. Kenny, Ireland — Glenview, Ill.
Alfred H. Kingon, European Union — Bronxville, N.Y.
Lester B. Korn, UN Economic and Social Council — Beverly Hills, Calif.
Mary E. Kramer, Barbados and Eastern Caribbean — Clive, IA
Paul C. Lambert, Ecuador — New York, N.Y.
Mark Langdale, Costa Rica — Dallas, Texas
Howard Leach, France — Salinas, Calif.
Melvyn Levinsky, Bulgaria and Brazil — Ann Arbor, Mich.
John L. Loeb, Jr., Denmark — New York, N.Y.
Earle I. Mack, Finland — Fort Lee, N.J.
Susan Rasinski McCaw, Austria — Kirkland, Wash.
Robert C. McFarlane, Special Envoy for the President
Thomas Patrick Melady, Burundi, Uganda, Holy See — Washington, D.C.
J. William Middendorf II, Netherlands, OAS, European Union — Little Compton, R.I.
Steve Minikes, CSCE — Washington, D.C.
George Cranwell Montgomery, Sultanate of Oman
Thomas A. Nassif, Morocco — La Jolla, Calif.
Gregory J. Newell, Sweden — Provo, Utah
Edward N. Ney, Canada — New York, N.Y.
Jim Nicholson, Holy See — McLean, Va.
Herman W. Nickle, South Africa — Tucson, Ariz.
Julian M. Niemczyk, Czechoslovakia — Annandale, Va.
Keith Foote Nyborg, Finland — Sugar City, Idaho
John D. Ong, Norway — Hudson, Ohio
Penne Korth Peacock, Mauritius — Washington, D.C.
Joseph Carlton Petrone, United Nations European Office — Dublin, N.H.
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr., Mexico — Akron, Ohio
John Price Mauritius, Seychelles and Comoros — Salt Lake City, Utah
Charles H. Price, II, Belgium, United Kingdom — Kansas City, Mo.
James W. Rawlings, Zimbabwe — Southbury, Conn.
Otto J. Reich, Venezuela — Washington, D.C.
Mercer Reynolds, Switzerland and Liechtenstein — Indian Hill, Ohio
Gilbert A. Robinson, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State — McLean, Va.
Joe M. Rodgers, France — Nashville, Tenn.
Sig Rogich, Iceland — Las Vegas, Nev.
John Rood, Bahamas — Jacksonville, Fla.
Francis L. Rooney III, Holy See — Naples, Fla.
Frank Ruddy, Equatorial Guinea
Bob Royall, Tanzania — South Carolina
Rockwell A. Schnabel, Finland, European Union — Los Angeles, Calif.
Peter F. Secchia, Italy — Grand Rapids, Mich.
Martin J. Silverstein, Uruguay — New York, N.Y.
Ronald J. Sorini, Chief Textile Negotiator, U.S. Trade Representative — Hinsda le, Ill.
Michael G. Sotirhos, Jamaica, Greece — Lauderdale by the Sea, Fla.
Robert D. Stuart, Jr., Norway — Lake Forest, Ill.
Charles J. Swindells, New Zealand, Samoa — Portland, Ore.
Peter Terpeluk, Jr., Luxembourg — Washington, D.C.
Timothy L. Towell, Paraguay — Washington, D.C.
Rodolphe M. Vallee, Slovakia — Shelburne, Vt.
Leon J. Weil, Nepal — New York, N.Y.
John G. Weinmann, Finland, Chief of Protocol — New Orleans, La.
Ronald N. Weiser, Slovakia — Ann Arbor, Mich.
Pamela P. Willeford, Switzerland and Liechtenstein — Austin, Texas
Richard Williamson, Asst. Secy; Amb. IAEA — Chicago, Ill.
Curtin Winsor, Jr., Costa Rica — McLean, Va.
Dr. Aldona Z. Wos, Estonia — Greensboro, N.C.
Joseph Zappala, Spain — Aventura, Fla.