Her latest stop was Turkey, where she was confronted by her audience.
A group of Turkish women's rights activists confronted Undersecretary of State Karen Hughes on Wednesday with emotional and heated complaints about the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, turning a session designed to highlight the empowering of women into a raw display of the anger at U.S. policy in the region.
This was not the first time on this trip that the audience turned aggressive, her stop in Saudi Arabia didn't go much better.
But the response to the Bush administration's top "public diplomacy" envoy on her first trip to the Middle East seemed to take her aback, as several listeners complained vehemently that just because they were not allowed to vote or drive did not mean they were unfairly treated or imprisoned in their homes.
Just another example of what happens when these positions are filled with people with no experience in the field. Only the Bush administration would create a department to improve the perception of America in the Muslim world and then not hire a single Muslim onto her senior staff.
Khan, who helped organize the meeting, said Hughes has no Muslims on her senior staff. Her top assistant, dine Powell, is of Egyptian Christian origin. "How can we market a policy that we are not a partner in making?" Khan said.
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