Here's the non-detailed explanation on what happened to this nomination:

America, standing tall, revoked the visa of the Venezuelan Ambassador. Har har. So is somebody's old man.

If Venezuela is to be cast as an Iranian proliferation problem (! and then some), we should be shedding yet more tears over the destruction of Valerie Plame's Iran-centric program, and the cowardly passivity of our domestic fascist coalition in response.