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March 10, 2011

Roger Offers His Take on What the Gary Locke Nomination Means – on KING 5 TV

by Jon Misola

(L to R: Roger Nyhus, Bill Bryant, Joseph Borich, Margaret Larson)

Roger Nyhus appeared on TV this morning on KING 5 New Day Northwest with host and award-winning journalist Margaret Larson. The topic, as one might expect if you’re following recent news, was the nomination of Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke to be ambassador to China. Sharing the news segment with Roger was Joseph Borich from the Washington State China Relations Council and Seattle Port Commissioner Bill Bryant.

Roger, based on his long and personal relationship with our former Washington governor, spoke about what the appointment would mean for our state, for the United States and for the Locke family. Here’s what Roger had to say:

The full news segment is posted here at KING 5 New Day Northwest.

Also, this just in from a Los Angeles Times story in the Bellingham Herald:

SEATTLE – Years before U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke was nominated as the next U.S. ambassador to China, he made the first of a series of official visits to the country of his father’s birth, after his election in Washington state as America’s first Chinese-American governor.

“He was a rock star. He was treated very much as a head of state there. People in supermarkets came up to him and recognized him,” said Roger Nyhus, Locke’s former communications director.

Read more here.