Obama might appoint Bill Clinton as special envoy on Kashmir

NEW YORK - US President-Elect Barack Obama might consider appointing  former President Bill Clinton as special envoy on Jammu and Kashmir in an effort resolve the decades-old Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, according to media reports.

Obama indicated his intention to make such a move in a recent interview with Joe Klein of 'Time' magazine ahead of his election as president. He told the weekly magazine that he has sounded out Clinton, who has had first-hand experience dealing with the Subcontinent, having played a role in ending the Kargil issue in the summer of 1999.