You think he's angling to be ambassador to the US?

The Obama administration will be thrilled if Ehud Barak becomes the ambassador to the United States (as has been discussed).

US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is a friend of Israel, Defense
Minister Ehud Barak said in his parting speech to the Knesset Foreign
Affairs and Defense Committee Monday."I met the new Secretary of
Defense of the US, and I found someone who supports Israeli