Chris Hill expected to be named U.S. envoy to Iraq

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chris Hill, a career U.S. diplomat who has been Washington's lead negotiator with North Korea, is expected to be nominated U.S. ambassador to Iraq, a U.S. official who asked not to be named said on Monday.

A State Department spokesman had no immediate comment on the choice, which was first reported by ABC News on its website.

Hill has spent the last four years as the senior U.S. official in multilateral talks on ending North Korea's nuclear programs and as the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs.

Earlier in his career, he served as ambassador to South Korea, Poland and Macedonia and as special envoy to Kosovo.

(Editing by Sandra Maler)