“Many of us have served with one or both of these exceptional nominees and can attest not only to their foreign policy capabilities but also to their strength of character.” “We urge the Senate to swiftly confirm these highly qualified and experienced officials so that they are ready to serve on day one of the Biden Administration.” WASHINGTON – In a new letter released today, more than 300 former ambassadors urged the Senate to swiftly confirm Secretary of State-designate Antony Blinken and UN Ambassador-designate Linda Thomas-Greenfield. Secretary of State-designate Blinken is an experienced leader who will hit the ground running with crucial know-how and indispensable relationships with leaders around the world. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield served for 35 years in the Foreign Service across four continents and is one of America’s most experienced diplomats. The group of former ambassadors wrote that both nominees are crisis-tested experts who will renew American leadership, rebuild our alliances and partnerships, and restore our credibility on the world’s stage.
Read the full letter here and below: As former ambassadors, we are proud to affirm our strong support for the nominations of Mr. Antony Blinken as Secretary of State and Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield as U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations. Many of us have served with one or both of these exceptional nominees and can attest not only to their foreign policy capabilities but also to their strength of character. We urge the Senate to swiftly confirm these highly qualified and experienced officials so that they are ready to serve on day one of the Biden Administration. Mr. Blinken and Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield’s combined decades of experience in foreign affairs and national security make them more than qualified for these vital roles. Their deep knowledge of State Department operations has prepared them for the essential job of revitalizing a workforce that has suffered from budget cuts, unexplained attacks by foreign adversaries, and even questions about their necessity to U.S. policymaking in recent years. They are crisis-tested experts who will renew American leadership, rebuild our alliances and partnerships, and restore our credibility on the world’s stage. Mr. Blinken — having held top foreign affairs posts on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and as Deputy Secretary of State — is an experienced leader who will hit the ground running with crucial know-how and indispensable relationships with leaders around the world. He knows the State Department, understands the challenges it faces, and has a vision for both investing in its workforce and revitalizing American diplomacy. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield, having served for 35 years in the Foreign Service across four continents, is one of America’s most experienced diplomats. She has tackled complex foreign policy challenges, including her service as the top State Department official in charge of Africa policy during the Ebola crisis. She also brings more than a decade of experience working on refugee and migration policy, including work on the frontlines of multilateral diplomacy during her service at the U.S. Mission to the UN in Geneva. Mr. Blinken and Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield are the leaders our country needs to meet the challenges of this century — not just the last one. That is why we’re urging the Senate to act as quickly as possible and confirm both nominees to begin the work of restoring American leadership and credibility. Signed, Gina K. Abercrombie-Winstanley
Ambassador to Malta (2012-2016) Charles C. Adams
Ambassador to Finland (2005-2007) Cynthia H. Akuetteh
Ambassador to Gabon (2014-2018); Ambassador to São Tomé and PrÃncipe (2014-2018) Bernadette M. Allen
Ambassador to Niger (2006-2010) Frank Almaguer
Ambassador to Honduras (1999-2002) Carolyn Patricia Alsup
Ambassador to The Gambia (2015-2018) Alexander Arvizu
Ambassador to Albania (2010-2015) Mark L. Asquino
Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (2012-2015) Liliana Ayalde
Ambassador to Brazil (2013-2016); Ambassador to Paraguay (2008-2011) Daniel Baer
Ambassador to the OSCE (2013-2017) Robert Cushman Barber
Ambassador to Iceland (2015-2017) Shirley Elizabeth Barnes
Ambassador to Madagascar (1998-2001) Adrian Basora
Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and then to Czech Republic (1992-1995) Leslie A. Bassett
Ambassador to Paraguay (2015-2017) Michael A. Battle
Ambassador to the African Union (2009-2013) Denise Campbell Bauer
Ambassador to Belgium (2013-2017) Robert M. Beecroft
Ambassador and Head of Mission, OSCE Peacekeeping Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2001-2004) Colleen Bell
Ambassador to Hungary (2014-2017) Bruce G. Berton
Ambassador and Head of Mission, OSCE Mission to Bosnia-Herzegovina (2017-2019) Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr.
Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2009-2013) John R. Beyrle
Ambassador to Russia (2008-2012); Ambassador to Bulgaria (2005-2008) Clyde Bishop
Ambassador to Republic of the Marshall Islands (2006-2009) James K. Bishop
Ambassador to Somalia (1990-1991); Ambassador to Liberia (1987-1990); Ambassador to Niger (1979-1981) Robert D. Blackwill
Ambassador to India (2001-2003) Robert Blake
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Ambassador to Liberia (2002-2005) Hon. Jeffrey Bleich
Ambassador to Australia (2009-2013) Peter W. Bodde
Ambassador to Libya (2015-2017); Ambassador to Nepal (2012-2015); Ambassador to Malawi (2008-2010) Michele Thoren Bond
Ambassador to Lesotho (2010-2012) Amy Laura Bondurant
Ambassador to the OECD (1997-2001) Carol Moseley Braun
Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa (1998-2001) Aurelia E. Brazeal
Ambassador to Ethiopia (2002-2005); Ambassador to Kenya (1993-1996); Ambassador to The Federated States of Micronesia (1990-1993) James (Wally) Brewster
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (2013-2017) Pamela E. Bridgewater
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Ambassador to Ghana (1992-1995); Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire (1989-1992); Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (1981-1984) Sue K. Brown
Ambassador to Montenegro (2011-2015) Steven A. Browning
Ambassador to Uganda (2006-2009); Ambassador to Malawi (2003-2004) George Bruno
Ambassador to Belize (1994-1997) A. Peter Burleigh
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Ambassador to NATO (2001-2005); Ambassador to Greece (1997-2001) Dwight L. Bush
Ambassador to Morocco (2014-2016) Luis C. deBaca
Ambassador-at-Large, Trafficking in Persons (2009-2014) John Campbell
Ambassador to Nigeria (2004-2007) Piper Anne Wind Campbell
Ambassador to Mongolia (2012-2015) David L. Carden
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Ambassador to Haiti (1998-1999); Ambassador to Sudan (1995-1997) Johnnie Carson
Ambassador to Kenya (1999-2003); Ambassador to Zimbabwe (1995-1997); Ambassador to Uganda (1991-1994) Phillip Carter III
Ambassador to Guinea (2007-2008); Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire (2010-2013) Judith B. Cefkin
Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu (2015-2018) Robert F. Cekuta
Ambassador to Azerbaijan (2015-2018) Wendy J. Chamberlin
Ambassador to Pakistan (2001-2002); Ambassador to Laos (1995 -1998) Peter R. Chaveas
Ambassador to Sierra Leone (2001-2004); Ambassador to Malawi (1994-1997) Mark Childress
Ambassador to Tanzania (2014-2016) Herman J. Cohen
Ambassador to Senegal (1977-1980) James Collins
Ambassador to Russia (1998-2001) Elinor G. Constable
Ambassador to Kenya (1986-1989) Frances D. Cook
Ambassador to Oman (1996-1999); Ambassador to Cameroon (1989-1993); Ambassador to Burundi (1980-1983) Frederick Bishop Cook
Ambassador to the Central African Republic (2007-2010) J. Gary Cooper
Ambassador to Jamaica (1994-1997) Cindy Courville
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Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and Chief of Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome (2009-2012) Ryan Clark Crocker
Ambassador to Afghanistan (2011-2012); Ambassador to Iraq (2007-2009); Ambassador to Pakistan (2004-2007); Ambassador to Syria (1998-2001); Ambassador to Kuwait (1994-1997); Ambassador to Lebanon (1990-1993) James B. Cunningham
Ambassador to Afghanistan (2012-2014); Ambassador to Israel (2008-2011); Ambassador to the UN (1999-2004) Walter L. Cutler
Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1988-1989); Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1984-1987); Ambassador to Tunisia (1982-1984); Ambassador to Zaire (1975-1979) Ivo Daalder
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Ambassador to Thailand (2015-2018); Ambassador to UN Organizations in Vienna (2009-2011) Ruth A. Davis
Ambassador to Benin (1992-1995) Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Ambassador to the UN for Special Political Affairs (2011-2014) Greg Delawie
Ambassador to Kosovo (2015-2018) Christopher Dell
Ambassador to Kosovo (2009-2012); Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2004-2007); Ambassador to Angola (2001-2004) Miguel H. Diaz
Ambassador to the Holy See (2009-2012) Kathleen Ann Doherty
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Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Council (2010-2013) Shaun Donnelly
Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Maldives (1997-2000) Joseph R. Donovan Jr.
Ambassador to Indonesia (2016-2020) Thomas Dougherty
Ambassador to Burkina Faso (2010-2013) David B. Dunn
Ambassador to Togo (2006-2008); Ambassador to Zambia (1999-2002) William C. Eacho III
Ambassador to Austria (2009-2013) William A. Eaton
Ambassador to Panama (2005-2008) Eric S. Edelman
Ambassador to Turkey (2003-2005); Ambassador to Finland (1998-2001) Norman Eisen
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Ambassador to Senegal (2000-2003) Susan M. Elliott
Ambassador to Tajikistan (2012-2015) Edward E. Elson
Ambassador to Denmark (1993-1998) Nancy Ely-Raphel
Ambassador to Slovenia (1998-2001) John B. Emerson
Ambassador to Germany (2013-2017) Gregory W. Engle
Ambassador to Togo (2003-2005) John L. Estrada
Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago (2016-2017) Kenneth J. Fairfax
Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2011-2013) John Feeley
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Ambassador to Lebanon (2004-2008) David C. Fields
Ambassador to the Marshall Islands (1992-1995); Ambassador to Office of Foreign Missions (1990-1992); Ambassador to Central African Republic (1986-1989) Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick
Ambassador to Timor-Leste (2017-2020) Robert Ford
Ambassador to Syria (2011-2014); Ambassador to Algeria (2008-2010) Jendayi Frazer
Ambassador to South Africa (2004-2005) Laurie S. Fulton
Ambassador to Denmark (2009-2013) Julie Furuta-Toy
Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (2016-2019) Edward Gabriel
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Ambassador to Croatia (1993-1998) Anthony Gardner
Ambassador to the European Union (2014-2017) Patrick Gaspard
Ambassador to South Africa (2013-2016) Michelle Gavin
Ambassador to Botswana (2011-2014) Robert S. Gelbard
Ambassador to Indonesia (1999-2001); Ambassador to Bolivia (1988-1991) Gordon D. Giffin
Ambassador to Canada (1997-2001)
Mark D. Gilbert
Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa (2014-2017) Donald H. Gips
Ambassador to South Africa (2009-2013) Edward W. Gnehm Jr.
Ambassador to Jordan (2001-2004); Ambassador to Australia (2000-2001); Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN-NY (1994-1997); Ambassador to Kuwait (1991-1994) Christopher E. Goldthwait
Ambassador to Chad (1999-2004) Gary A. Grappo
Ambassador to Oman (2006-2009) Gordon Gray
Ambassador to Tunisia (2009-2012) David A. Gross
Ambassador and US Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (2002-2009) Lino Gutiérrez
Ambassador to Argentina (2003-2006); Ambassador to Nicaragua (1996-1999) Howard Gutman
Ambassador to Belgium (2009-2013) Nina Hachigian
Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (2014-2017) Pamela K. Hamamoto
Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva (2014-2017) S. Fitzgerald Haney
Ambassador to Costa Rica (2015-2017) Anthony Stephen Harrington
Ambassador to Brazil (1999-2001) Patricia M. Hawkin
Ambassador to the Togo (2008-2011) Bruce Alan Heyman
Ambassador to Canada (2014-2017) Douglas T. Hickey
Ambassador to Expo Milano (2014-2016) Heather Hodges
Ambassador to Ecuador (2008-2011); Ambassador to Moldova (2003-2006) Karl Hofmann
Ambassador to Togo (2000-2002) Laura S. H. Holgate
Ambassador to International Atomic Energy Agency (2016-2017) Genta Hawkins Holmes
Ambassador to Australia (1997-2000); Ambassador to Namibia (1990-1992) Michael Stephen Hoza
Ambassador to Cameroon (2014-2017) Vicki J. Huddleston
Ambassador to Mali (2002-2005); Ambassador to Madagascar (1995-1997) David Huebner
Ambassador to New Zealand (2009-2014) Marie T. Huhtala
Ambassador to Malaysia (2001-2004) Harriet W. Isom
Ambassador to Cameroon (1993-1996); Ambassador to Benin (1990-1993) Robert Porter Jackson
Ambassador to Ghana (2016-2018); Ambassador to Cameroon (2010-2013) Jeanine Jackson
Ambassador to Malawi (2011-2014); Ambassador to Burkina Faso (2006-2009) Susan Jacobs
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu (2000-2003) Janice Jacobs
Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau (2006-2007) Tracey Jacobson
Ambassador to Kosovo (2012-2015); Ambassador to Tajikistan (2006-2009); Ambassador to Turkmenistan (2003-2006) Bonnie Jenkins
Ambassador, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs (2009-2017) Howard F. Jeter
Ambassador to Nigeria (2000-2003); Ambassador to Botswana (1993-1996) Dennis Jett
Ambassador to Peru (1996-1999); Ambassador to Mozambique (1993-1996) David T. Johnson
Ambassador to the OSCE (1998-2001) Beth Jones
Ambassador to Kazakhstan (1995-1998) Deborah Jones
Ambassador to Libya (2013-2015); Ambassador to Kuwait (2008-2011) James R. Jones
Ambassador to Mexico (1993-1997) Mosina H. Jordan
Ambassador to the Central African Republic (1995-1998) Arma Jane Karaer
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu (1997-2000) Allan J. Katz
Ambassador to Portugal (2010-2013) Richard D. Kauzlarich
Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997-1999); Ambassador to Azerbaijan (1994-1997) Kenton W. Keith
Ambassador to Qatar (1988-1992) Craig Kelly
Ambassador to Chile (2004-2007) Laura E. Kennedy
Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament (2010-2013); Ambassador to Turkmenistan (2001-2003) Patrick F. Kennedy
Ambassador for Management and Reform, USUN (2001-2005) Caroline Kennedy
Ambassador to Japan (2013-2017) Kristie A. Kenney
Ambassador to Thailand (2010-2014); Ambassador to Philippines (2006-2010); Ambassador to Ecuador (2002-2005) David Killion
Ambassador to UNESCO (2009-2014) Hans Klemm
Ambassador to Romania (2015-2019); Ambassador to Timor-Leste (2007-2010) Karen Kornbluh
Ambassador to the OECD (2009-2012) John C. Kornblum
Ambassador to Germany (1997-2001); Ambassador to OSCE (1991-1994) Eleni Kounalakis
Ambassador to Hungary (2010-2013) Thomas Krajeski
Ambassador to Bahrain (2011-2014); Ambassador to Yemen (2004-2007) Lisa Kubiske
Ambassador to Honduras (2011-2014) Daniel Kurtzer
Ambassador to Israel (2001-2005); Ambassador to Egypt (1997-2001) Joyce E. Leader
Ambassador to Guinea (1999-2000) Alfonso E. Lenhardt
Ambassador to Tanzania (2009-2013) Jeffrey D. Levine
Ambassador to Estonia (2012-2015) Suzan LeVine
Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein (2014-2017) Delano E. Lewis Sr.
Ambassador to South Africa (1999-2001) Dawn Liberi
Ambassador to Burundi (2012-2016) Hugo Llorens
Ambassador to Honduras (2008-2011) Carmen Lomellin
Ambassador to the OAS (2009-2014) Lewis Lukens
Ambassador to Senegal and Guinea-Bissau (2011-2014) Douglas Lute
Ambassador to NATO (2013-2017) John F. Maisto
Ambassador to the Organization of American States (2003-2006); Ambassador to Venezuela (1997-2000); Ambassador to Nicaragua (1993-1996) Deborah R. Malac
Ambassador to Uganda (2016-2020); Ambassador to Liberia (2012-2015) Eileen A. Malloy
Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (1994-1997) Robert Mandell
Ambassador to Luxembourg (2011-2015) Steven R. Mann
Ambassador to Turkmenistan (1998-2001) Edward Marks
Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau (1986-1989); Ambassador to Cape Verde (1986-1989) R. Niels Marquardt
Ambassador to Madagascar and the Comoros (2007-2010); Ambassador to Cameroon (2004-2007); Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea (2004-2006) Dennise Mathieu
Ambassador to Namibia (2007-2010); Ambassador to Niger (2002-2005) Marshall Fletcher McCallie
Ambassador to Namibia (1993-1996) Deborah McCarthy
Ambassador to Lithuania (2013-2016) Terence P. McCulley
Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire (2013-2016); Ambassador to Nigeria (2010-2013); Ambassador to Mali (2005-2008) Stephen G. McFarland
Ambassador to Guatemala (2008-2011) Michael McFaul
Ambassador to Russia (2012-2014) C. Steven McGann
Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu (2008-2011) James D. McGee
Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2007-2009); Ambassador to Comoros Islands (2006-2007); Ambassador to Madagascar (2004-2007); Ambassador to Swaziland (2002-2004); David McKean
Ambassador to Luxembourg (2016-2017) P. Michael McKinley
Ambassador to Brazil (2017-2018); Ambassador to Afghanistan (2014-2016); Ambassador to Colombia (2010-2013); Ambassador to Peru (2007-2010) Elizabeth Davenport McKune
Ambassador to Qatar (1998-2001) James D. Melville Jr.
Ambassador to Estonia (2015-2018) William Milam
Ambassador to Pakistan (1998-2001); Ambassador to Bangladesh (1990-1993) Thomas J. Miller
Ambassador to Greece (2001-2005); Ambassador to Bosnia (1999-2001); Cyprus Negotiator (1997-1999) David Charles Miller, Jr.
Ambassador to Zimbabwe (1984-1986); Ambassador to Tanzania (1981-1984) Derek Mitchell
Ambassador to Burma (2012-2016) Patricia Newton Moller
Ambassador to Guinea (2009-2012); Ambassador to Burundi (2006-2009) Roderick W. Moore
Ambassador to Montenegro (2007-2010) George E. Moose
Ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva (1998-2001); Ambassador to Senegal (1988-1991); Ambassador to Benin (1983-1986) Luis G. Moreno
Ambassador to Jamaica (2014-2017) Carlos Moreno
Ambassador to Belize (2014-2017) Richard Morningstar
Ambassador to Azerbaijan (2012-2014); Ambassador to the EU (1999-2001) Stephen D. Mull
Ambassador to Poland (2012-2015); Ambassador to Lithuania (2003-2006) Cameron Munter
Ambassador to Pakistan (2010-2012); Ambassador to Serbia (2007-2009) Allan Mustard
Ambassador to Turkmenistan (2015-2019) Larry C. Napper
Ambassador to Kazakhstan (2001-2004); Ambassador to Latvia (1995-1998) David D. Nelson
Ambassador to Uruguay (2010-2011) Wanda L. Nesbitt
Ambassador to Namibia (2010-2013); Ambassador to Cote d'Ivoire (2007-2010); Ambassador to Madagascar (2002-2004) Ronald E. Neumann
Ambassador to Afghanistan (2005-2007); Ambassador to Bahrain (2001-2004); Ambassador to Algeria (1994-1997) Thomas M. T. Niles
Ambassador to Greece (1993-1997); Ambassador to the European Union (then the European Community) (1989-1991); Ambassador to Canada (1985-1989) Crystal Nix-Hines
Ambassador to UNESCO (2014-2017) Victoria Nuland
Ambassador to NATO (2005-2008) Richard Olson
Ambassador to Pakistan (2012-2015); Ambassador to the UAE (2008-2011) Susan D. Page
Ambassador to South Sudan (2011-2014) Larry L. Palmer
Ambassador to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (2012-2016); Ambassador to Honduras (2002-2005) Joseph R. Paolino Jr.
Ambassador to Malta (1994-1996) Maurice S. Parker
Ambassador to Swaziland (2007-2009) Anne W. Patterson
Ambassador to Egypt (2011-2013); Ambassador to Pakistan (2007-2010); Ambassador to Colombia (2000-2003); Ambassador to El Salvador (1997-2000) David D. Pearce
Ambassador to Greece (2013-2016); Ambassador to Algeria (2008-2011) June Carter Perry
Ambassador to Sierra Leone (2007-2009); Ambassador to Lesotho (2004-2007) Robert C. Perry
Ambassador to the Central African Republic (1999-2001) Mary Ann Peters
Ambassador to Bangladesh (2000-2003) Nancy Bikoff Pettit
Ambassador to Latvia (2015-2019) John R. Phillips
Ambassador to Italy (2013-2017) Thomas R. Pickering
Ambassador to Russia (1993-1996); Ambassador to India (1992-1993); Ambassador to the United Nations (1989-1992); Ambassador to Israel (1985-1988); Ambassador to El Salvador (1983-1985); Ambassador to Nigeria (1981-1983); Ambassador to Jordan (1974-1978) Steven Pifer
Ambassador to Ukraine (1998-2000) Joan M. Plaisted
Ambassador to the Marshall Islands and Kiribati (1995-2000) Michael C. Polt
Ambassador to Estonia (2009-2012); Ambassador to Serbia and Montenegro (2004-2007) Azita Raji
Ambassador to Sweden (2016-2017) Charles A. Ray
Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2009-2012); Ambassador to Cambodia (2002-2005) Helen Patricia Reed-Rowe
Ambassador to Palau (2010-2013) Charles H. Rivkin
Ambassador to France and Monaco (2009-2013) Thomas Robertson
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Ambassador to Romania (1998-2001) Leslie Rowe
Ambassador to Mozambique (2009-2012); Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu (2006-2009) Robin Renee Sanders
Ambassador to Nigeria and the ECOWAS Regional Organization (2007-2010); Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo (2002-2005) Janet A. Sanderson
Ambassador to Haiti (2006-2009); Ambassador to Algeria (2000-2003) Teresita C. Schaffer
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Ambassador to Japan (2005-2009); Ambassador to Australia (2001-2005) Rockwell Schnabel
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OSCE Ambassador to Ukraine (2005-2008) Kyle Scott
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Ambassador to Brazil (2010-2013) Daniel B. Shapiro
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Ambassador to Ethiopia (1996-1999); Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1987-1990) Thomas L. Siebert
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Ambassador to Luxembourg (2009-2011) Louis B. Susman
Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2009-2013) William Lacy Swing
Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo (1998-2001); Ambassador to Haiti (1993-1998); Ambassador to Nigeria (1992-1993); Ambassador to South Africa (1989-1992); Ambassador to Liberia (1981-1985); Ambassador to Republic of Congo (1979-1981) Francis X. Taylor
Ambassador at Large for Counterterrorism (2001-2002) Teddy B. Taylor
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (2009-2012) Richard W. Teare
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (1993-1996) Frankie Reed
Ambassador to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu (2011-2015) Patrick N. Theros
Ambassador to Qatar (1995-1998) Harry K. Thomas Jr.
Ambassador to Zimbabwe (2018-2020); Ambassador to the Philippines (2010-2013); Ambassador to Bangladesh (2003-2005) David Thorne
Ambassador to Italy and the Republic of San Marino (2009-2013) Kurt W. Tong
Ambassador to APEC (2009-2011) Robert H. Tuttle
Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2005-2009) Charles Twining
Ambassador to Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (1996-1998); Ambassador to Cambodia (1991-1995) Melanne Verveer
Ambassador for Global Women's Issues (2009-2013) Edward S. Walker
Ambassador to Israel (1997-2000); Ambassador to Egypt (1994-1997); Ambassador to USUN (1993-1994); Ambassador to UAE (1989-1992) Marc Wall
Ambassador to Chad (2004-2007) Jake Walles
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Ambassador to Argentina (2000-2003) Mary Burce Warlick
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Ambassador to Austria (2013-2017) Joseph Westphal
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Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique (2000-2003); Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1996-1999) Swing William
Ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo (1998-2001); Ambassador to Haiti (1993-1998); Ambassador to Nigeria (1992-1993); Ambassador to South Africa (1989-1992); Ambassador to Liberia (1981-1985); Ambassador to Republic of Congo (1979-1981) Bisa Williams
Ambassador to Niger (2010-2013) Clint Williamson
Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (2006-2009) Duane E. Woerth
Ambassador to International Civil Aviation Organization (2010-2013) John Wolf
Ambassador to APEC (1997-1998); Ambassador to Malaysia (1992-1995) Kenneth Yalowitz
Ambassador to Georgia (1998-2001); Ambassador to Belarus (1994-1997) Mary Carlin Yates
Ambassador to Ghana (2002-2005); Ambassador to Burundi (1999-2002) Larry Greenwood
Ambassador to APEC (2001-2003) Daniel W. Yohannes
Ambassador to OECD (2014-2017) Johnny Young
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Ambassador to Ukraine (2016-2019); Ambassador to Armenia (2008-2011); Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic (2005-2008) Joseph Yun
Ambassador to Malaysia (2013-2016) James Peter Zumwalt
Ambassador to Senegal and to Guinea-Bissau (2015-2017)
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