Appointments and Resignations
Ambassador to Malaysia: Who Is Paul W. Jones?
Paul W. Jones, a career member of the State Department’s Senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia on September 8, 2010.
Born in Yorktown Heights, New York, in 1960, Jones graduated fro... read more
Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan: Who Is Pamela Spratlen?
Pamela L. Spratlen was sworn in as U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic on April 15, 2011.
She was born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Washington State and California. Her father, Thaddeus Spratlen, was a professor in the Department of Mark... read more
Ambassador from Ukraine: Who Is Oleksandr Motsyk?
Oleksandr Motsyk was took over as Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States on June 11, 2010.
Motsyk was born on May 3, 1955, in the village of Horodets Volodymeretskoho, in the Rivne region of the Ukraine. In 1981 he graduated from Kyiv Sta... read more
Ambassador from Turkey: Who is Namik Tan?
Namik Tan has served as Turkey’s ambassador to the United States since February 2010.
Born in 1956 in Mardin, Tan graduated from the University of Ankara with a law degree.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1982 and worked in ... read more
Ambassador from Andorra: Who is Narcís Casal de Fonsdeviela?
Attorney Narcís Casal de Fonsdeviela has served as ambassador of the tiny European nation of Andorra to the United States since November 2, 2009. He had already been serving as Andorra’s representative to the United Nations since September of th... read more
Ambassador from Tanzania: Who is Mwanaidi Maajar?
An attorney by profession, Mwanaidi Sinare Maajar was chosen to be Tanzania’s ambassador to the United States in March 2010 and presented her credentials on September 7.
Born January 12, 1954, and raised in Moshi, Tanzania, Maajar earned a b... read more
Extending FBI Director Mueller’s Term…a Rare Occurrence
Since the 37-year reign of J. Edgar Hoover came to an end with his death in 1972, the FBI has been led by only five directors, each of whom has served one 10-year term in office, as determined by federal law. It is against this historical backdr... read more
Ambassador to Montenegro: Who is Sue Brown?
Sue K. Brown, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was appointed in November 2010 by President Barack Obama to serve as ambassador to Montenegro. She was sworn in on April 27, 2011.
A native of Texas, Brown joined the Foreign Servi... read more
Ambassador from Costa Rica: Who Is Muni Figueres?
Muni Figueres was appointed as Costa Rica’s Ambassador to the United States in August 2010.
Figueres was born in Costa Rica and earned her Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature from City College of New York, Cours de Civilisation franc... read more
Ambassador from Benin: Who is Cyrille Oguin?
A career diplomat, Cyrille S. Oguin has served as ambassador to the United States from the West African nation of Benin since March 2001.
Oguin is a graduate of the Algiers National School of Administration (Foreign Service) and the Geneva G... read more
Obama Rewarded Almost 200 Campaign Donors with Government Jobs and Contracts…Just Like George W. Bush Did
The more things change, the more they stay the same in Washington, DC, where the current president promised to do things differently from his predecessor, but in fact has done exactly the same thing George W. Bush did in rewarding big-time fundr... read more
Ambassador from Togo: Who is Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki?
Limbiye Edawe Kadangha Bariki became the Togolese ambassador to the US on July 14, 2009.
Bariki graduated from the University of Benin in Togo (now known as the Univerity of Lomé) and the National School of Administration in Lomé, Togo.
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Ambassador to Togo: Who is Patricia Hawkins?
A native of Pennsylvania, Patricia McMahon Hawkins has served as the United States Ambassador to the West African nation of Togo since August 22, 2008. Hawkins attended Barnard College in New York City and graduated from East Stroudsburg Univer... read more
Nobel Prize-Winning Economist Forced to Withdraw Nomination to Federal Reserve Board
Citing partisan politics and a misunderstanding of how economics and money supply work together, Nobel Prize winner Peter Diamond has decided to withdraw as a nominee for Federal Reserve governor.
The MIT professor’s nomination has encounter... read more
Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency: Who is William Landay?
Vice Admiral William E. “Bill” Landay III of the U.S. Navy has served as director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) since August 2010. The DSCA oversees the sale of arms, defense technologies, training and other services to forei... read more
National Archives Hires Professional Wikipedia Contributor
Acknowledging the important place Wikipedia has established in the world of information, the National Archives has hired its first “Wikipedian in Residence.” Dominic McDevitt-Parks, 24, is a graduate student in history and archives management at... read more