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libertango) wrote2009-05-28 12:19 am
libertango) wrote2009-05-28 12:19 am
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Embassies
Drilling down at the list of US embassies recently, I was struck by the large number currently headed by Chargés d'Affaires ad interim, rather than ambassadors.
I suppose that's endemic to the large number of politically appointed ambassadorships, combined with not only a new administration, but a change of parties.
So it's mildly big news that Mr. Obama named five ambassadors on Wednesday -- to go to the UK, France, Japan, India, and The Vatican.
The new ambassador to The Vatican seems particularly in character for Mr. Obama -- he's Miguel H. Díaz, an associate professor of theology at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. Here's the press release from his college.
I suppose that's endemic to the large number of politically appointed ambassadorships, combined with not only a new administration, but a change of parties.
So it's mildly big news that Mr. Obama named five ambassadors on Wednesday -- to go to the UK, France, Japan, India, and The Vatican.
The new ambassador to The Vatican seems particularly in character for Mr. Obama -- he's Miguel H. Díaz, an associate professor of theology at the College of St. Benedict and St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn. Here's the press release from his college.