Ambassador

Kimberly Guilfoyle is the latest Trump family ally chosen for an ambassadorship

11:08am December 11, 2024

Kimberly Guilfoyle, who got engaged to Trump's son in 2020, is the latest appointee he's chosen from his family tree. There's a long and controversial history of presidents picking relatives for jobs.

Jason Reynolds, pictured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in 2019, has spent the last three years speaking with students across the United States in his role as national ambassador for young people's literature.

Literature ambassador Jason Reynolds knows young people have a story of their own

11:02am December 13, 2022

by Julie Depenbrock

NPR's A Martínez talks to writer Jason Reynolds, who is ending his term as the national ambassador for young people's literature. The Library of Congress appointed him to the post three years ago.

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President Biden announced his intention to nominate Bridget Brink as the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. The career foreign service officer has served as ambassador to Slovakia since 2019.

Biden plans to nominate Bridget Brink as the next ambassador to Ukraine. Who is she?

2:22pm April 25, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Brink has served as the U.S. ambassador to Slovakia since 2019. She has more than two decades of experience in the Foreign Service, including stints in Georgia and Uzbekistan.

President Trump's State Department has sent more political appointees abroad as ambassadors than have previous administrations.

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Under Trump, More Big Donors Are Named Ambassadors — And Controversies Have Followed

4:30pm August 18, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. "not only has a higher percentage of political ambassadors, but has a higher percentage ... who don't seem to be temperamentally or intellectually suited for the work," says an ex-diplomat.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Nov. 15, 2019.

Former Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Key Figure In Impeachment Trial, Retires

8:38pm January 31, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

The career diplomat, who served as ambassador to Ukraine, became a key figure in the impeachment of President Trump, was forced out of her post in May.

Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan appears before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday for his confirmation hearing to be the new U.S. ambassador to Russia.

Democrats Grill Trump's Nominee For Russia Ambassador Over Ukraine

4:55pm October 30, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

John Sullivan's confirmation hearing was a window into discussions at the State Department over Ukraine relations — as impeachment testimony hearings are happening behind closed doors.

The British Embassy in Washington, D.C. Kim Darroch resigned as U.K. ambassador to the U.S. on Wednesday, after cables in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. Boris Johnson, expected to become the new prime minister, said nothing in D

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View From London: Did U.K. Ambassador's Pro-Europe Stance Make Him A Target?

4:58pm July 10, 2019

by Frank Langfitt

Kim Darroch resigned as ambassador to the U.S. after communications in which he criticized the Trump administration were leaked. The British government says it is investigating how it happened.

U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People on Sept. 30 in Beijing, China.

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How The U.S. Ambassador To China May Have Xi Jinping's Ear

10:01pm February 18, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

Washington's man in Beijing, Terry Branstad, says he goes way back with China's president.

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S. Fitzgerald Haney, former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, with his wife, Andrea, on that country's Dancing with the Stars. He is donating his stipend to a local cancer institute.

Former U.S. Ambassador To Costa Rica Dances With The Stars

10:03am November 10, 2017

by Carrie Kahn

When the U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica was asked what he would do after Trump asked for his resignation, he joked that maybe he would go on Dancing with the Stars. That's just where he has landed.

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The White House announced Tuesday night that former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, shown here in 2012, is President Trump's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to Russia.

Trump Picks Jon Huntsman To Be U.S. Ambassador To Russia

11:33am July 19, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

If confirmed, Huntsman would take over a high-profile post amid ongoing probes into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and potential ties between Russian officials and the Trump campaign.