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After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 presidential campaign, she became the first woman to serve as United States Ambassador to the United Nations. [ 1 ] She was known for the " Kirkpatrick Doctrine ", which advocated supporting authoritarian regimes around the world if they went along with Washington's aims.
The ambassador's main duty is to present U.S. policies to the government of the United Kingdom and its people, as well as report British policies and views to the federal government of the United States. The ambassador serves as a primary channel of communication between the two nations and plays an important role in treaty negotiations.
Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ambassador to India Lebanon: Ibrahim Ahdab George Hakim Ambassador to the United States Representative to the United Nations Liberia: William R. Tolbert, Jr. J. Rudolph Grimes: Vice-President Secretary of State Libya: Wahbi al-Bouri: Representative to the United Nations Luxembourg: Jean Eugène Schaus
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., a leading moderate Republican who lost his seat in the United States Senate to John F. Kennedy in the 1952 elections, was appointed ambassador to the United Nations in 1953 by Dwight D. Eisenhower in gratitude for the defeated senator's role in the new president's defeat of conservative leader Robert A. Taft for the 1952 Republican nomination and subsequent service as ...
President John F. Kennedy with the Boston Celtics, January 1963 Kennedy was a fan of Major League Baseball 's Boston Red Sox and the National Basketball Association 's Boston Celtics . [ 452 ] [ 453 ] Growing up on Cape Cod, Kennedy and his siblings developed a lifelong passion for sailing . [ 454 ]
Stevenson accepted the mostly honorific appointment as the ambassador to the United Nations. [6] Robert Kennedy was selected as Attorney General, and the younger Kennedy was often referred to as the "assistant president" in reference to his wide range of influence. [7] President John F. Kennedy (seated) with members of his White House staff
John F. Kennedy: June 4–5, 1961: London Private visit. Met with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and Queen Elizabeth II. [4] June 26–29, 1963 Ireland Dublin, Wexford, Cork, Galway, Limerick: First visit to the island of Ireland by an incumbent U.S. President. Addressed the Oireachtas. Visited ancestral home. [5] June 29–30, 1963 United ...
In 1993, President Bill Clinton appointed Smith the U.S. Ambassador to Ireland, [16] continuing a legacy of diplomacy begun by her father, who was the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom during the administration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. [17] As ambassador, Smith played a pivotal role in the Northern Ireland peace ...