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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 ...
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.
NEW YORK (AP) — Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and a former ambassador to Ireland, died Wednesday, her daughter confirmed to The New York Times. She ...
United Kingdom: Dame Barbara Woodward: 2 December 2020: Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the United Nations: 185. United States of America: Linda Thomas-Greenfield: 25 February 2021: United States Ambassador to the United Nations: 186. Uruguay: Carlos Daniel Amorín Tenconi: 15 October 2019: Permanent Representative of Uruguay ...
On Wednesday, his daughter Caroline Kennedy, now US ambassador to Australia, recreated a portion her father’s feat, swimming about three quarters of a mile (1.2 kilometers) in some 30 minutes ...
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 ...