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| After Benghazi, Obama Taps New Libya Ambassador |
| 2013-03-14 |
| [An Nahar] President Barack Obama Wednesday tapped a new ambassador to Libya, six months after the previous U.S. envoy was killed in a brutal militant attack which shocked America to its core. The announcement that career diplomat Deborah Jones is set to replace slain ambassador, Chris Stevens, came as the Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was in Washington for talks with senior officials. Jones, who will have to be confirmed by Senate, carries a huge emotional weight into her new post with the scars of the September 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi still raw in the American psyche. Stevens, a popular diplomat both at home and in the Middle East, was killed along with three other American staff during an hours-long heavily-armed attack on the Benghazi compound and a nearby annex. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 I'd like to be the "fly on the wall" when she meets the Libyan TNG... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-14 15:52 |
| #8 If they are still around, it would be interesting to be a 'fly on the wall' wen she gets her face to face in-briefs from the Chief of Station and Defense attaché. :-) |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-14 11:07 |
| #7 Apparently no urge to play "Sekrit Agent". |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-14 10:58 |
| #6 Prior to her new assignment as Ambassador, she served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey. She's family, a trusted agent with plenty of skin in the game, who knows the deal. In addition to her normal responsibilities, there may be 'other duties as assigned' such as.....periodic clean-up and housekeeping. An overall nice pick I'd say. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-14 07:50 |
| #5 Deborah Jones was the fifteenth United States Ambassador to the State of Kuwait since Kuwaiti independence in 1961. Ambassador Jones is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, having been with the Department of State since 1982. Prior to her new assignment as Ambassador, she served as Principal Officer at the U.S. Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey. Her previous overseas assignments include: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Baghdad, Iraq; Buenos Aires, Argentina; and Damascus, Syria. Her service in Washington, D.C. includes two years as Country Director of the Office of Arabian Peninsula and Iran Affairs in addition to assignments as Staff Assistant to Assistant Secretary for Near East and South Asia Affairs Richard Murphy, Acting Public Affairs Advisor to Assistant Secretary for Near East Affairs, Desk Officer for Jordan, and duty in the DepartmentÂ’s Operations Center. Ms. Jones has also served on the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service. Ambassador Jones is a graduate of Brigham Young University with a B.S. in history (magna cum laude) and a distinguished graduate of the National War College of the National Defense University with an M.S. in national security strategy. She speaks Arabic, Spanish and French. Her husband is the present Ambassador to Kuwait?? and they have two daughters I have heard. She knows what she is getting in to. And I expect she WILL issue the US Marine Corps guards a couple of mags of ammo no matter what Hussein Obama tells her. You listen to Obama too much and you might wind up dead in a car trunk with your mouth taped and your head in a bag. |
| Posted by: Threater Flusoper9823 2013-03-14 07:40 |
| #4 We've apparently not had an AMBO to Libya in six months. Perhaps we no longer need one. Certainly appears the State Department facility and Klingon annex in Benghazi are no longer needed. Cost savings ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-14 07:30 |
| #3 I suspect she pissed off Susan Rice Tu. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-14 01:03 |
| #2 Too early for gallows humor? |
| Posted by: Raj 2013-03-14 00:44 |
| #1 Wonder who she pissed off? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2013-03-14 00:10 |