Read more ambassador stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22730/ambassador.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:58:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/63360/us-ambassador-returns-to-venezuela.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe American ambassador to Venezuela is back in Caracas 9 months after Hugo Chavez sent him packing, AFP reports. The diplomat was expelled after Chavez alleged that America was trying to undermine Bolivia's leftist government, one of his key allies. Venezuela's ambassador to the US, who was booted out soon...http://www.newser.com/story/63360/us-ambassador-returns-to-venezuela.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 02 Jul 2009 7:51:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62655/us-sending-ambassador-to-syria-after-4-year-absence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn American ambassador will soon be on the road to Damascus for the first time since early 2005, the Washington Post reports. The Obama administration plans to send an envoy to Syria as part of efforts to reengage with the influential Arab country. The move, which follows recent high-level diplomatic...http://www.newser.com/story/62655/us-sending-ambassador-to-syria-after-4-year-absence.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 24 Jun 2009 2:19:59 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60458/ambassadors-rich-people-in-useless-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama opted for politics as usual in his ambassador appointments yesterday, writes David Rothkopf for ForeignPolicy. Like recent predecessors, Obama turned to deep-pocketed campaign donors; hence Japan, the world’s second-largest economy, will deal with a tech lawyer whose sole qualification seems to have been his ability to raise $500,...http://www.newser.com/story/60458/ambassadors-rich-people-in-useless-jobs.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 29 May 2009 14:11:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60360/obama-picks-theology-prof-as-vatican-envoy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama has nominated a Minnesota theologian as his Vatican ambassador, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Miguel Diaz, 45, a Cuban-born professor who would be the first Hispanic US envoy to the Vatican, was an Obama campaign adviser. He was chosen after the Vatican reportedly rejected a series of possible...http://www.newser.com/story/60360/obama-picks-theology-prof-as-vatican-envoy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 28 May 2009 11:57:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59443/us-envoy-mulls-job-as-afghan-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGeorge W. Bush’s ambassador to Afghanistan is considering taking a powerful, unelected position in Hamid Karzai’s government, the New York Times reports. Zalmay Khalilzad, an Afghan-born US citizen, had considered running against Karzai for president, but missed the filing deadline. Senior American and Afghan officials say Karzai has offered to...http://www.newser.com/story/59443/us-envoy-mulls-job-as-afghan-ceo.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 May 2009 7:51:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59372/chinese-press-cautiously-approves-of-huntsman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter President Obama nominated Utah’s Republican Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr as his ambassador to China, New Yorker correspondent Evan Osnos takes the pulse of the Chinese press. He found three matters of note: The press approved Obama’s personal announcement of Huntsman’s new post: It shows Obama takes the job “seriously,...http://www.newser.com/story/59372/chinese-press-cautiously-approves-of-huntsman.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 18 May 2009 14:01:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59198/obama-taps-utah-gov-as-china-envoy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack Obama will name Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., an up-and-coming Republican star, as his ambassador to China this morning, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Huntsman will resign as governor to take the post. The popular Mormon speaks Mandarin Chinese, has an adopted Chinese daughter, along with six other children,...http://www.newser.com/story/59198/obama-taps-utah-gov-as-china-envoy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 16 May 2009 7:39:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56817/mccain-snarls-but-senate-oks-hill-as-iraq-ambassador.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Senate tonight approved Christopher Hill to be the next ambassador to Iraq, overriding the strong objections of John McCain, the Hill reports. McCain argued that Hill doesn't have enough Mideast experience, and he also criticized his work as ambassador to North Korea. Despite the opposition, the Senate approved the...http://www.newser.com/story/56817/mccain-snarls-but-senate-oks-hill-as-iraq-ambassador.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Apr 2009 20:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56661/israel-yanks-ambassador-to-switzerland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael has angrily called home its ambassador to Switzerland after that country's president met with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of a politically charged UN meeting on racism that began today, the Times of London reports. On Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day, Switzerland’s “guest of honor is a racist and a...http://www.newser.com/story/56661/israel-yanks-ambassador-to-switzerland.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Apr 2009 7:51:00 CDT