What country is the man, with whom John Spencer beat in a 2006 primary, slated to become the next United States Ambassador for?
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United States Senate election in New York, 2006 The 2006 United States Senate election in New York was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton won, by a more than two-to-one margin, a second term representing New York in the United States Senate. Clinton was challenged by Republican John Spencer, a former Mayor of Yonkers, New York. Spencer won his party nomination by defeating former national security staffer K. T. McFarland in a primary.
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K. T. McFarland Kathleen Troia "K.T." McFarland (born July 22, 1951) is an American government official and commentator who is the nominee to become the next United States Ambassador to Singapore. McFarland served as Deputy National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump during the first months of 2017.
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John W. Blaney John William Blaney (born 1948) is a United States State Department official and former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia. Prior to joining the U.S Foreign Service, Blaney served as an officer in the U.S. Army.
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Bob Menendez Robert Menendez (born January 1, 1954) is the senior United States Senator from the State of New Jersey. He is a member of the Democratic Party of the United States. First appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2006, he was later elected Chair of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in January 2013. He stepped down from that post in April 2015 upon being indicted on federal corruption charges.
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Scott Brown (politician) Scott Philip Brown (born September 12, 1959) is an American attorney, politician, diplomat, and the U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand. From 2010 to 2013, he served as a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, and in 2014 he was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from New Hampshire.
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David D. Pearce David Duane Pearce (born June 9, 1950) is an American diplomat served as the U.S. Ambassador to Greece. He previously served as the United States Ambassador to Algeria, 2008–11 as the Assistant Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan; and as the Deputy United States Special Envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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David D. Nelson David Daniel Nelson (born 1956) is a United States Foreign Service Officer and a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. He served as the United States Ambassador to Uruguay under Barack Obama 2009–2011.
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Thomas Bolling Robertson Thomas Bolling Robertson (born 1950) is a career foreign service officer, ambassador, and member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor. He was the U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia 2004–2008. President George W. Bush nominated Robertson as U.S. Ambassador to Slovenia on February 6, 2004. The U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination on May 6, 2004, and he was sworn in by Secretary Powell as Ambassador on September 16, 2004.
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Myanmar–United States relations The political relationship between the United States and Myanmar worsened after the 1988 military coup and violent suppression of pro-democracy demonstrations. Subsequent repression, including the crackdown on peaceful protestors in September 2007, further strained the relationship. However, following signs of liberalization, the US government began the process of improving its links with Myanmar in 2011. With improving ties in 2012, the White House planned Ambassador nomination, the first since 1990. On June 29, 2012, the U.S. Senate confirmed Derek Mitchell as the United States Ambassador to Myanmar.
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Ed McMullen Edward T. McMullen Jr. is an American political strategist who has been nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as the next United States Ambassador to Switzerland and Liechtenstein. He is currently the president of McMullen Public Affairs, an advertising and corporate public affairs company. McMullen was involved with Trump's successful 2016 presidential campaign, acting as chairman of the candidate's South Carolina Republican primary efforts, helping to plan the 2016 Republican National Convention, and serving as a member of Trump's transition team and as vice chair of the Trump inaugural committee.
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Niki Tsongas Nicola Dickson "Niki" Sauvage Tsongas ( ; born April 26, 1946) is an American politician and the current U.S. Representative for Massachusetts 's 3 congressional district . From 2007 to 2013 she represented Massachusetts 's 5 congressional district , the district her husband Paul Tsongas served prior to being elected to the United States Senate. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Following John Kerry's appointment as Secretary of State, she was widely expected to run in the 2013 special election for the Senate seat once held by her husband; she put such speculations to rest when she announced her endorsement of Representative Ed Markey instead.
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Stuart E. Eizenstat Stuart E. "Stu" Eizenstat (born January 15, 1943) is an American diplomat and attorney. He served as the United States Ambassador to the European Union from 1993 to 1996 and as the United States Deputy Secretary of the Treasury from 1999 to 2001. He currently serves as a partner at the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Covington & Burling and as a senior strategist at APCO Worldwide.
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Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016 The 2016 presidential campaign of Lindsey Graham, the longtime senior United States Senator from South Carolina, and former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district was announced on June 1, 2015. His candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election began at an event in his hometown of Central, South Carolina. On December 21, 2015, Graham announced the suspension of his campaign.
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Apostolic Nunciature to the United States The Apostolic Nunciature of the Holy See to the United States is the diplomatic mission of the Holy See to the United States. It is located at 3339 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood. The current Apostolic Nuncio is Archbishop Christophe Pierre, who was named to the position by Pope Francis on 12 April 2016.
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United States Ambassador to Russia The Ambassador of the United States of America to the Russian Federation is the ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary from the United States of America to the Russian Federation. The position is currently held by John F. Tefft, a career U.S. Foreign Service Officer who was recalled from retirement to serve his fourth ambassadorship.
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Chadian Ambassador to the United States The Chadian ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in N'Djamena to the Government of the United States.
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David Scheffer David John Scheffer (born September 18, 1953) is an American lawyer and diplomat who served as the first United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, during President Bill Clinton's second term in office. He currently teaches at the Northwestern University School of Law, where he directs the Center for International Human Rights.
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Susan P. Coppedge Susan P. Coppedge is an American attorney and diplomat, currently serving as United States Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. She was nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed by the Senate Oct. 8, 2015. In this role, she advises the United States Secretary of State and the Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights directly and formulates U.S. policy on human trafficking. As the head of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, she also has the rank of Assistant Secretary.
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Marc M. Wall Marc M. Wall (born 1951) is an American diplomat. He was the United States Ambassador to Chad from 2004 to 2007.
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Richard Graber Richard William Graber (born 1956) is an American lawyer from Wisconsin and Republican politician, who served as United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2006 to 2009. He was appointed by George W. Bush on September 14, 2006. His office ended as Barack Obama became the new President of the United States on January 20, 2009. After two years, Norman L. Eisen was appointed as his successor.
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Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. The Embassy of Barbados in Washington, D.C. is the primary diplomatic mission of Barbados to the United States of America, and the Organisation of American States (OAS). It is maintained by Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Barbados. The present Ambassador is Selwin Charles Hart, appointed on November 1, 2016, and who replaced John Earnest Beale.
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Ambassador An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment. The word is also often used more liberally for persons who are known, without national appointment, to represent certain professions, activities and fields of endeavor such as sales.