04/15/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/15/2021 18:15
President Biden Announces His Intent to Nominate Key Administration Leaders in the State Department
WASHINGTON - Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate seven individuals to fill key roles in the State Department:
Director General of the Foreign Service and the Chair of the Board of the Foreign Service
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
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Law360 (April 15, 2021, 7:42 PM EDT) The U.S. Department of State bureau responsible for Iraq contracts totaling $3 billion still hasn t implemented policies to ensure competent oversight of the projects more than two years after the issue came to light, according to a watchdog report released Thursday.
According to the department s Office of the Inspector General, the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs has continued to put forward candidates for contracting officer s representative and government technical monitor roles who lacked both the necessary certification and technical expertise in the field.
Inspectors raised both problems in its 2018 report on Iraq contract oversight personnel, to little effect, the agency.
The White House
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate seven individuals to fill key roles in the State Department:
Director General of the Foreign Service and the Chair of the Board of the Foreign Service
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations and Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate seven individuals to fill key roles in the State Department:
Director General of the Foreign Service and the Chair of the Board of the Foreign Service
Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs and Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation
Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs
Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security
Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stabilization Operations and Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization
WASHINGTON – Today, President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate nine career members of the Senior Foreign Service as ambassadors to represent the United States on the world stage:
Larry Edward André, Jr. – Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Somalia
Elizabeth Moore Aubin – Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Steven C. Bondy – Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain
Maria E. Brewer – Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho
Marc Evans Knapper – Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Christopher John Lamora – Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon
Tulinabo S. Mushingi – Ambassador to the Republic of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome & Principe