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Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat is a former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Ambassador to the European Union, and is currently with the law firm of Covington & Burling.

Secretary Blinken has appointed Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat as his Special Adviser on Holocaust Issues. He is a former Deputy Secretary of the

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appointed Ambassador Stuart Eizenstat to serve as special adviser on Holocaust issues, a similar position the diplomat held during the Trump administration, the State Department said on Monday.Secretary Blinken has appointed Ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat as ..

Olaf Scholz has become Germany's ninth post-World War II chancellor, ending Angela Merkel’s 16-year tenure as leader of the EU's most populous nation.

A rabble-rousing TV pundit and author with repeated convictions for hate speech is rocking the early stages of France's coming presidential election.

Travel of Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Cherrie Daniels to Poland The Department of State’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, Cherrie Daniels, will make her second official visit to Poland July 2-11. Her first visit as Envoy was in January 2020, as part of the U.S. delegation to the Polish government-hosted commemoration marking the 75 th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi concentration and death camp in Oswiecim.  During that first visit, and with her office...

Appointing diplomatic czars helps the White House look like it’s laser-focused on big problems. But experience shows they don’t always accomplish much.

REMARKS BUREAU OF EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS WASHINGTON, DC JANUARY 27, 2021 The United States congratulates the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for signing an historic agreement today with the Jewish Community of Luxembourg, together with the World Jewish Restitution Organization and the Luxembourg Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah. It is poignant that this agreement is being signed today.  This is the beginning of the 80th year since the Nazis first transported Jews from Luxembourg to deat...

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U.S. Embassy Congratulates Luxembourg for its Historic Agreement on Outstanding Holocaust Issues The United States Embassy in Luxembourg congratulates the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for signing an historic agreement today with the Jewish Community of Luxembourg, together with the World Jewish Restitution Organization and the Luxembourg Foundation for the Memory of the Shoah. It is only fitting this historic agreement is being signed on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day where Governm...