Monday, March 7, 2011

Officially In: Robert E. Patterson to Ashgabat

The coat of arms of Turkmenistan. This version...Image via Wikipedia

On March 3, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Robert E. Patterson to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan. The WH released the following brief bio:
Robert E. Patterson most recently served as Counselor for Somalia Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya.  Mr. Patterson has also served as chief of the Political/Internal office in Moscow and has headed the political sections at U.S. embassies in Hungary, Ukraine, and Armenia.  Mr. Patterson began his State Department career in 1985, serving first in Toronto, and then in the Office of Soviet Affairs in Washington, D.C., and in Leningrad. 


Mr. Patterson holds an M.A. and an M.Phil from Columbia University, as well as an M.A. from the U.S. Naval War College and a B.A. from Reed College

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