Sentence examples for position of ambassador from inspiring English sources

Gen. Anthony C. Zinni was offered the position of ambassador to Iraq, but the opportunity was retracted.

Last year, Ms. Wintour, who raised millions of dollars for President Obama's re-election, was reported to be lobbying for the position of ambassador to Britain.

He accepted the position of Ambassador to Turkey in April 1939 but no evidence had been offered concerning his activities in that position implicating him in crimes.

The position of ambassador to Washington is seen as Israel's top diplomatic posting, but it often goes to a political appointee, like Mr. Oren, instead of a career foreign service officer.

Donald Trump's deputy national security adviser, KT McFarland, is expected to step down and has been offered the position of ambassador to Singapore, a US official told Reuters on Sunday.

Granted the position of ambassador extraordinary to Louis XIV on the occasion of the marriage of the duke of Burgundy, he was reported to have made a very bad impression, failing to make presents to the "introducers," borrowing money, and leaving unpaid bills.

Some are asking when Trump will appoint someone to the position of ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, whether the State Department will implement training on religious freedom promised last year and how the administration is advocating on behalf of people persecuted for their Christian faith in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.

His opinions on such questions as the sovereignty of the seas, the position of ambassadors, private property in wartime, prizes, neutrality, contraband, and blockade have been highly regarded and influential.

The President's decision to create a position of Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues is unprecedented, and reflects the elevated importance of these issues to the President and his entire Administration.

Only recently the Israeli Ambassador to Colombia Meron Reuben, who was filling the position of Interim Ambassador of Israel to the UN, was finally instated as the Permanent UN Representative.

State insists in the memo that Osius "neither resigned from, nor was removed from, the position of U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam prematurely" and instead simply "concluded his three year tour as Ambassador".