Memoir by U.S. Ambassador due for 2012 release as duty's end nears PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 19 January 2012 13:22

 

Source: NAMBC

As the current U.S. Ambassador to Mongolia's three-year tour of duty is slated to end this fall, a book discussing his 25 years of experience with Mongolia is due for release this year. Ambassador Jonathan Addleton has written a book covering 25 years diplomatic relations between the United States and Mongolia, with the working title A Most Helpful Factor: US-Mongolian Diplomatic Relations 1987-2012. Approval from the State Department for publication of the manuscript may push its release date to June or later. The Mongolian edition, sponsored by the Jack Weatherford Foundation, is likely to be published earlier.

Addleton's replacement will have to pass a series of internal vetting procedures. One would be selected by the State Department from career officers by the end of January. After that person's approval, the candidate would be nominated by the president in March or April, confirmed by the Senate by July, sworn in by September, and arrive in Ulaanbaatar after Addleton departs in the fall.
U.S presidential and congressional elections this year could delay the proceedings however. The White House will be preoccupied and the Senate will be in sessions for fewer days because of additional recesses for national party conventions.
 

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