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First female American ambassador to Kuwait assumes post
The first female American ambassador to Kuwait presented her credentials on Sunday.
- AP
- Published: 15:47 April 20, 2008
Kuwait City: The first female American ambassador to Kuwait presented her credentials on Sunday.
Deborah K Jones assumes her post only days before US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives here to attend a meeting on Iraq and ahead of parliamentary elections slated for May 17.
The US Embassy said in a statement that career diplomat Jones, who is not the first female US ambassador to be posted in an Arab nation, presented her diplomatic credentials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
She will present them to Kuwait's emir, Shaikh Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah, at an unspecified future date.
Ambassador Jones has served in Iraq and Syria. She speaks Arabic, Spanish and French.
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