The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most cars and motor vehicles being driven within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in Central London between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm Monday to Friday,and between 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday.
Lawrence Sidney Eagleburger was an American statesman and career diplomat,who served briefly as the Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush from December 1992 to January 1993,one of the shortest terms in modern history. Previously,he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon,Jimmy Carter,and Ronald Reagan,and as Deputy Secretary of State to James Baker under George H. W. Bush. Eagleburger is the only career Foreign Service Officer to have served as Secretary of State.
John Dimitri Negroponte is an American diplomat. He is currently a James R. Schlesinger Distinguished Professor at the Miller Center for Public Affairs at the University of Virginia. He is a former J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of International Affairs at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. Prior to this appointment,he served as a research fellow and lecturer in international affairs at Yale University's Jackson Institute for Global Affairs,United States Deputy Secretary of State (2007–2009),and the first ever Director of National Intelligence (2005–2007).
The Special Relationship is a term that is often used to describe the political,social,diplomatic,cultural,economic,legal,environmental,religious,military and historic relations between the United Kingdom and the United States or its political leaders. The term first came into popular usage after it was used in a 1946 speech by former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Both nations have been close allies during many conflicts in the 20th and the 21st centuries,including World War I,World War II,the Korean War,the Cold War,the Gulf War and the War on Terror.
Ronald Ian "Ron" Spiers was an American diplomat who served as an Ambassador to several countries during the 1970s and 1980s.
William Joseph Burns is an American diplomat serving as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency in the Biden administration since March 19,2021. He previously served as the United States deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2014,and in 2009 he served as Acting Secretary of State before the Senate confirmation of Hillary Clinton. He retired from the United States Foreign Service in 2014 after a 32-year diplomatic career. From 2014 to 2021,he served as president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Jack Foust Matlock Jr. is an American former ambassador,career Foreign Service Officer,a teacher,a historian,and a linguist. He was a specialist in Soviet affairs during some of the most tumultuous years of the Cold War,and served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union from 1987 to 1991.
Leonore Cohn Annenberg,also known as Lee Annenberg,was an American businesswoman,diplomat,and philanthropist. She was noted for serving as Chief of Protocol of the United States from 1981 to 1982. Annenberg was married to Walter Annenberg,who was an Ambassador to the United Kingdom and newspaper publisher. She also served as the chairman and president of the Annenberg Foundation from 2002 until 2009.
The current United States Ambassador to the Holy See is Joe Donnelly,who replaced the ad interim Chargéd'Affaires,Patrick Connell,on April 11,2021. The Holy See is represented by its apostolic nuncio,Archbishop Christophe Pierre,who assumed office on April 12,2016. The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is located in Rome,in the Villa Domiziana. The Nunciature to the United States is located in Washington,D.C.,at 3339 Massachusetts Avenue,N.W.
Mozambique –United States relations are bilateral relations between Mozambique and the United States.
Holmes P. Tuttle was a successful California businessman and autodealer,and headed President Ronald Reagan's unofficial "Kitchen Cabinet".
Philip Seth Goldberg is an American diplomat and government official who has served as United States ambassador to South Korea since 2022. He served previously as ambassador to the Philippines,Bolivia and Colombia and chief of the U.S. mission in UN-administered Kosovo during the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. He has served in Washington as assistant secretary of state for intelligence and research. In 2022,he was nominated by President Joe Biden to be the U.S. ambassador to South Korea and was confirmed on May 5,2022 by the United States Senate through voice vote.
Hugo Llorens is a retired American diplomat. He is a former U.S. Special Chargéd'Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul,Afghanistan,(2016–17) and United States Ambassador to Honduras (2008–2011). In his 36-year career he was posted to numerous countries spanning 6 continents. In 2002–2003,he joined the White House staff and served as Director of Andean Affairs advising the President and National Security Advisor on issues pertaining to Colombia,Venezuela,Bolivia,Peru,and Ecuador.
Redmond O'Neill was a British political activist.
Robert Dean Nesen was an American car dealer and diplomat who served as the U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as United States Ambassador to Australia from 1981 to 1985.
Anthony Cecil Eden Quainton is an American diplomat who served as the United States ambassador to the Central African Empire,Nicaragua,Kuwait,and Peru.
Political relations between the State of Palestine and the United States have been complex and strained since the 1960s. While the U.S. does not recognize the State of Palestine,it recognizes the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the legitimate representative entity for the Palestinian people;following the Oslo Accords,it recognized the Palestinian National Authority as the legitimate Palestinian government of the Palestinian territories.
Richard Merrill Mills Jr. is an American diplomat who serves as the United States deputy ambassador to the United Nations. He served as the U.S. Chargéd'Affaires and Acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations between January 20,2021,and February 24,2021,when Linda Thomas-Greenfield became ambassador. In July 2022,he was announced as the nominee to serve as the United States ambassador to Nigeria.
Daniel Lewis Foote is an American diplomat and career member of the Senior Foreign Service who was the United States Special Envoy for Haiti from July to September 2021. He formerly served as the United States Ambassador to Zambia.
