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December 30, 2010 Thursday 11:44 AM GMT +4
President Obama appoints Matthew Bryza as ambassador to Azerbaijan (UPDATE)
U.S President Barack Obama has appointed Matthew Bryza as U.S.
Ambassador to Azerbaijan, the press secretariat of the White House
said on Wednesday.
According to the U.S. Constitution, the Senate of the U.S Congress
must nominate the candidates proposed by the president. However, when
Congress is in recess between sessions, the President may appoint
officials himself.
The presidential decree provides an opportunity to fulfill new duties
immediately, without waiting for approval by the Senate. But if the
senators do not approve the nomination before the end of the next
session of Congress (November-December 2011), this decree ceases to
operate.
Obama used his constitutional power to recess appoint six people who
have had their nominations pending for an average of 147 days,
according to White House officials.
The U.S Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved Bryza's
appointment on Sept. 22.
Bryza's candidacy was officially proposed by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Bryza currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of European
and Eurasian Affairs. He previously served as the Director for Europe
and Eurasia at the National Security Council in the White House and
has also been Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State
on Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy. He had earlier served in Russia and
Poland, and was appointed as the U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group on
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The post of U.S. Ambassador in Baku had been vacant since the previous
ambassador, Anne Derse, left it after completing of her diplomatic
mission in July 2009.
From: A. Papazian
December 30, 2010 Thursday 11:44 AM GMT +4
President Obama appoints Matthew Bryza as ambassador to Azerbaijan (UPDATE)
U.S President Barack Obama has appointed Matthew Bryza as U.S.
Ambassador to Azerbaijan, the press secretariat of the White House
said on Wednesday.
According to the U.S. Constitution, the Senate of the U.S Congress
must nominate the candidates proposed by the president. However, when
Congress is in recess between sessions, the President may appoint
officials himself.
The presidential decree provides an opportunity to fulfill new duties
immediately, without waiting for approval by the Senate. But if the
senators do not approve the nomination before the end of the next
session of Congress (November-December 2011), this decree ceases to
operate.
Obama used his constitutional power to recess appoint six people who
have had their nominations pending for an average of 147 days,
according to White House officials.
The U.S Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved Bryza's
appointment on Sept. 22.
Bryza's candidacy was officially proposed by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Bryza currently serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of European
and Eurasian Affairs. He previously served as the Director for Europe
and Eurasia at the National Security Council in the White House and
has also been Special Advisor to the President and Secretary of State
on Caspian Basin Energy Diplomacy. He had earlier served in Russia and
Poland, and was appointed as the U.S. co-chair of OSCE Minsk Group on
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
The post of U.S. Ambassador in Baku had been vacant since the previous
ambassador, Anne Derse, left it after completing of her diplomatic
mission in July 2009.
From: A. Papazian