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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Aug 20 2012
Former US envoy joins think tank
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
Matt Bryza just completed a 23-year career as a US diplomat. AP photo
Ümit Enginsoy
Matt Bryza, the former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, who was never
confirmed by the Senate for the job, has joined the Jamestown
Foundation in Washington, a think tank specializing in terrorism
matters, the foundation said in a statement late Aug. 16.
U.S. President Barack Obama chose Bryza in late 2009 to head the
embassy in Baku, but the strong Armenian lobby in the Senate blocked
the confirmation efforts there, accusing Bryza, who has a Turkish
wife, of being too pro-Turkish on Armenian and Azerbaijani matters.
As two pro-Armenian senators continued their opposition to Bryza last
year and made this public, the Obama administration did not insist on
him. According to U.S. law, Bryza, who had failed to win the Senate's
confirmation for two successive years, had to leave his post as
ambassador to Baku.
Bryza just completed a 23-year career as a U.S. diplomat, over half of
which was spent at the center of policy-making and international
negotiations on major energy infrastructure projects and regional
conflicts in Eurasia. Currently Bryza resides in Istanbul, where he
also works as a consultant on business and democratic development and
is a board member of several private companies.
August/20/2012
From: Baghdasarian
Aug 20 2012
Former US envoy joins think tank
ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News
Matt Bryza just completed a 23-year career as a US diplomat. AP photo
Ümit Enginsoy
Matt Bryza, the former U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, who was never
confirmed by the Senate for the job, has joined the Jamestown
Foundation in Washington, a think tank specializing in terrorism
matters, the foundation said in a statement late Aug. 16.
U.S. President Barack Obama chose Bryza in late 2009 to head the
embassy in Baku, but the strong Armenian lobby in the Senate blocked
the confirmation efforts there, accusing Bryza, who has a Turkish
wife, of being too pro-Turkish on Armenian and Azerbaijani matters.
As two pro-Armenian senators continued their opposition to Bryza last
year and made this public, the Obama administration did not insist on
him. According to U.S. law, Bryza, who had failed to win the Senate's
confirmation for two successive years, had to leave his post as
ambassador to Baku.
Bryza just completed a 23-year career as a U.S. diplomat, over half of
which was spent at the center of policy-making and international
negotiations on major energy infrastructure projects and regional
conflicts in Eurasia. Currently Bryza resides in Istanbul, where he
also works as a consultant on business and democratic development and
is a board member of several private companies.
August/20/2012
From: Baghdasarian