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NEWLY APPOINTED US AMBASSADOR TO ARMENIA: FIRST DAY IN OFFICE
10:27, 12 February, 2015
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, ARMENPRESS: The newly appointed US Ambassador
to Armenia Richard Mills is already in Armenia and got to his
responsibilities in the office. Armenpress reports that the Embassy
of the United States of America congratulated in its twitter blog the
Ambassador on the occasion of the first day in the office. "First day
of the Ambassador Mills in the office. Welcome", - says the Embassy
in its twitter blog.
The graduates of the exchange programs of the US Government
sent a welcome video message to Richard Mills. Via its Facebook
page the Embassy suggests not missing the opportunity to dine
with Mills, preparing a 30-second video, continuing the sentence
"Barev (Hello), Rick Mills. Together we can..." and sending it to
[email protected].
As it was earlier reported by Asbarez, President Barack Obama nominated
Richard M. Mills, Jr. as his pick to become the US Ambassador to
Armenia, the White House announced. If confirmed by the Senate,
Mills replaced Ambassador John Heffern. Mills was Deputy Chief of
Mission at the U.S. Embassy Beirut, where he began his tour in 2012.
Richard Mills assumed the role of Charge d'Affaires of the U.S.
Embassy in Malta, ad interim, in June 2011. Since August 2010, he
had been serving as the Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy.
Mills joined the Foreign Service in 1988, serving at Embassy Paris as a
consular officer, then as staff aide to the Ambassador. He returned to
Washington to join the Soviet Desk, eventually becoming desk officer
for the newly independent Armenia and Azerbaijan, followed by a tour
as a political officer at the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia.
>From 1996-98 Mills served in the Executive Secretariat, followed by a
tour as economic officer at Embassy Dublin from 1998-2001. Subsequent
tours included Political Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the UN;
Deputy Political Counselor at Embassy Islamabad; and Energy Attache
and Acting Economic Counselor at Embassy Riyadh. Rick was Political
Counselor at Embassy London from 2006-2009.
Immediately prior to his Valletta assignment, Mills served as the
Senior Democracy Advisor at Embassy Baghdad, where he managed $325
million in State Department democracy and human rights programs.
Mills is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign
Service. He also holds a law degree from the University of Texas School
of Law and received a Masters Degree in International Security Affairs
from the National Defense University in 2005. Prior to joining the
Foreign Service, Rick practiced law in Washington D.C.
Mills is married to Leigh Carter, a retired Foreign Service Officer.
Rick's foreign languages are French and Russian.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/793758/newly-appointed-us-ambassador-to-armenia-first-day-in-office.html
From: Baghdasarian
10:27, 12 February, 2015
YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 12, ARMENPRESS: The newly appointed US Ambassador
to Armenia Richard Mills is already in Armenia and got to his
responsibilities in the office. Armenpress reports that the Embassy
of the United States of America congratulated in its twitter blog the
Ambassador on the occasion of the first day in the office. "First day
of the Ambassador Mills in the office. Welcome", - says the Embassy
in its twitter blog.
The graduates of the exchange programs of the US Government
sent a welcome video message to Richard Mills. Via its Facebook
page the Embassy suggests not missing the opportunity to dine
with Mills, preparing a 30-second video, continuing the sentence
"Barev (Hello), Rick Mills. Together we can..." and sending it to
[email protected].
As it was earlier reported by Asbarez, President Barack Obama nominated
Richard M. Mills, Jr. as his pick to become the US Ambassador to
Armenia, the White House announced. If confirmed by the Senate,
Mills replaced Ambassador John Heffern. Mills was Deputy Chief of
Mission at the U.S. Embassy Beirut, where he began his tour in 2012.
Richard Mills assumed the role of Charge d'Affaires of the U.S.
Embassy in Malta, ad interim, in June 2011. Since August 2010, he
had been serving as the Deputy Chief of Mission for the Embassy.
Mills joined the Foreign Service in 1988, serving at Embassy Paris as a
consular officer, then as staff aide to the Ambassador. He returned to
Washington to join the Soviet Desk, eventually becoming desk officer
for the newly independent Armenia and Azerbaijan, followed by a tour
as a political officer at the U.S. Consulate in St. Petersburg, Russia.
>From 1996-98 Mills served in the Executive Secretariat, followed by a
tour as economic officer at Embassy Dublin from 1998-2001. Subsequent
tours included Political Advisor at the U.S. Mission to the UN;
Deputy Political Counselor at Embassy Islamabad; and Energy Attache
and Acting Economic Counselor at Embassy Riyadh. Rick was Political
Counselor at Embassy London from 2006-2009.
Immediately prior to his Valletta assignment, Mills served as the
Senior Democracy Advisor at Embassy Baghdad, where he managed $325
million in State Department democracy and human rights programs.
Mills is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign
Service. He also holds a law degree from the University of Texas School
of Law and received a Masters Degree in International Security Affairs
from the National Defense University in 2005. Prior to joining the
Foreign Service, Rick practiced law in Washington D.C.
Mills is married to Leigh Carter, a retired Foreign Service Officer.
Rick's foreign languages are French and Russian.
http://armenpress.am/eng/news/793758/newly-appointed-us-ambassador-to-armenia-first-day-in-office.html
From: Baghdasarian