Obama to nominate Booth as U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia

KUNA, Kuwait December 9, 2009 WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his intent to nominate Donald E. Booth as U.S. ambassador to Ethiopia. Booth, who is currently the U.S. ambassador to Zambia, prior to that served for three years as U.S. ambassador to Liberia. Booth previously served as director of the Office of Technical and Specialized Agencies at the U.S. State Department's Bureau of International Organization Affairs. Prior to that, he served as director of the Office of West African Affairs. He has also served in other positions at the State Department including deputy director of the Office of Southern African Affairs, the Economic Counselor in Athens, and the Division Chief for Bilateral Trade Affairs; desk officer in the Office of Egyptian Affairs and the Office of East African Affairs; and various roles while stationed at embassies in Bucharest, Brussels and Libreville.

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