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'''John Rodney Bass II'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/100th-congress/962|title=PN962 — Foreign Service|date=April 27, 1988|website=U.S. Congress|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref> (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the [[Under Secretary of State for Management|under secretary of state for management]] since December 2021. He was the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan|United States ambassador to Afghanistan]] from 2017 to 2020, the [[United States Ambassador to Turkey|United States ambassador to Turkey]] from 2014 to 2017 and the [[United States Ambassador to Georgia|United States ambassador to Georgia]] from 2009 to 2012.<ref name="Ambassador bio">{{cite web |url=http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |title=Ambassador Biography |publisher=Embassy of the United States Ankara, Turkey |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011614/http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ankara/former-ambassadors |title=Former Ambassadors |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey |language=en-US |access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref>
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'{{Short description|American diplomat (born 1964)}} {{other people|John Bass}} {{Infobox Ambassador |name = John Bass |image = John R. Bass official photo.jpg |office = [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]] |status = Acting |president = [[Joe Biden]] |term_start = March 22, 2024 |predecessor = [[Victoria Nuland]] |office1 = [[Under Secretary of State for Management]] |president1 = [[Joe Biden]] |term_start1 = December 29, 2021 |predecessor1 = [[Brian Bulatao]] |office2 = [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]] |president2 = [[Donald Trump]] |term_start2 = December 12, 2017 |term_end2 = January 6, 2020 |predecessor2 = [[Hugo Llorens]] |successor2 = [[Ross Wilson (ambassador)|Ross Wilson]] (chargé d'affaires) |office3 = [[United States Ambassador to Turkey]] |president3 = [[Barack Obama]]<br />[[Donald Trump]] |term_start3 = October 20, 2014 |term_end3 = October 15, 2017 |deputy3 = Philip Kosnett |predecessor3 = [[Francis J. Ricciardone Jr.]] |successor3 = [[David M. Satterfield]] |office4 = [[Executive Secretary of the Department of State]] |president4 = Barack Obama |term_start4 = October 8, 2012 |term_end4 = July 18, 2014 |predecessor4 = [[Stephen Mull]] |successor4 = [[Joseph Macmanus]] |office5 = [[United States Ambassador to Georgia]] |president5 = Barack Obama |term_start5 = October 16, 2009 |term_end5 = July 17, 2012 |predecessor5 = [[John F. Tefft]] |successor5 = [[Richard Norland]] |birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}} |birth_place = [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |spouse = Holly Holzer |education = [[Syracuse University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''John Rodney Bass II'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/100th-congress/962|title=PN962 — Foreign Service|date=April 27, 1988|website=U.S. Congress|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref> (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the [[Under Secretary of State for Management|under secretary of state for management]] since December 2021. He was the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan|United States ambassador to Afghanistan]] from 2017 to 2020, the [[United States Ambassador to Turkey|United States ambassador to Turkey]] from 2014 to 2017 and the [[United States Ambassador to Georgia|United States ambassador to Georgia]] from 2009 to 2012.<ref name="Ambassador bio">{{cite web |url=http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |title=Ambassador Biography |publisher=Embassy of the United States Ankara, Turkey |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011614/http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ankara/former-ambassadors |title=Former Ambassadors |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey |language=en-US |access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> ==Career== Bass is from [[upstate New York]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> He graduated from [[Syracuse University]] in 1986 and was a newspaper editor and political campaign consultant before joining the Foreign Service in 1988. Shortly after, he was posted to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Chad.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?">{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/us-ambassador-to-turkey-who-is-john-r-bass-140810?news=853921|title=U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?|publisher=ALLGOV|date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state [[Strobe Talbott]], first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the [[Kosovo War]]. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> He speaks [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[French language|French]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> [[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Civil Society Women and Students (48127920617).jpg|left|thumb|Bass participates with [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo|Michael R. Pompeo]] in a meeting with civil society women and students at the [[Embassy of the United States, Kabul|Kabul Embassy]] in [[Kabul|Kabul, Afghanistan]] on June 25, 2019.]] In October 2012, he was appointed [[Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State]] and served as the liaison between the State Department's many bureaus and the leadership offices of the [[Secretary of State|Secretary]], the Deputy Secretaries, and the [[Director of Policy Planning]]. In October 2017, after the U.S. decided to suspend non-immigrant visa services within Turkey, Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] said the Turkish government would no longer recognize Bass's authority as a U.S. ambassador. The cancellation of visitor visas came after a Turkish court ordered the arrest of an employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tuysuz|first1=Gul|last2=Koran|first2=Laura|title=Erdogan: Turkey does not recognize US ambassador after visa spat|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/10/politics/turkey-us-erdogan-us-ambassador/index.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|publisher=CNN|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cunningham|first1=Erin|last2=Fahim|first2=Kareen|title=U.S. and Turkey announce tit-for-tat travel restrictions, a sign of deteriorating alliance|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-halts-some-visa-services-in-turkey-citing-security-concerns/2017/10/08/02bdc01a-ac52-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> After the suspension of visa services in Turkey, Bass published a statement on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9b3UarXho|title=Ambassador John Bass' statement on the suspension of visa services in Turkey|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] named him as his choice to become the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]] on July 20, 2017.<ref name="thehillbowdentrumptonominate">{{cite news|last1=Bowden|first1=John|title=Trump to nominate Turkey envoy for ambassador to Afghanistan|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343056-trump-to-nominate-turkey-envoy-for-ambassador-to-afghanistan/ |access-date=July 21, 2017|work=The Hill|date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lardner|first1=Richard|title=Senate confirms Huntsman as US ambassador to Russia |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/senate-confirms-huntsman-us-ambassador-russia-50165267|access-date=September 28, 2017 |work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref> Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/john-bass-afghanistan.html |title=John Bass, U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan, Steps Down on Cusp of New Peace Deal |last=Jakes |first=Lara |date=January 6, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 6, 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On July 21, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated him to serve as [[Under Secretary of State for Management]].<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Four Key Foreign Policy Nominations |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/21/president-biden-announces-four-key-foreign-policy-nominations/ |website=The White House |date=21 July 2021}}</ref> On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN922 - Nomination of John R. Bass for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/922 |website=US Congress |date=18 December 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref> Bass was appointed as acting [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]] in March 2024, following the resignation of [[Victoria Nuland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On the Retirement of Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland |publisher=U.S. Department of State |url=https://www.state.gov/on-the-retirement-of-under-secretary-of-state-for-political-affairs-victoria-nuland/| access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Turkey–United States relations]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bass-john-r John R. Bass] at the [[Office of the Historian]] {{commons category}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef|before=[[John F. 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He was the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan|United States ambassador to Afghanistan]] from 2017 to 2020, the [[United States Ambassador to Turkey|United States ambassador to Turkey]] from 2014 to 2017 and the [[United States Ambassador to Georgia|United States ambassador to Georgia]] from 2009 to 2012.<ref name="Ambassador bio">{{cite web |url=http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |title=Ambassador Biography |publisher=Embassy of the United States Ankara, Turkey |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011614/http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ankara/former-ambassadors |title=Former Ambassadors |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey |language=en-US |access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> ==Career== Bass is from [[upstate New York]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> He graduated from [[Syracuse University]] in 1986 and was a newspaper editor and political campaign consultant before joining the Foreign Service in 1988. Shortly after, he was posted to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Chad.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?">{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/us-ambassador-to-turkey-who-is-john-r-bass-140810?news=853921|title=U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?|publisher=ALLGOV|date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state [[Strobe Talbott]], first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the [[Kosovo War]]. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> He speaks [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[French language|French]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> [[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Civil Society Women and Students (48127920617).jpg|left|thumb|Bass participates with [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo|Michael R. Pompeo]] in a meeting with civil society women and students at the [[Embassy of the United States, Kabul|Kabul Embassy]] in [[Kabul|Kabul, Afghanistan]] on June 25, 2019.]] In October 2012, he was appointed [[Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State]] and served as the liaison between the State Department's many bureaus and the leadership offices of the [[Secretary of State|Secretary]], the Deputy Secretaries, and the [[Director of Policy Planning]]. In October 2017, after the U.S. decided to suspend non-immigrant visa services within Turkey, Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] said the Turkish government would no longer recognize Bass's authority as a U.S. ambassador. The cancellation of visitor visas came after a Turkish court ordered the arrest of an employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tuysuz|first1=Gul|last2=Koran|first2=Laura|title=Erdogan: Turkey does not recognize US ambassador after visa spat|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/10/politics/turkey-us-erdogan-us-ambassador/index.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|publisher=CNN|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cunningham|first1=Erin|last2=Fahim|first2=Kareen|title=U.S. and Turkey announce tit-for-tat travel restrictions, a sign of deteriorating alliance|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-halts-some-visa-services-in-turkey-citing-security-concerns/2017/10/08/02bdc01a-ac52-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> After the suspension of visa services in Turkey, Bass published a statement on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9b3UarXho|title=Ambassador John Bass' statement on the suspension of visa services in Turkey|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] named him as his choice to become the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]] on July 20, 2017.<ref name="thehillbowdentrumptonominate">{{cite news|last1=Bowden|first1=John|title=Trump to nominate Turkey envoy for ambassador to Afghanistan|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343056-trump-to-nominate-turkey-envoy-for-ambassador-to-afghanistan/ |access-date=July 21, 2017|work=The Hill|date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lardner|first1=Richard|title=Senate confirms Huntsman as US ambassador to Russia |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/senate-confirms-huntsman-us-ambassador-russia-50165267|access-date=September 28, 2017 |work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref> Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/john-bass-afghanistan.html |title=John Bass, U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan, Steps Down on Cusp of New Peace Deal |last=Jakes |first=Lara |date=January 6, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 6, 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On July 21, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated him to serve as [[Under Secretary of State for Management]].<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Four Key Foreign Policy Nominations |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/21/president-biden-announces-four-key-foreign-policy-nominations/ |website=The White House |date=21 July 2021}}</ref> On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN922 - Nomination of John R. Bass for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/922 |website=US Congress |date=18 December 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref> Bass was appointed as acting [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]] in March 2024, following the resignation of [[Victoria Nuland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On the Retirement of Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland |publisher=U.S. Department of State |url=https://www.state.gov/on-the-retirement-of-under-secretary-of-state-for-political-affairs-victoria-nuland/| access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Turkey–United States relations]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bass-john-r John R. Bass] at the [[Office of the Historian]] {{commons category}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef|before=[[John F. Tefft|John Tefft]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States Ambassador to Georgia]]|years=2009–2012}} {{s-aft|after=[[Richard Norland]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.|Francis Ricciardone]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States Ambassador to Turkey]]|years=2014–2017}} {{s-aft|after=[[Philip Kosnett]]<br />{{small|(chargé d'affaires a.i)}}}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[P. Michael McKinley]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]]|years=2017–2020}} {{s-aft|after=[[Ross Wilson (ambassador)|Ross Wilson]]<br />{{small|(chargé d'affaires)}}}} |- {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Stephen Mull]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Executive Secretariat|Executive Secretary of the Department of State]]|years=2012–2014}} {{s-aft|after=[[Joseph Macmanus]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Brian Bulatao]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Under Secretary of State for Management]]|years=2021–present}} {{s-inc|rows=2}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Victoria Nuland]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]]<br>Acting|years=2024–present}} {{s-end}} {{US Ambassadors to Turkey}} {{US Ambassadors to Afghanistan}} {{United States Department of State}} {{Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bass, John R}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:21st-century American diplomats]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Afghanistan]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Georgia (country)]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Turkey]] [[Category:Biden administration personnel]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Obama administration personnel]] [[Category:People from New York (state)]] [[Category:Syracuse University alumni]] [[Category:Trump administration personnel]] [[Category:United States Foreign Service personnel]] [[Category:United States Under Secretaries of State]]'
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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Turkey">United States Ambassador to Turkey</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />October 20, 2014&#160;–&#32;October 15, 2017</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1229112069"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">President</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a><br /><a href="/info/en/?search=Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data">Philip Kosnett</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Francis_J._Ricciardone_Jr." title="Francis J. Ricciardone Jr.">Francis J. Ricciardone Jr.</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=David_M._Satterfield" title="David M. Satterfield">David M. 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Tefft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Norland" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Norland">Richard Norland</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1964 (age&#160;59&#8211;60)<br /><a href="/info/en/?search=New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Holly Holzer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> (<a href="/info/en/?search=Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Rodney Bass II</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the <a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Management" title="Under Secretary of State for Management">under secretary of state for management</a> since December 2021. He was the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Afghanistan">United States ambassador to Afghanistan</a> from 2017 to 2020, the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Turkey">United States ambassador to Turkey</a> from 2014 to 2017 and the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Georgia">United States ambassador to Georgia</a> from 2009 to 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambassador_bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambassador_bio-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=John_R._Bass&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Bass is from <a href="/info/en/?search=Upstate_New_York" title="Upstate New York">upstate New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambassador_bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambassador_bio-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> He graduated from <a href="/info/en/?search=Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> in 1986 and was a newspaper editor and political campaign consultant before joining the Foreign Service in 1988. Shortly after, he was posted to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Chad.<sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state <a href="/info/en/?search=Strobe_Talbott" title="Strobe Talbott">Strobe Talbott</a>, first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the <a href="/info/en/?search=Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.<sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> He speaks <a href="/info/en/?search=Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> and <a href="/info/en/?search=French_language" title="French language">French</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambassador_bio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambassador_bio-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/info/en/?search=File:Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_(48127920617).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6669" data-file-height="4446" /></a><figcaption>Bass participates with <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="/info/en/?search=Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Michael R. Pompeo</a> in a meeting with civil society women and students at the <a href="/info/en/?search=Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Kabul" title="Embassy of the United States, Kabul">Kabul Embassy</a> in <a href="/info/en/?search=Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul, Afghanistan</a> on June 25, 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>In October 2012, he was appointed <a href="/info/en/?search=Executive_Secretary_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State" title="Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State">Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State</a> and served as the liaison between the State Department's many bureaus and the leadership offices of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State">Secretary</a>, the Deputy Secretaries, and the <a href="/info/en/?search=Director_of_Policy_Planning" title="Director of Policy Planning">Director of Policy Planning</a>. </p><p>In October 2017, after the U.S. decided to suspend non-immigrant visa services within Turkey, Turkish President <a href="/info/en/?search=Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a> said the Turkish government would no longer recognize Bass's authority as a U.S. ambassador. The cancellation of visitor visas came after a Turkish court ordered the arrest of an employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>After the suspension of visa services in Turkey, Bass published a statement on <a href="/info/en/?search=YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/info/en/?search=Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> named him as his choice to become the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Afghanistan">United States Ambassador to Afghanistan</a> on July 20, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-thehillbowdentrumptonominate_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehillbowdentrumptonominate-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>On July 21, 2021, President <a href="/info/en/?search=Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> nominated him to serve as <a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Management" title="Under Secretary of State for Management">Under Secretary of State for Management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup> On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Bass was appointed as acting <a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Political_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs">Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs</a> in March 2024, following the resignation of <a href="/info/en/?search=Victoria_Nuland" title="Victoria Nuland">Victoria Nuland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=John_R._Bass&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/info/en/?search=Turkey%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Turkey–United States relations">Turkey–United States relations</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Hornibrook">Hornibrook</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Louis_G._Dreyfus" title="Louis G. Dreyfus">Dreyfus</a></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Charles_W._Thayer" title="Charles W. Thayer">Thayer</a></i> (<i>chargé d'affaires</i>)</li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Cornelius_Van_Hemert_Engert" title="Cornelius Van Hemert Engert">Engert</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Ely_Palmer" title="Ely Palmer">Palmer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/info/en/?search=File:U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the US Department of State"><img alt="Seal of the US Department of State" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg/70px-U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg/105px-U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg/140px-U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ambassador Extraordinary<br />and Plenipotentiary<br />(1948–1979)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/info/en/?search=Ely_Palmer" title="Ely Palmer">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Louis_G._Dreyfus" title="Louis G. Dreyfus">Dreyfus</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=George_Robert_Merrell" title="George Robert Merrell">Merrell</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Angus_I._Ward" title="Angus I. Ward">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Sheldon_T._Mills" title="Sheldon T. Mills">Tibbetts Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Henry_A._Byroade" title="Henry A. Byroade">Byroade</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=John_M._Steeves" title="John M. Steeves">Steeves</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Robert_G._Neumann" title="Robert G. Neumann">Robert Neumann</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Theodore_L._Eliot_Jr." title="Theodore L. Eliot Jr.">Eliot</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Adolph_Dubs" title="Adolph Dubs">Dubs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Chargés d'affaires</i> (1979–1989)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=J._Bruce_Amstutz" title="J. Bruce Amstutz">Amstutz</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Hawthorne_Q._Mills&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawthorne Q. 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'''John Rodney Bass II'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/100th-congress/962|title=PN962 — Foreign Service|date=April 27, 1988|website=U.S. Congress|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref> (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the [[Under Secretary of State for Management|under secretary of state for management]] since December 2021. He was the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan|United States ambassador to Afghanistan]] from 2017 to 2020, the [[United States Ambassador to Turkey|United States ambassador to Turkey]] from 2014 to 2017 and the [[United States Ambassador to Georgia|United States ambassador to Georgia]] from 2009 to 2012.<ref name="Ambassador bio">{{cite web |url=http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |title=Ambassador Biography |publisher=Embassy of the United States Ankara, Turkey |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011614/http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ankara/former-ambassadors |title=Former Ambassadors |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey |language=en-US |access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref>
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He was the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan|United States ambassador to Afghanistan]] from 2017 to 2020, the [[United States Ambassador to Turkey|United States ambassador to Turkey]] from 2014 to 2017 and the [[United States Ambassador to Georgia|United States ambassador to Georgia]] from 2009 to 2012.<ref name="Ambassador bio">{{cite web |url=http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |title=Ambassador Biography |publisher=Embassy of the United States Ankara, Turkey |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011614/http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ankara/former-ambassadors |title=Former Ambassadors |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey |language=en-US |access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> ==Career== Bass is from [[upstate New York]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> He graduated from [[Syracuse University]] in 1986 and was a newspaper editor and political campaign consultant before joining the Foreign Service in 1988. Shortly after, he was posted to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Chad.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?">{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/us-ambassador-to-turkey-who-is-john-r-bass-140810?news=853921|title=U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?|publisher=ALLGOV|date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state [[Strobe Talbott]], first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the [[Kosovo War]]. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> He speaks [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[French language|French]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> [[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Civil Society Women and Students (48127920617).jpg|left|thumb|Bass participates with [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo|Michael R. Pompeo]] in a meeting with civil society women and students at the [[Embassy of the United States, Kabul|Kabul Embassy]] in [[Kabul|Kabul, Afghanistan]] on June 25, 2019.]] In October 2012, he was appointed [[Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State]] and served as the liaison between the State Department's many bureaus and the leadership offices of the [[Secretary of State|Secretary]], the Deputy Secretaries, and the [[Director of Policy Planning]]. In October 2017, after the U.S. decided to suspend non-immigrant visa services within Turkey, Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] said the Turkish government would no longer recognize Bass's authority as a U.S. ambassador. The cancellation of visitor visas came after a Turkish court ordered the arrest of an employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tuysuz|first1=Gul|last2=Koran|first2=Laura|title=Erdogan: Turkey does not recognize US ambassador after visa spat|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/10/politics/turkey-us-erdogan-us-ambassador/index.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|publisher=CNN|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cunningham|first1=Erin|last2=Fahim|first2=Kareen|title=U.S. and Turkey announce tit-for-tat travel restrictions, a sign of deteriorating alliance|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-halts-some-visa-services-in-turkey-citing-security-concerns/2017/10/08/02bdc01a-ac52-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> After the suspension of visa services in Turkey, Bass published a statement on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9b3UarXho|title=Ambassador John Bass' statement on the suspension of visa services in Turkey|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] named him as his choice to become the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]] on July 20, 2017.<ref name="thehillbowdentrumptonominate">{{cite news|last1=Bowden|first1=John|title=Trump to nominate Turkey envoy for ambassador to Afghanistan|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343056-trump-to-nominate-turkey-envoy-for-ambassador-to-afghanistan/ |access-date=July 21, 2017|work=The Hill|date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lardner|first1=Richard|title=Senate confirms Huntsman as US ambassador to Russia |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/senate-confirms-huntsman-us-ambassador-russia-50165267|access-date=September 28, 2017 |work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref> Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/john-bass-afghanistan.html |title=John Bass, U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan, Steps Down on Cusp of New Peace Deal |last=Jakes |first=Lara |date=January 6, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 6, 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On July 21, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated him to serve as [[Under Secretary of State for Management]].<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Four Key Foreign Policy Nominations |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/21/president-biden-announces-four-key-foreign-policy-nominations/ |website=The White House |date=21 July 2021}}</ref> On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN922 - Nomination of John R. Bass for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/922 |website=US Congress |date=18 December 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref> Bass was appointed as acting [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]] in March 2024, following the resignation of [[Victoria Nuland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On the Retirement of Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland |publisher=U.S. Department of State |url=https://www.state.gov/on-the-retirement-of-under-secretary-of-state-for-political-affairs-victoria-nuland/| access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Turkey–United States relations]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bass-john-r John R. Bass] at the [[Office of the Historian]] {{commons category}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef|before=[[John F. 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Ricciardone Jr.]] | successor3 = [[David M. Satterfield]] | office4 = 24th [[Executive Secretary of the Department of State]] | president4 = Barack Obama | term_start4 = October 8, 2012 | term_end4 = July 18, 2014 | predecessor4 = [[Stephen Mull]] | successor4 = [[Joseph Macmanus]] | office5 = [[United States Ambassador to Georgia]] | president5 = Barack Obama | term_start5 = October 16, 2009 | term_end5 = July 17, 2012 | predecessor5 = [[John F. Tefft]] | successor5 = [[Richard Norland]] | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1964}} | birth_place = [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Holly Holzer | education = [[Syracuse University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) }} '''John Rodney Bass II'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/100th-congress/962|title=PN962 — Foreign Service|date=April 27, 1988|website=U.S. Congress|access-date=3 July 2018}}</ref> (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the [[Under Secretary of State for Management|under secretary of state for management]] since December 2021. He was the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan|United States ambassador to Afghanistan]] from 2017 to 2020, the [[United States Ambassador to Turkey|United States ambassador to Turkey]] from 2014 to 2017 and the [[United States Ambassador to Georgia|United States ambassador to Georgia]] from 2009 to 2012.<ref name="Ambassador bio">{{cite web |url=http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |title=Ambassador Biography |publisher=Embassy of the United States Ankara, Turkey |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129011614/http://turkey.usembassy.gov/about-us/ambassador-john-bass.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/ankara/former-ambassadors |title=Former Ambassadors |website=U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Turkey |language=en-US |access-date=2018-07-07}}</ref> ==Career== Bass is from [[upstate New York]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> He graduated from [[Syracuse University]] in 1986 and was a newspaper editor and political campaign consultant before joining the Foreign Service in 1988. Shortly after, he was posted to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Chad.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?">{{cite web|url=http://www.allgov.com/news/appointments-and-resignations/us-ambassador-to-turkey-who-is-john-r-bass-140810?news=853921|title=U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?|publisher=ALLGOV|date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state [[Strobe Talbott]], first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the [[Kosovo War]]. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.<ref name="U.S. Ambassador to Turkey: Who Is John R. Bass?"/> He speaks [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[French language|French]].<ref name="Ambassador bio"/> [[File:Secretary Pompeo Meets With Civil Society Women and Students (48127920617).jpg|left|thumb|Bass participates with [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Mike Pompeo|Michael R. Pompeo]] in a meeting with civil society women and students at the [[Embassy of the United States, Kabul|Kabul Embassy]] in [[Kabul|Kabul, Afghanistan]] on June 25, 2019.]] In October 2012, he was appointed [[Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State]] and served as the liaison between the State Department's many bureaus and the leadership offices of the [[Secretary of State|Secretary]], the Deputy Secretaries, and the [[Director of Policy Planning]]. In October 2017, after the U.S. decided to suspend non-immigrant visa services within Turkey, Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] said the Turkish government would no longer recognize Bass's authority as a U.S. ambassador. The cancellation of visitor visas came after a Turkish court ordered the arrest of an employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tuysuz|first1=Gul|last2=Koran|first2=Laura|title=Erdogan: Turkey does not recognize US ambassador after visa spat|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2017/10/10/politics/turkey-us-erdogan-us-ambassador/index.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|publisher=CNN|date=October 10, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Cunningham|first1=Erin|last2=Fahim|first2=Kareen|title=U.S. and Turkey announce tit-for-tat travel restrictions, a sign of deteriorating alliance|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/us-halts-some-visa-services-in-turkey-citing-security-concerns/2017/10/08/02bdc01a-ac52-11e7-9b93-b97043e57a22_story.html|access-date=July 6, 2018|newspaper=Washington Post|date=October 8, 2017}}</ref> After the suspension of visa services in Turkey, Bass published a statement on [[YouTube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9b3UarXho|title=Ambassador John Bass' statement on the suspension of visa services in Turkey|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref> President [[Donald Trump]] named him as his choice to become the [[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]] on July 20, 2017.<ref name="thehillbowdentrumptonominate">{{cite news|last1=Bowden|first1=John|title=Trump to nominate Turkey envoy for ambassador to Afghanistan|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343056-trump-to-nominate-turkey-envoy-for-ambassador-to-afghanistan/ |access-date=July 21, 2017|work=The Hill|date=July 20, 2017}}</ref> On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lardner|first1=Richard|title=Senate confirms Huntsman as US ambassador to Russia |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/senate-confirms-huntsman-us-ambassador-russia-50165267|access-date=September 28, 2017 |work=ABC News|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}</ref> Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/06/us/politics/john-bass-afghanistan.html |title=John Bass, U.S. Envoy to Afghanistan, Steps Down on Cusp of New Peace Deal |last=Jakes |first=Lara |date=January 6, 2020 |work=The New York Times |access-date=January 6, 2020 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> On July 21, 2021, President [[Joe Biden]] nominated him to serve as [[Under Secretary of State for Management]].<ref>{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Four Key Foreign Policy Nominations |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/07/21/president-biden-announces-four-key-foreign-policy-nominations/ |website=The White House |date=21 July 2021}}</ref> On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.<ref>{{cite web |title=PN922 - Nomination of John R. Bass for Department of State, 117th Congress (2021-2022) |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/117th-congress/922 |website=US Congress |date=18 December 2021 |access-date=28 August 2021}}</ref> Bass was appointed as acting [[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]] in March 2024, following the resignation of [[Victoria Nuland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=On the Retirement of Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland |publisher=U.S. Department of State |url=https://www.state.gov/on-the-retirement-of-under-secretary-of-state-for-political-affairs-victoria-nuland/| access-date=7 April 2024}}</ref> ==See also== * [[Turkey–United States relations]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/bass-john-r John R. Bass] at the [[Office of the Historian]] {{commons category}} {{s-start}} {{s-dip}} {{s-bef|before=[[John F. Tefft|John Tefft]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States Ambassador to Georgia]]|years=2009–2012}} {{s-aft|after=[[Richard Norland]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr.|Francis Ricciardone]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States Ambassador to Turkey]]|years=2014–2017}} {{s-aft|after=[[Philip Kosnett]]<br />{{small|(chargé d'affaires a.i)}}}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[P. Michael McKinley]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[United States Ambassador to Afghanistan]]|years=2017–2020}} {{s-aft|after=[[Ross Wilson (ambassador)|Ross Wilson]]<br />{{small|(chargé d'affaires)}}}} |- {{s-off}} {{s-bef|before=[[Stephen Mull]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Executive Secretariat|Executive Secretary of the Department of State]]|years=2012–2014}} {{s-aft|after=[[Joseph Macmanus]]}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Brian Bulatao]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Under Secretary of State for Management]]|years=2021–present}} {{s-inc|rows=2}} |- {{s-bef|before=[[Victoria Nuland]]}} {{s-ttl|title=[[Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs]]<br>Acting|years=2024–present}} {{s-end}} {{US Ambassadors to Turkey}} {{US Ambassadors to Afghanistan}} {{United States Department of State}} {{Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bass, John R}} [[Category:1964 births]] [[Category:21st-century American diplomats]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Afghanistan]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Georgia (country)]] [[Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Turkey]] [[Category:Biden administration personnel]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Obama administration personnel]] [[Category:People from New York (state)]] [[Category:Syracuse University alumni]] [[Category:Trump administration personnel]] [[Category:United States Foreign Service personnel]] [[Category:United States Under Secretaries of State]]'
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Tefft">John F. Tefft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Richard_Norland" class="mw-redirect" title="Richard Norland">Richard Norland</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">1964 (age&#160;59&#8211;60)<br /><a href="/info/en/?search=New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Holly Holzer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/info/en/?search=Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> (<a href="/info/en/?search=Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>John Rodney Bass II</b><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup> (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the <a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Management" title="Under Secretary of State for Management">under secretary of state for management</a> since December 2021. He was the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Afghanistan">United States ambassador to Afghanistan</a> from 2017 to 2020, the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Turkey">United States ambassador to Turkey</a> from 2014 to 2017 and the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Georgia">United States ambassador to Georgia</a> from 2009 to 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambassador_bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambassador_bio-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Career"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Career</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career">Career</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=John_R._Bass&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Bass is from <a href="/info/en/?search=Upstate_New_York" title="Upstate New York">upstate New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambassador_bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambassador_bio-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> He graduated from <a href="/info/en/?search=Syracuse_University" title="Syracuse University">Syracuse University</a> in 1986 and was a newspaper editor and political campaign consultant before joining the Foreign Service in 1988. Shortly after, he was posted to Belgium, the Netherlands, and Chad.<sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state <a href="/info/en/?search=Strobe_Talbott" title="Strobe Talbott">Strobe Talbott</a>, first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the <a href="/info/en/?search=Kosovo_War" title="Kosovo War">Kosovo War</a>. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.<sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.<sup id="cite_ref-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-U.S._Ambassador_to_Turkey:_Who_Is_John_R._Bass?-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> He speaks <a href="/info/en/?search=Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a> and <a href="/info/en/?search=French_language" title="French language">French</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ambassador_bio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ambassador_bio-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/info/en/?search=File:Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_(48127920617).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg/220px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg/330px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg/440px-Secretary_Pompeo_Meets_With_Civil_Society_Women_and_Students_%2848127920617%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6669" data-file-height="4446" /></a><figcaption>Bass participates with <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Secretary_of_State" title="United States Secretary of State">U.S. Secretary of State</a> <a href="/info/en/?search=Mike_Pompeo" title="Mike Pompeo">Michael R. Pompeo</a> in a meeting with civil society women and students at the <a href="/info/en/?search=Embassy_of_the_United_States,_Kabul" title="Embassy of the United States, Kabul">Kabul Embassy</a> in <a href="/info/en/?search=Kabul" title="Kabul">Kabul, Afghanistan</a> on June 25, 2019.</figcaption></figure> <p>In October 2012, he was appointed <a href="/info/en/?search=Executive_Secretary_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State" title="Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State">Executive Secretary of the United States Department of State</a> and served as the liaison between the State Department's many bureaus and the leadership offices of the <a href="/info/en/?search=Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Secretary of State">Secretary</a>, the Deputy Secretaries, and the <a href="/info/en/?search=Director_of_Policy_Planning" title="Director of Policy Planning">Director of Policy Planning</a>. </p><p>In October 2017, after the U.S. decided to suspend non-immigrant visa services within Turkey, Turkish President <a href="/info/en/?search=Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a> said the Turkish government would no longer recognize Bass's authority as a U.S. ambassador. The cancellation of visitor visas came after a Turkish court ordered the arrest of an employee of the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>After the suspension of visa services in Turkey, Bass published a statement on <a href="/info/en/?search=YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>President <a href="/info/en/?search=Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> named him as his choice to become the <a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Ambassador_to_Afghanistan" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Ambassador to Afghanistan">United States Ambassador to Afghanistan</a> on July 20, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-thehillbowdentrumptonominate_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-thehillbowdentrumptonominate-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>On July 21, 2021, President <a href="/info/en/?search=Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> nominated him to serve as <a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Management" title="Under Secretary of State for Management">Under Secretary of State for Management</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup> On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Bass was appointed as acting <a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Political_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs">Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs</a> in March 2024, following the resignation of <a href="/info/en/?search=Victoria_Nuland" title="Victoria Nuland">Victoria Nuland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=John_R._Bass&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/info/en/?search=Turkey%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Turkey–United States relations">Turkey–United States relations</a></li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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Thayer">Thayer</a></i> (<i>chargé d'affaires</i>)</li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Cornelius_Van_Hemert_Engert" title="Cornelius Van Hemert Engert">Engert</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Ely_Palmer" title="Ely Palmer">Palmer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/info/en/?search=File:U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Seal of the US Department of State"><img alt="Seal of the US Department of State" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg/70px-U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg/105px-U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg/140px-U.S._Department_of_State_official_seal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ambassador Extraordinary<br />and Plenipotentiary<br />(1948–1979)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/info/en/?search=Ely_Palmer" title="Ely Palmer">Palmer</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Louis_G._Dreyfus" title="Louis G. Dreyfus">Dreyfus</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=George_Robert_Merrell" title="George Robert Merrell">Merrell</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Angus_I._Ward" title="Angus I. Ward">Ward</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Sheldon_T._Mills" title="Sheldon T. Mills">Tibbetts Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Henry_A._Byroade" title="Henry A. Byroade">Byroade</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=John_M._Steeves" title="John M. Steeves">Steeves</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Robert_G._Neumann" title="Robert G. Neumann">Robert Neumann</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Theodore_L._Eliot_Jr." title="Theodore L. Eliot Jr.">Eliot</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Adolph_Dubs" title="Adolph Dubs">Dubs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Chargés d'affaires</i> (1979–1989)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=J._Bruce_Amstutz" title="J. Bruce Amstutz">Amstutz</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Hawthorne_Q._Mills&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Hawthorne Q. Mills (page does not exist)">Quinn Mills</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Charles_Franklin_Dunbar_(diplomat)" title="Charles Franklin Dunbar (diplomat)">Dunbar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Edward_Hurwitz" title="Edward Hurwitz">Hurwitz</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=James_Maurice_Ealum" title="James Maurice Ealum">Ealum</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Jon_D._Glassman" title="Jon D. Glassman">Glassman</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">The embassy was closed from January 30, 1989, to January 17, 2002; the liaison office reopened on December 17, 2001.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ambassador Extraordinary<br />and Plenipotentiary<br />(2001–2021)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=James_Dobbins_(diplomat)" title="James Dobbins (diplomat)">Dobbins</a></i> (<i>chargé d'affaires</i>)</li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Ryan_Crocker" title="Ryan Crocker">Crocker</a></i> (<i>chargé d'affaires</i>)</li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Robert_Finn_(diplomat)" title="Robert Finn (diplomat)">Finn</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Zalmay_Khalilzad" title="Zalmay Khalilzad">Khalilzad</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Ronald_E._Neumann" title="Ronald E. Neumann">Ronald Neumann</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=William_Braucher_Wood" title="William Braucher Wood">Wood</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Karl_Eikenberry" title="Karl Eikenberry">Eikenberry</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Ryan_Crocker" title="Ryan Crocker">Crocker</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=James_B._Cunningham" title="James B. Cunningham">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/info/en/?search=Michael_McKinley" title="Michael McKinley">McKinley</a></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Hugo_Llorens" title="Hugo Llorens">Llorens</a></i> (<i>chargé d'affaires</i>)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Bass</a></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Ross_L._Wilson" title="Ross L. Wilson">Wilson</a></i> (<i>chargé d'affaires</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">The embassy transferred operations to Qatar on August 31, 2021.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><i>Chargés d'affaires</i> (2021–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Ian_McCary&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ian McCary (page does not exist)">McCary</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/info/en/?search=Karen_B._Decker" title="Karen B. 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class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Near_Eastern_Affairs" title="Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs">Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_South_and_Central_Asian_Affairs" title="Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs">Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Western_Hemisphere_Affairs" title="Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs">Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Economic_Growth,_Energy,_and_the_Environment" title="Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment">Under Secretary for Economic<br /> Growth, Energy, and the Environment</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Economic_and_Business_Affairs" title="Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs">Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Energy_Resources" title="Bureau of Energy Resources">Bureau of Energy Resources</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Oceans_and_International_Environmental_and_Scientific_Affairs" title="Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs">Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Office of the Chief Economist</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Office of Global Food Security</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Office_of_Global_Partnerships" title="Office of Global Partnerships">Office of Global Partnerships</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Office of the Science and Technology Advisor to the Secretary</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Arms_Control_and_International_Security_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs">Under Secretary for Arms Control<br /> and International Security</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Arms_Control,_Verification_and_Compliance" title="Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance">Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_International_Security_and_Nonproliferation" title="Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation">Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Political-Military_Affairs" title="Bureau of Political-Military Affairs">Bureau of Political-Military Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">International Security Advisory Board</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Public_Diplomacy_and_Public_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs">Under Secretary for Public<br /> Diplomacy and Public Affairs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Educational_and_Cultural_Affairs" title="Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs">Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Public_Affairs" title="Bureau of Public Affairs">Bureau of Global Public Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Countering_Foreign_Propaganda_and_Disinformation_Act" title="Countering Foreign Propaganda and Disinformation Act">Global Engagement Center</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">International Expositions Unit</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Office of Global Youth Issues</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Public_Diplomacy_and_Public_Affairs" title="Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs">Office of Policy, Planning, and Resources for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=United_States_Advisory_Commission_on_Public_Diplomacy" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy">United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/info/en/?search=Under_Secretary_of_State_for_Management" title="Under Secretary of State for Management">Under Secretary<br /> for Management</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Administration" title="Bureau of Administration">Bureau of Administration</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Budget_and_Planning" title="Bureau of Budget and Planning">Bureau of Budget and Planning</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Consular_Affairs" title="Bureau of Consular Affairs">Bureau of Consular Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Diplomatic_Security" title="Bureau of Diplomatic Security">Bureau of Diplomatic Security</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Human_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Human Resources">Bureau of Global Talent Management</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Information_Resource_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Bureau of Information Resource Management">Bureau of Information Resource Management</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Medical_Services_(U.S._Department_of_State)" title="Bureau of Medical Services (U.S. Department of State)">Bureau of Medical Services</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Overseas_Buildings_Operations" title="Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations">Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Bureau of the Comptroller and Global Financial Services</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a 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Security,<br /> Democracy, and Human Rights</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Conflict_and_Stabilization_Operations" title="Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations">Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Democracy,_Human_Rights,_and_Labor" title="Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor">Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_International_Narcotics_and_Law_Enforcement_Affairs" title="Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs">Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/info/en/?search=Bureau_of_Population,_Refugees,_and_Migration" title="Bureau of Population, 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Whether or not the change was made through a Tor exit node (tor_exit_node)
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Unix timestamp of change (timestamp)
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