Report: David Hale to be Appointed U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon
The U.S. administration will appoint U.S. Middle East Envoy David Hale as Washington's Ambassador to Lebanon, media reports said on Tuesday.
Hale will replace current ambassador Maura Connelly when her term ends this year, sources told the pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.
Hale was Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Beirut when David Satterfield was the U.S. ambassador (1998 – 2001).
The diplomat was appointed Special Envoy for Middle East Peace in June 2011.
He held the post of Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East Peace under former Senator George Mitchell.
Hale served as U.S. ambassador to Jordan from 2005-2008, the Charge d’Affaires in Jordan from 2004-2005 and Deputy Chief of Mission from 2003-2004.
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