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New U.S. Ambassador Arrives in Lithuania

10 August 2006

John A. Cloud, the United States Ambassador-Designate to the Republic of Lithuania, arrived in Vilnius on August 10.  The Ambassador-Designate will present his credentials to President Adamkus on August 17.

The U.S. Senate officially confirmed Mr. Cloud as the next Ambassador to Lithuania on May 26, 2006.  He was sworn-in by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on July 18, 2006.

Mr. Cloud, a career member of the U.S. Foreign Service, has previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. embassies in Germany and Poland. He also worked as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Economic Affairs on the National Security Council staff and as an economics counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany.

Mr. Cloud holds a Bachelors degree from the University of Connecticut, and earned a Masters degree in International Affairs from The George Washington University. He is married and has two children.