WASHINGTON (Pajhwok): The United States Senate has confirmed the nomination of senior diplomat John R Bass as the US Ambassador to Afghanistan.
Bass, currently the US Ambassador to Turkey, was confirmed by voice vote.
A career Senior Foreign Service officer, Bass served as Executive Secretary from 2012 to 2014, and U.S. Ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.
He began his diplomatic career in 1988 and has also served in positions in U.S. missions in Iraq, Italy, Belgium and Chad.
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