Senate Confirms Frank Ricciardone as U.S. Ambassador to Turkey http://diplopundit.blogspot.com/2011/10/senate-confirms-frank-ricciardone-as-us.html

On October 04, 2011, the Senate confirmed the nomination of U.S. Ambassador to Turkey, Frank Ricciardone, Jr.. PN115 * DEPARTMENT OF STATE Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of Massachusetts, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Turkey, to which position he was appointed during the recess of the Senate from December 22, 2010, to January 5, 2011.

[ He has served as U.S. Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt (2005–2008), He has served in two multinational military deployments: as chief of the Civilian Observer Unit of the Multinational Force and Observers in Egypt's Sinai Desert, and as political advisor to the U.S. and Turkish commanding generals of Operation Provide Comfort, based in Turkey and operating in Iraq. In Washington, Ricciardone directed the Department of State's 9/11 Task Force on the Coalition Against Terrorism and served as Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's special coordinator for the Transition of Iraq (1999–2001).