07/27/1978
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"You have got a great country. And you are part of it."
"You were chosen in the same way; in a strictly competitive selection process to serve in a very important post for just a short period of time."
"RICHARD B. PARKER, of Kansas, a Foreign Service officer of Class one, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the Republic of Lebanon."
"PAUL C. WARNKE, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, vice Fred Charles Ikle, resigned."