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Barack Obama: Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United…

On the recordJune 18, 2009
Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Romania.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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