Bush nominates a new ambassador to Australia
Sunday, March 12, 2006
United States President George W. Bush has nominated Robert Davis McCallum, Jr. to be the new US Ambassador to Australia. The ambassadorship has been vacant for 12 months and 28 days.
McCallum is an associate attorney-general for the Department of Justice and previously represented big tobacco companies at an Atlanta law firm. He also has a master's degree from Oxford University and is a Rhodes Scholar as well as having a bachelor's degree from Yale.
Former deputy secretary of state, Richard Armitage, said earlier this month that the fact Australia was still without an ambassador might indicate a "lackadaisical attitude" to the region.
McCallum is one of the 15 Skull and Bones members from the 1968 group, of which President Bush was also a member.
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Sources
- Phillip Hudson. "Bush sends us 'secret' uni mate" — TheAge, March 12, 2006
- AAP. "US nominates new Australian ambassador" — Sydney Morning Herald, March 11, 2006
- ABC/AFP. "Bush picks new ambassador to Australia" — Yahoo News, March 11,2006
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