[NYTr] Native Mainer To Be Sworn In As Venezuelan Ambassador

[nytr at olm.blythe-systems.com]

AP via WCSH6 News - July 23, 2007
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/local/article.aspx?storyid=66832


Native Mainer To Be Sworn In As Venezuelan Ambassador

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A swearing-in ceremony has been scheduled for a
Maine native who's been confirmed as the next ambassador to Venezuela. 
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Patrick Duddy will be sworn in during a ceremony at the U.S. State
Department on August ninth.

Duddy is originally from Bangor and graduated from Colby College. He
has worked in the Foreign Service for the past 25 years.

Duddy replaces William Brownfield, whose tenure as ambassador was
marked by growing hostility between the U.S. and Venezuela.