The chances of this "top diplomat" NOT being career spook and destabilizaton specialist, are just about ZERO.
Also he illustrates that any claims Trump makes about draining the swamp, are lies for fools. Here we are looking at swamp dwelling snakes that span adminstrations and have swamp snakes for mentors.
John Rodney Bass II[1] (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the under secretary of state for management since December 2021. He was the United States ambassador to Afghanistan from 2017 to 2020, the United States ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2017 and the United States ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.[2][3]
In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott, first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the Kosovo War. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.[4]
In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.[4]
President Donald Trump named him as his choice to become the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan on July 20, 2017.[8] On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.[9] Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.[10]
On July 21, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated him to serve as Under Secretary of State for Management.[11] On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.[12]
Bass was appointed as acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in March 2024, following the resignation of Victoria Nuland.[13]
The chances of this "top diplomat" NOT being career spook and destabilizaton specialist, are just about ZERO.
Also he illustrates that any claims Trump makes about draining the swamp, are lies for fools. Here we are looking at swamp dwelling snakes that span adminstrations and have swamp snakes for mentors.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bass
John Rodney Bass II[1] (born 1964) is an American diplomat, who has served as the under secretary of state for management since December 2021. He was the United States ambassador to Afghanistan from 2017 to 2020, the United States ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2017 and the United States ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.[2][3]
In 1998, he worked for deputy secretary of state Strobe Talbott, first as a special assistant for Europe and Eurasia including as part of the peace negotiations in the Kosovo War. He was later named as Talbott's chief of staff in 2000, coordinating policy on arms reduction with Russia.[4]
In 2005, Bass was named director of the State Department Operations Center. He was sent to Iraq in 2008 as the leader of a provincial reconstruction team.[4]
President Donald Trump named him as his choice to become the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan on July 20, 2017.[8] On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.[9] Bass left the position on January 6, 2020.[10]
On July 21, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated him to serve as Under Secretary of State for Management.[11] On December 18, 2021, he was confirmed by the Senate.[12]
Bass was appointed as acting Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs in March 2024, following the resignation of Victoria Nuland.[13]