charge ambassador ross wilson who came out of retirement in january 2020 to lead our embassy in afghanistan and done exceptional courageous work during a highly challenging time. for the time being, we will use this post in doha to manage our diplomacy with afghanistan including counselor affairs, administering humanitarian systems and working with allies, partners and regional international stakeholders to coordinate our engagement and messaging to the call ban. our team there will be led by it who served as deputy chief of mission in afghanistan for this past year. no one better prepared to do the job. we will continue our relentless efforts to help americans, foreign nationals and afghans leave afghanistan if they choose. let me talk briefly about the americans who remain in afghanistan. we made extraordinary efforts to give americans every opportunity
“Even those of us not particularly cognizant of the climate crisis could not help but be alarmed by what has been happening around us lately. While massive floods in Germany and Western Europe claimed the lives of hundreds, entire villages in China and India were being washed
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we can speak now to lewis lukens, who was deputy chief of mission at the us embassy in london from 2016 to 2019. great to have us as on bbc news. you wrote in an article earlier this year that the tron presidency had put in doubt the us s reliability is a partner and had damaged the special relationship. do you think thatjoe biden is managing to mend that? that joe biden is managing to mend that? , , 4 that joe biden is managing to mend that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role in that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role in the that? absolutely. i think he played a constructive role in the g7 - a constructive role in the g7 summit, he and the prime minister had good talks and it wrapped up with a ceremonial visit with the queen which was meaningful. this long range of residents that the queen has met and sort of represents the continuity of
to other topics. upon returning to the embassy i immediately briefed my direct supervisor the deputy chief of mission about ambassador sondland s call with president trump and my subsequent conversation with ambassador sondland. i told others at the embassy about the call as well. i also emailed an embassy official in sweden regarding the issue with the u.s. rapper discussed on the call. july 26th was my last day in the office to go on vacation that ended august 6. upon returning to the embassy i told ambassador taylor about the call and repeatedly talked about the call in meeting and conversations where the issue of the president s interest in ukraine was potentially relevant. at that time ambassador sondland s statement of the president s lack of interest in ukraine was a particular focus. we understood that in order to secure a meeting between president trump and president zelensky, it would have to work hard to find a way to explain