Freeman was a career US diplomat until his retirement in the mid-1990s.
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Mr Haass, a former senior US diplomat, is leading an academic push for America's debt to be taken seriously by Americans and noticed as well by the rest of the world.
The US has despatched to Cairo a veteran diplomat with close ties to the Mubarak government.
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Mr. Brahimi is a capable and seasoned diplomat, well known to us and others in the international community.
He succeeds Mrs Clinton who, in her four years as the top US diplomat, visited 112 countries and notched up nearly a million air miles.
Then too, last June, the US Department of Treasury designated Ghazi Nasr al Din, a Venezuelan diplomat who served as the deputy ambassador in Damascus and Beirut as a Hizbullah agent.
"They need us more than we need them, " says a U.S. diplomat in the region.
It follows Moscow's decision to expel US diplomat Ryan Fogle, who was accused of trying to recruit a Russian intelligence officer as a spy.
Each of us has worked with Otto Reich and has found him to be a skilled diplomat with an impressive understanding of the Western Hemisphere.
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Correspondents say the announcement, which comes weeks after Mrs Clinton left her post as the top US diplomat, is likely to fuel speculation that she may be considering a second run for the White House.
Senior Cuban diplomat Josefina Vidal said in a statement that Cuba was willing to talk to the US and was awaiting an answer.
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