The media learned about the plans for trump to send a Deputy Pompeo Ambassador to Russia
KIEV. August 20. UNN. The President of the United States, Donald trump intends to appoint as Ambassador to Russia, first Deputy Secretary of state John Sullivan. This writes The New York Times, citing a senior representative of the presidential administration, says UNN.
According to the newspaper, the candidacy of Sullivan must approve the upper house of the U.S. Congress, which previously claimed it on the post of Deputy head of the state Department.
John Sullivan assumed the position of Deputy Secretary of state on may 24, 2017. Legal career began in 1990. In 1992, he was Deputy General counsel of the election campaign of President George Bush. Then worked at the law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in Washington.
Under the presidency of George W. Bush was appointed by the then Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld, Deputy General counsel of the American Ministry of defense. From 2005 to 2008 he held the position of General counsel of the U.S. Department of Commerce, and in the period from 2007 to 2009 he was Deputy Minister of this Department.
John Sullivan is the nephew of the last U.S. Ambassador to Iran William Sullivan (Washington broke off diplomatic relations with Tehran in 1980 after the seizure of the U.S. Embassy staff in Iran. Now the American government has no diplomatic or consular relations with Iran).
As a reminder, the Kremlin responded to the first missile tests by the United States after breaking the INF Treaty.