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                    [Title] => New US envoy Kenney sworn in
                    [Summary] => Former US Ambassador to Ecuador Kristie Anne Kenney was sworn in Monday by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the new American envoy to the Philippines.


Kenney, whose appointment was confirmed by the US Senate, is expected to arrive in Manila this month.

Kenney will replace Ambassador Francis Ricciardone, who was appointed ambassador to Egypt.

She was reportedly Rice’s "personal choice" to fill the post vacated by Ricciardone.
[DatePublished] => 2006-03-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 287300 [Title] => US sending acting ambassador to RP [Summary] => The US government is sending an acting ambassador to Manila at the end of the month.

Sources said Darryl Johnson arrives in Manila on July 31, about a week before the departure of Chargé d’Affaires Joseph Mussomeli to assume his post as US ambassador to Cambodia.

Johnson was plucked out of retirement from the Foreign Service to serve as temporary replacement for Francis Ricciardone, who ended his stint in Manila two months ago. Ricciardone is in Washington for briefings prior to his new assignment as ambassador to Egypt.
[DatePublished] => 2005-07-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 286634 [Title] => New US ambassador to RP may be a woman [Summary] => The United States is considering appointing a woman as its next ambassador to the Philippines, a diplomatic source said yesterday.

The source said US Ambassador to Ecuador Kristie Anne Kenney is being eyed by Washington to replace its former envoy to Manila Francis Ricciardone, who was recalled last May.

If Kenney is appointed to the post, she would be the first woman US ambassador to Manila.

"Still a rumor, but it’s likely," the source said.

Kenney is reportedly Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s personal choice to take up the post va [DatePublished] => 2005-07-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804865 [AuthorName] => Pia Lee-Brago [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )
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