Nancy McEldowney
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United States Department of State
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. She was United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
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from July 2008 until July 2009. Her appointment as ambassador was confirmed by the United States Senate
United States Senate
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on April 29, 2008 and she took the oath of office on July 25, 2008. She had previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission
Deputy Chief of Mission
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to Turkey
Turkey
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. Her prior appointments included diplomatic positions in Baku
Baku
Baku , sometimes spelled as Baki or Bakou, is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. It is located on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, which projects into the Caspian Sea. The city consists of two principal...
, Cairo
Cairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
and Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
. She also worked for the National Security Council
United States National Security Council
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, Department of State
United States Department of State
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and the Department of Defense
United States Department of Defense
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.
She grew up in Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater, Florida
Clearwater is a city located in Pinellas County, Florida, US, nearly due west of Tampa and northwest of St. Petersburg. In the west of Clearwater lies the Gulf of Mexico and in the east lies Tampa Bay. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 108,787. It is the county seat of...
. She began her diplomatic career at the Department of State in 1986. Shortly after beginning work she travelled with President Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
to the Reykjavík Summit
Reykjavik Summit
The Reykjavík Summit was a summit meeting between U.S. president Ronald Reagan and Secretary-General of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev, held in the famous house of Höfði in Reykjavík, the capital city of Iceland, on October 11–12, 1986...
in Iceland
Iceland
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. In 1996 she was appointed to the National Security Council where she served as Director of European Affairs.