— By Domani Spero
The U.S. Ambassador to Lao PDR Karen Stewart concluded her three-year assignment at the US Embassy in Vientiane in early August. She blogged her farewell and favorite Lao things here. Her Ask the Ambassador: Farewell Edition video is here. Her successor Ambassador-Designate Daniel A. Clune was confirmed by the Senate on August 1.
You might remember that Ambassador Stewart was also the chief of mission at the US Embassy in Minsk where embassy staffers were subjected to occasional aggressive surveillance. In 2008, she was “advised” to leave the country by Europe’s last dictator. Two years after that she got appointed to Lao PDR, another authoritarian state. A case of jumping from a hot frying fan to another.
Below are some of our favorite photos. (All photos from US Embassy Vientiane/Flickr):
With feelings. At the embassy’s Fourth of July celebration, 2013
During a visit to see the Nutrition Program in Akkha Village
During the Pi Mai New Year Holiday in Laos
At a medical delivery mission to three Hmong villages
With Nitaya Panemalaythong, the first Lao-American to win the title of Miss Minnesota USA 2012. Video of that fun visit here.
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