22-U.S.C.-2688

§2688 – Ambassadors; Criteria Regarding Selection and Confirmation

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Title 22 > Chapter 38 > Section 2688

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• Reference: Section 2688
• Legend: §2688 – Ambassadors; Criteria Regarding Selection and Confirmation
• USCode Year: 2013

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It is the sense of the Congress that the position of United States ambassador to a foreign country should be accorded to men and women possessing clearly demonstrated competence to perform ambassadorial duties. No individual should be accorded the position of United States ambassador to a foreign country primarily because of financial contributions to political campaigns.

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, §18, as added Pub. L. 94–141, title I, §104, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 757; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, §202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)

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22-U.S.C.-2673 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Foreign Relations

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22-U.S.C.-2684A in the Legal Encyclopedia: Arms

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