Manila—Ambassador designate Philip S. Goldberg was sworn in as
U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines on November 21, 2013. From June 2010, he
served as the Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research. Prior to 2010 he served concurrently as the Coordinator for
Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1874 on North Korea.
Goldberg served as
Ambassador to Bolivia (2006-2008), Chief of Mission in Pristina, Kosovo
(2004-2006), and Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Santiago, Chile
(2001-2004). Ambassador Goldberg, a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign
Service, served from January-June 2001 as acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State for Legislative Affairs. He came to that position after having been a
senior member of the State Department team handling the transition from the
Clinton to Bush Administrations.
Goldberg served as
Special Assistant (1996-1998) and then Executive Assistant (1998-2000) to
Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott. From 1994-1996, he was the
Department's Bosnia Desk Officer and was a member of the American negotiating
team in the lead-up to the Dayton Peace Conference and Chief of Staff for the
American Delegation at Dayton. Ambassador Goldberg has served overseas as a
consular and political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Bogota, Colombia, and
political-economic officer in Pretoria, South Africa.
At his swearing-in
ceremony Ambassador Designate Goldberg remarked, “If I’ve learned one thing
from the Filipino friends I’ve made all around the world, and there are
Filipinos all around the world, it’s that they’re warm, but they’re also tough
and resilient. There should be no doubt that they will bounce back. I have no
doubt. And I know that the President and the Secretary are committed to doing
everything we can do to help the people of the Philippines make a full recovery
and advance in the next stage of the country’s development.”
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