{"id":47647,"date":"2023-01-24T20:08:23","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=47647"},"modified":"2023-01-24T20:08:23","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T19:08:23","slug":"he-also-speaks-albanian-who-is-joe-bidens-nominee-for-ambassador-to-albania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/he-also-speaks-albanian-who-is-joe-bidens-nominee-for-ambassador-to-albania\/","title":{"rendered":"He also speaks Albanian, who is Joe Biden&#8217;s nominee for ambassador to Albania?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\"> The US President has nominated David J. Kostelancik for the post of Ambassador of the United States to Albania. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Mr. Kostelancik served at the US embassy in Albania in the early 90s, in the political office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">David J. Kostelancik currently serves as Foreign Policy Advisor to the US Chief of Staff, General Mark Milley.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Kostelancik is a career member of the Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Kostelancik previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission and Charg\u00e9 d&#8217;Affaires at the US Embassy in Hungary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">He has served as Director of the Office of South Central European Affairs, Director of the Office of Russian Affairs in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, and Director of the Bureau of Europe and Asia in the International Narcotics Bureau.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"en\">Kostelancik has also served twice at the US Embassy in Russia. 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