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Santo Domingo.– President Leonel Fernandez received the new chief of mission of the US Embassy in the Dominican Republic at the Presidential Palace Monday.

Christopher Lambert, who has been named as the new charge d'affairs at the US Embassy replaces Roland Bullen, who is leaving the country on Sunday.

Roland Bullen took up his duties as Minister Counselor in Santo Domingo on August 18, 2006. A career member of the Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor, his previous assignment was as Ambassador to the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and to CARICOM.

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Written by: juanb, 26 Aug 2009 12:16 PM
From: Dominican Republic
Leonel: " I'll gladly pay you Tuesday, for a hamburger today."

Lambert: "I'm here to collect for last weeks hamburgers."
Written by: Banana, 26 Aug 2009 3:56 PM
From: Heard Island and McDonald Islands
Chief of Mission does not equal ambassador. A very misleading title.
Written by: glomarexplorer, 26 Aug 2009 8:52 PM
From: United States, Fresh Water Paradise-NY Finger Lakes
nana,

I fully agree with you.

Haiti gets career diplomat for ambassador and new, modern and self-contained embassy compound; DR gets charge d'affairs.

You tell me which country is presently of greater interest to US.
Written by: JD_Dominguez, 27 Aug 2009 9:38 AM
From: United States, Reality Check
Let's wait & see, what this guy (Lambert does), maybe he will not be the politically correct kiss ass that other politicians were.

Bullen's titles are just alternate terms for "bureaucrat"! Bullen played the white folks game of dinner parties & hand shakes with the RD Gov counterparts that were the main players in corruption without holding any accountable. Now, police still give drug dealers a free pass to sell drugs if they - "PAY TO PLAY".

As long as the RD Gov & its corrupt officials, Police, DNCD etc are free from any "real US pressures or sanctions; then why should we respect ANY US appointee???

At the US Embassy, we have more DHS (homeland security) & DEA AGENTS stationed in the RD. But the micro-traffickers in my Santiago barrio remain in control (because our US TAX dollars ACTUALLY pay these agents to watch porn on their laptops instead of doing the job). WTF?

Years after Paulino we fail to follow the trail to the top (RD Gov) & onto National Police/Military.
Written by: Vivacuba, 27 Aug 2009 10:20 PM
From: Dominican Republic
New CIA Command Post Posterboy, welcome. Now, when do you leave and take the rest with you?
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