PRESS RELEASES

U.S. Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders Presents Credentials to Government of Nigeria

Abuja, December 3, 2007

U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Robin Renee Sanders has presented her credentials to the Government of Nigeria on December 3, 2007.  Ambassador Sanders, a career member of the senior Foreign Service, was sworn in as Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria on November 19, 2007 in the United States.  Most recently, she served as the International Advisor and Deputy Commandant of the Industrial College of the Armed Forces—one of the U.S. military’s premier colleges at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.  Prior to that she served as Ambassador to the Republic of Congo (2002-2005) and as Director for Public Diplomacy for Africa for the State Department (2000-2002).

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