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Ambassador David Jacobson

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David Jacobson was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the United States Ambassador to Canada on June 5, 2009 and was confirmed unanimously by the United States Senate on September 23, 2009. On September 25, 2009 he was sworn in at the Department of State as a U.S. Ambassador. On October 2, 2009 he presented his credentials in Ottawa and became the 22nd United States Ambassador to Canada.

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Ambassador Jacobson has started a blog to inform Canadians about what we are doing at the Embassy, the views of the U.S. government, the people he meets and the experiences he has.
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29 October 09
Excerpts of remarks by Ambassador of the United States of America David Jacobson Economic Club of Canada
I wanted to come here because Canada and the United States share the richest, the broadest, and the deepest relationship that exists between any two countries on earth. What would be extraordinary in other countries seems ordinary to us. The United States and Canada have -- through years of partnership and effort -- created the closest relationship between two sovereign nations in history.[more]

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