While serving as the American ambassador to Singapore from 1978 to 1980, Richard Kneip turned to his staff and asked, according to his then-deputy, “You mean there was a war between India and Pakistan? What was that all about?” Another of his questions, also according to his staffer: “Did you say there are two separate Korean governments? How come?”

Source: blog.foreignpolicy.com

"Noah Mamet, now ambassador to Argentina, has never visited the country and doesn’t speak Spanish. As for the new ambassador to Hungary, Colleen Bell’s main claim to fame is that she was a producer for the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.

Still awaiting confirmation is George Tsunis, nominated as ambassador to Norway. He badly botched his confirmation hearing in January when he referred to, among other things, Norway’s (non-existent) president."

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