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Tonga
Pacific Ocean
U.S. diplomatic chiefs of mission to Tonga
Kenneth Franzheim II (Ambassador 1972) Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Ambassador 1974-79) John Peter Condon (Ambassador 1978-80) William Bodde, Jr. (Ambassador 1980-81) Fred J. Eckert (Ambassador 1982-84) Carl Edward Dillery (Ambassador 1984-87) Leonard Rochwarger (Ambassador 1987-89) Evelyn Irene Hoopes Teegan (Ambassador 1989-93) Don L. Gevirtz (Ambassador 1995-97) M. Osman Siddique (Ambassador 1999-2001) David L. Lyon (Ambassador 2002-05) Larry Miles Dinger (Ambassador 2005-08) C. Steven McGann (Ambassador 2008-11) Frankie Annette Reed (Ambassador 2011-) |
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political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872 |
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