For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 27, 2002
Nomination
President Bush to Nominate Watt to be Ambassador of the United States to the Republic of Panama
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate
Linda Ellen Watt to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of
the United States of America to the Republic of Panama. A career
member of the Senior Foreign Service, she has served as the Political
Advisor at SOUTHCOM. Immediately prior to this assignment, she
participated in the Department of State's Senior Seminar. From 1997 to
2000, Watt was Deputy Chief of Mission in the Dominican Republic. Her
previous assignments include service as Deputy Executive Director of
the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Administrative Officer in
Moscow, administrative officer in the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs.
Watt received an undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University and a
Master's degree from the University of New Mexico.
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