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The Virtual Consulate, or Virtual Presence Post (VPP), is a new tool of U.S. diplomacy in the 21st Century. Virtual Consulates are vehicles that promote interaction between the citizens of a foreign city or region and citizens of the United States.
The Embassy was officially opened on September 29, 1962, shortly after Algeria received its independence from France. Prior to independence, a Consul General represented the United States. in Algiers.
Career Foreign Service Officer with the personal rank of Minister Counselor, Michael W. Marine was nominated as Ambassador to Vietnam by President George W. Bush on March 31, 2004 and confirmed by the Senate on May 6, 2004. He took up his duties in Vietnam on September 10, 2004.
France is the oldest ally of the United States, with U.S.-French diplomatic relations stretching back more than 225 years. Our histories, from the American Revolution to the allied landings in Normandy during World War II, have often been intertwined.
Ambassador John D. Rood was appointed by President George W. Bush in July 2004 to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. He is the eleventh U.S. Ambassador to The Bahamas.
Carol van Voorst was sworn in by Secretary of State Rice on January 3, 2006 as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Iceland.
