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Article: Swiss News meets the US Ambassador: President George W. Bush's Ambassador to Switzerland Pamela Willeford holds what is regarded in the US diplomatic community as a plum post. Swiss News columnist Robert Anderson recently posed a few questions to the American ambassador.(Interview)
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- May 1, 2005
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Swiss News: Ambassador Willeford, on November 25, 2003 you presented your credentials to the Swiss president and assumed the pest of US Ambassador to Switzerland. What was that day like for you?
Pamela Willeford: It was a very memorable day and certainly a highlight of my professional career. I was honored to meet President Couchepin and to begin my term as the US Ambassador to Switzerland.
Your relationship with President George W. Bush spans 20 years, going back to Texas. As his Ambassador to Switzerland, how de you cope with all the negative press and criticism directed against your boss? And how de you feel about America's recently tarnished imago ...