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MaryKay Carlson to be named next US ambassador to Philippines

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt=" MaryKay Loss Carlson, Chargé d" Affaires="" at="" the="" US="" Embassy="" in="" New="" looks="" on="" while="" visiting="" golden="" temple="" Amritsar="" November="" Narinder="" AFP="" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/afp/02/05/marykay-carlson.jpg"/><figcaption>MaryKay Loss Carlson, Chargé d&#x27;Affaires at the US Embassy in New Delhi, looks on while visiting the golden temple in Amritsar on November 5, 2017. <em>Narinder Nanu, AFP/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA—MaryKay Carlson, a long-time diplomat, is set to become the United States&#x27; next ambassador to the Philippines, the White House said on Friday. </p><p>US President Joe Biden intends to nominate Carlson, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the position, a statement read.</p><p>Heather Variava has been ad interim Chargé d&#x27;Affaires at the US Embassy in Manila <a href="https://ph.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/#:~:text=Heather%20Variava%20has%20been%20the,Previously%2C%20Ms">since last September</a>. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/11/25/21/ph-to-china-we-wont-be-stopped-from-exercising-rights-in-wps">PH to China: We won&#x27;t be stopped from exercising rights in WPS</a></li></ul><p>Carlson had been Deputy Chief of Mission in New Delhi, India for 3 years. She was Chargé d’Affaires for 10 months, the White House said. </p><p>According to the White House website, Carlson has been in foreign service since 1985 and won numerous accolades for her work. </p><p>&quot;She has also served at US diplomatic missions in China (twice), Ukraine, Hong Kong, Mozambique, Kenya, and the Dominican Republic,&quot; the statement added. </p><p>&quot;Her domestic assignments include Director of the Secretary’s Executive Secretariat Staff and Deputy Director of Korean Affairs.&quot;</p><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1668351" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

Biden intends to nominate Carlson, who currently serves as Deputy Chief of Mission at the US Embassy in Buenos Aires, to the post in Manila.