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Switched-on ambassador

By Brooks Tigner  -  11.02.2010 / 04:30 CET
The US ambassador to the EU has close ties to Obama and a background in telecommunications.

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William Kennard, as seen by Marco Villard.
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Curriculum Vitae

1957: Born, Los Angeles
1978: Degree in communications, Stanford University
1981: Degree, Yale Law School
1981-82: Legal fellow, National Association of Broadcasters
1982-83: Associate at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand 1983-84: Assistant general counsel, National Association of Broadcasters
1984-93: Partner at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson & Hand
1993-97: General counsel, Federal Communications Commission
1997-2001: Head of Federal Communications Commission
2001-09: Joins Carlyle Group, becoming managing director of its telecoms and media group
2009-: US ambassador to the EU

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