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[CITE: 22USC2688]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
Sec. 2688. Ambassadors; criteria regarding selection and 
        confirmation
        
    It is the sense of the Congress that the position of United States 
ambassador to a foreign country should be accorded to men and women 
possessing clearly demonstrated competence to perform ambassadorial 
duties. No individual should be accorded the position of United States 
ambassador to a foreign country primarily because of financial 
contributions to political campaigns.

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 18, as added Pub. L. 94-141, title 
I, Sec. 104, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 757; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 
97-241, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)
