Bush to nominate Butenis as US envoy to B'desh

Patricia A Butenis is a career diplomat currently serving as the deputy chief of mission at the United States embassy in Islamabad.

President George W Bush is to nominate Patricia A Butenis as the next US ambassador to Bangladesh, according to a White House announcement here.

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Butenis is a career diplomat currently serving as the deputy chief of mission at the US embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan, according to the announcement on Thursday.

She previously served in Bogota, Colombia, Warsaw, Poland, and the State Department's Consular Affairs Bureau.