President Reagan intends to nominate career diplomat William Brown to replace Thomas Pickering as U.S. ambassador to Israel, the White House announced Friday.
The announcement did not disclose the new assignment for Pickering, who has been ambassador to Israel since 1985.
Brown, 57, currently ambassador to Thailand, served as deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv from 1979 to 1982. During more than 30 years with the State Department he has otherwise concentrated on Far Eastern and Soviet affairs.
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