Seymour Weiss of Bethesda, Md., was sworn in Wednesday as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas, Weiss, a career officer, has served since 1973 as director of the Bureau of Political Military Affairs in the State Department and from 1970 to 1973 was a member of the planning coordination staff. Weiss, Jewish, is from Chicago.
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