US Embassy in Bahrain ‘excited’ to welcome new Ambassador

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

The US Embassy in Bahrain yesterday said they were “excited to eventually welcome a new Ambassador to Bahrain.”

Responding to reports on the arrival of the new US Ambassador, Embassy’s Deputy Public Affairs Officer David Whitted said that Steven Craig Bondy was still a nominee and that they were awaiting the final official confirmation on the new appointment by the US Senate.

NOB had reported the nomination of Bondy for the post of US Ambassador to the Kingdom. On 15 April 2021, US President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Bondy as the US Ambassador to Bahrain. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Bondy, from 2017-2020, was the Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission at US Embassy Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Before that, he handled several roles of increasing responsibility at the US Embassy Kabul, Afghanistan, US Embassy Baghdad, Iraq and other areas. Bondy had demonstrated his ability to lead diverse interagency teams effectively and provide strong leadership even in extreme security environments. “These skills, coupled with his extensive Middle East experience, including in Bahrain, make him an excellent candidate to be the US Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain,” US Embassy said.