By MATTHEW LEE
AP Diplomatic Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Obama administration officials say the White
House is considering a recommendation to nominate the current U.S.
ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, to be America's next top diplomat in
Egypt.
The officials said Tuesday that
Secretary of State John Kerry has put Ford's name forward to take the
Cairo post, which will soon be vacated by Anne Patterson. She has been
tapped to become assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs.
The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not
authorized to publicly discuss personnel matters, said a decision on
Ford's potential nomination could come in the next two weeks.
Ford
has been ambassador to Syria since January 2011, but has not lived in
Damascus since February 2012, when the State Department suspended
embassy operations there.
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