"Obama 'recess appoints' Ricciardone as envoy to Ankara
U.S. President Barack Obama late Wednesday bypassed the Senate and installed Frank Ricciardone as the new ambassador to Ankara, using a rarely exercised mechanism called a "recess appointment" to end five months without representation in Turkey."
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