Karen Whitlock
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Karen Whitlock (born 1968) is an American diplomat who has headed the US Liaison Office in Talas since 2024. As the senior US civilian in Irad, she is treated as an ambassador in all but name.[1]
Career
A career Foreign Service officer, she served in Almaty, Tashkent and Kabul, and came to Talas from the State Department's Central Asia desk.[1]
US Liaison Office
The Liaison Office is staffed by the State Department and has been attached to Talas Air Base since January 2007. It issues passports and provides services to US nationals and handles base matters; it is not a consulate, and she is not an ambassador. Each 26 June she lays the US wreath at the cross that marks the wedding minibus shooting.[1]
See also
References
- ^ Talas State University, Institute of Sociology (2024). Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Irad. Talas: Talas State University Press.