Meet The New U S Ambassador To The E U S S R........

[ToraToraTora]

[Jackdaw33]

Absolutely sublime.

[youngmafbog]

Sounds like she is from the Hills.

[bookbinder]

Don't contestants have to pass some kind of test to even get on such programmes?

[William51]

She is now 71 and has been an ambassador before so let us hope she is ok.

[gulliver1]

Boris needs lots of people like her to help him get
re-elected at the next G/E,

[Mamyalynne]

The reactions of the youngsters was a joy to behold.

[perseverer]

Her cv - perhaps not so dumb afterall

Adams-Smith, Ms. Kelly - DOS
Faculty Seminar Leader
Kelly Adams-Smith began her assignment at the National Defense University in July 2019. Her last overseas assignment was as Deputy Chief of Mission and Chargé d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic from 2016-2019. Before that she served as Economic Counselor at the U.S. Mission in London, UK, where she and her team covered all aspects of Brexit. Her other overseas tours include Chief of Political and Economic Affairs in Sofia, Bulgaria; Economic Officer in Tallinn, Estonia; and Chief of American Citizen Services in Moscow, Russia. In Washington, Kelly served as Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Security Council from 2011-2013 among other assignments. Kelly is a career member of the Senior Foreign Service. She is the recipient of the State Department's Rockwell Anthony Schnabel Award for Advancing U.S.-EU Relations and the Sinclaire Language Award. She has a Master's degree in Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies from Harvard University and a Bachelor's degree in International Studies from The American University in Washington, DC. Born in Atlantic City, NJ, Kelly now lives in Arlington, Virginia, with her husband and two children.

FUNCTIONAL EXPERTISE: Diplomacy, Economics

REGIONAL EXPERTISE: Central and Eastern Europe, UK, European Union, Russia

[david small]

She’s sweet. Reminds me of someone.

[Mamyalynne]

Anne Aston ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Aston

[bookbinder]

The Kelly Adams-Smith on the video doesn't look like the Kelly Adams-Smith in the attached biography.
https://nwc.ndu.edu/About/Faculty/ArticleView/Article/1926883/adams-smith-ms-kelly-dos/

[royfromaus]

REGIONAL EXPERTISE: Central and Eastern Europe, UK, European Union, Russia
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Clearly, that is bullshhhhhh

[david small]

I see what you mean mamya, but not her. An ex girlfriend maybe.

[Mamyalynne]

I see.

[wolf63]

I think that her name is Kellie Pickler

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Pickler

[Mamyalynne]

That will be her Wolf.

[wolf63]

She is actually quite pretty. But with an accent like that, she will never sound intelligent.

[sanmac]

I suspect that she made a few dollars appearing on that show, and that she is not quite the "dumb blonde" that we are expected to think. And, of course, the hillbilly accent adds to the facade. Notice that the host refers to the country as Hungry, rather than Hungary, just to keep things going.

[DTCwordfan]

And I thought it was the Countess of Wessex who had landed the plum job of US Ambassador to the UK.

https://www.ft.com/__origami/service/image/v2/images/raw/https%3A%2F%2Fd1e00ek4ebabms.cloudfront.net%2Fproduction%2F7d02cc86-f021-4ab3-8310-1aa3e19cddb6.jpg?fit=scale-down&;source=next&width=700

They say we all have a doppelganger out there.

[emmie]

Sophie Countess of Wessex is a good deal prettier than your doppleganger supposedly shows.....

[10ClarionSt]

As others have said, the reactions of the two kids are wonderful! Here are some more knowledgeable US students.