R. Nicholas Burns
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Robert Nicholas Burns is an American diplomat and academic who has served as the United States ambassador to China since 2022.
Official portrait, 2022
Burns and Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld at NATO headquarters in Brussels on December 2, 2003
Burns during the Munich Security Conference in 2016
Burns sworn in as ambassador to China by Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in January 2022
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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The Under Secretary for Political Affairs is currently the fourth-ranking position in the United States Department of State, after the secretary, the deputy secretary, and the deputy secretary of state for management and resources. The current acting under secretary is John R. Bass, who assumed the position following the resignation of Victoria Nuland.
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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