Brent Christensen
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William Brent Christensen is an American diplomat who served as director of the U.S. State Department's Office of Taiwan coordination, deputy director and director of the American Institute in Taiwan
Brent Christiensen
Brent Christensen (second from left) as Director of the Office of Taiwan Coordination, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, United States Department of State, met with President Ma Ying-jeou in 2011.
Sully Sullenberger
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Chesley Burnett "Sully" Sullenberger III is an American retired aircraft pilot, diplomat and aviation safety expert, who is best known for his actions as captain of US Airways Flight 1549 on January 1
Brent Christensen
…In August 2022, Christensen was appointed Chargé d'Affaires of the U.S. Mission to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), succeeding Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger. In December 2023, it was announced Christensen will teach at Brigham Young University, having retired from the State Department…
Official portrait, 2022
Sullenberger's 1973 Air Force Academy senior class photograph
US Airways Flight 1549 afloat in the Hudson River
Sullenberger (back left) and first officer Jeffrey Skiles (back right) at the first inauguration of Barack Obama on 20 January 2009, with Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning in front