Subject: Fwd: Diplomatic Council on Energy Security Adds Two New Ambassadors
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:02:55 -0400 (EDT)

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Subject: Diplomatic Council on Energy Security Adds Two New Ambassadors

Ambassador Siddique,
We received approval from Amb. Giffin and are sending this release out now. Please feel free to forward to your contacts as well. Thank you.

 
For Immediate Release: October 11, 2011
Contact: Justin Kitsch, (202) 461-2365
    
Diplomatic Council on Energy Security Adds Two New Ambassadors 
Former Ambassadors Gordon Giffin and M. Osman Siddique join bipartisan coalition formed to highlight the foreign policy and diplomatic constraints created by the nation’s dependence on oil
 
WASHINGTON – The Diplomatic Council on Energy Security (DCES), a bipartisan coalition of former U.S. ambassadors who have come together to speak to the diplomatic and foreign policy constraints created by the nation’s oil dependence, today announced the addition of two new members: Gordon Giffin, former Ambassador to Canada and M. Osman Siddique, former Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji.
 
“We are honored to have such a distinguished group of foreign policy experts join the Diplomatic Council on Energy Security, and lend their voice to the critical issue of energy security,” said Robbie Diamond, President and CEO of Securing America’s Future Energy (SAFE), which formed the DCES in 2010. “Ambassadors Giffin and Siddique have served at the highest levels of our nation’s foreign policy structure, and the expertise and experience they will provide at the intersection of international affairs and energy will be invaluable.
 
“Energy security is crucial to the economic and political relationship between the U.S. and its international partners,” said Ambassador Gordon Giffin, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Canada in the late 1990s. “I look forward to working with the Diplomatic Council to continue to build bi-partisan support for greater energy cooperation between the U.S. and its trading partners.”
 
“It is a privilege to serve on a body that is highlighting the consequences of our dependence on petroleum – an issue that is critically important for our country,” said Ambassador M. Osman Siddique, who served as ambassador to Fiji. “U.S. dependence on oil constrains the economy and our foreign policy. The time is past due for meaningful action that will put the U.S. on a path toward real energy security.”  
 
Ambassador Gordon Giffin served as the U.S. Ambassador to Canada from 1997-2001. He serves on the Council on Foreign Relations, the Board of Trustees for the Carter Presidential Center, and the Board of Advisors of the Woodrow Wilson International Center. Ambassador Giffin chairs the Public Policy and International department of McKenna Long & Aldridge.
 
Ambassador M. Osman Siddique served as the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji with concurrent accreditations to the Kingdom of Tonga, the Republic of Nauru and the Government of Tuvalu from 1999-2001. Prior to his ambassadorship, Siddique was Chairman and CEO of ITT/Travelogue. Ambassador Siddique serves on the Boards and Advisory Councils of several fortune 500 and multi-national companies including some non-profit organizations. He also served as a co-chair for the 2005 US-Islamic World Forum held in Doha, Qatar, jointly sponsored by the Brookings Institution and the Emir of Qatar and is in the forefront of policy discussions between the US and the Islamic world.
 
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Justin Kitsch
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