Statement issued by Ambassadors for Kerry Edwards 2004:

“We are more than 180 former United States Ambassadors who had the privilege of representing our country around the world under nine presidents, Democratic and Republican - from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush. Almost half of us were nonpartisan career foreign service officers. We believe it is imperative to our national security that we change the leadership of the nation we all love and elect John Kerry and John Edwards.

“After September 11, the world was fully behind us, but George W. Bush has needlessly squandered much of that support and undermined our ability to win the war on terror. He has also seriously eroded the alliances we need to keep our nation safe. Now, we face a loss of respect and trust amongst our allies such as we have never seen. As a result, our troops and taxpayers must bear the risks and costs of building a safer world virtually alone.

“The Congress and the American people were misled by an ever-changing rationale for launching a preemptive war in Iraq. We failed to finish the mission in Afghanistan and stood on the sidelines while North Korea and Iran advanced their nuclear programs. George W. Bush's failings have made the threat of terrorism worse, not better.

“The Bush administration's go-it-alone polices are making Americans less safe at home and abroad. Even the world's only superpower needs friends and allies, and we are blessed with the challenge of using our position for good. War should be the last resort - not the first.

“John Kerry has the experience, strength and wisdom to lead us in fighting the war on terrorism, winning the peace in Iraq, making America more secure, and restoring America as the beacon of democracy and freedom in the world.”

Ambassadors endorsing Kerry-Edwards 2004:

J. Brady Anderson Ambassador to Tanzania (1994-97)
David R. Andrews Special Negotiator for US-Iran claims (2000-01)
Christopher C. Ashby Ambassador to Uruguay (1997-01)

Harriet C. Babbitt Ambassador to Organization of American States (1993-97)
Jeffery A. Bader Ambassador to Namibia (1999-01) Elizabeth F. Bagley Ambassador to Portugal (1994-97)
Harry G. Barnes, Jr. Ambassador to Romania (1973-77) Foreign Service Director-General (1977-81) Ambassador to Chile (1985-88) Ambassador to India (1981-85)
Robert L. Barry Ambassador to Bulgaria (1981-84) Ambassador to Indonesia (1992-95)
Josiah H. Beeman Ambassador to New Zealand (1994-99)
Gordon R. Beyer Ambassador to Uganda (1980-83)
James D. Bindenagel Chargé d'Affaires ad interim Germany (1996-97) Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues (1999-01)
Jack R. Binns Ambassador to Honduras (1980-81)
James J. Blanchard Ambassador to Canada (1993-96)
Alan J. Blinken Ambassador to Belgium (1993-98)
Donald M. Blinken Ambassador to Hungary (1994-97)
Richard J. Bloomfield Ambassador to Ecuador (1976-78) Ambassador to Portugal (1978-82)
William Bodde Jr. Ambassador to Fiji, Tonga and Tuvalu (1980-81) Ambassador to Marsall Islands (1990-92)
Richard W. Boehm Ambassador to Oman (1984-87) Ambassador to Cyprus (1988-91)
Amy L. Bondurant Ambassador to OECD (1997-01)
Stephen W. Bosworth Ambassador to Tunisia (1979-81) Ambassador to Philippines (1984-87) Ambassador to Korea (1997-01)
Peter S. Bridges Ambassador to Somalia (1984-86)
Sam Brown Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (1994-98)
George C. Bruno Ambassador to Belize (1994-97)
Edward P. Brynn Ambassador to Mauritania (1982-83) Ambassador to Gambia (1984) Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1991-93) Ambassador to Ghana (1995-98) Peter Burleigh Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism (1991-92) Ambassador to Sri Lanka & Maldives (1996-97) Representative to the United Nations(1997-99) Patricia M. Byrne Ambassador to Mali (1976-79) Ambassador to Burma (1980-83)

Walter C. Carrington Ambassador to Senegal (1980-81) Ambassador to Nigeria (1993-97)
Paul Cejas Ambassador to Belgium (1998-01)
Richard F. Celeste Ambassador to India (1997-01)
James F. Collins Ambassador to At-Large & Advisor to Secretary on NIS (1995-97) Ambassador to Russia (1998-01)
Clay Constantinou Ambassador to Luxembourg (1994-99)
Carleton S. Coon Jr. Ambassador to Nepal (1981-84)
Jane Coon Ambassador to Bangladesh (1981-84)
James F. Creagan Ambassador to Honduras (1996-99)
T. Frank Crigler Ambassador to Rwanda (1976-79) Ambassador to Somalia (1987-90)
William J. Crowe Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1994-97)

C. Edward Dillery Ambassador to Tonga, Figi, Tuvalu and Kiribati (1984-87)
Robert S. Dillon Ambassador to Lebanon (1981-83)
Thomas J. Dodd Ambassador to Uruguay (1993-97) Ambassador to Costa Rica (1997-01)
K. Terry Dornbush Ambassador to Netherlands (1994-98)
Robin Chandler Duke Ambassador to Norway (2000-01)
Charles F. Dunbar Jr. Chargé d'Affaires Afghanistan (1982-83) Ambassador to Qatar (1983-85) Ambassador to Yemen (1988-91)
David J. Dunford Ambassador to Oman (1992-95)

Ralph Earle II Chief Negotiator, SALT II Treaty (1977-80)
William B. Edmondson Ambassador to South Africa (1978-81)
John Eisenhower Ambassador to Belgium (1969-71)
Stuart E. Eizenstat Ambassador to European Union (1993-96)
Edward E. Elson Ambassador to Denmark (1993-98)
Nancy Ely-Raphel Ambassador to Slovenia (1998-00)
Susan G. Esserman Deputy US Trade Representative (2000-01)
March Fong Eu Ambassador to Micronesia (1994-96)

Robert W. Farrand Ambassador to Papua New Guinea (1990-93)
Robert C. Felder Ambassador to Benin (1998-00)
John Ferch Ambassador to Honduras (1985-86)
Glenn W. Ferguson Ambassador to Kenya (1966-69)
Thomas M. Foglietta Ambassador to Italy (1997-00)
Wyche Fowler Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1996-01)

Edward E. Gabriel Ambassador to Morocco (1997-01)
Peter W. Galbraith Ambassador to Croatia (1993-98)
 John Kenneth Galbraith Ambassador to India (1961-63)
Richard N. Gardner Ambassador to Italy (1977-81) Ambassador to Spain (1993-97)
Paul F. Gardner Ambassador to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands (1984-86)
Robert S. Gelbard Ambassador to Indonesia (1999-01)
D. Gordon Giffin Ambassador to Canada (1997-01)
Harry J. Gilmore Ambassador to Armenia (1993-95)
Marc C. Ginsberg Ambassador to Morocco (1994-98)
Raymond E. Gonzalez Ambassador to Ecuador (1978-82)
James Eugene Goodby Ambassador to Finland (1980-81)
A. Lincoln Gordon Ambassador to Brazil (1961-66)
Gabriel Guerra-Mondragon Ambassador to Chile (1994-98)

Anthony S. Harrington Ambassador to Brazil (1999-01)
Samuel F. Hart Ambassador to Ecuador (1982-85)
Ulric Haynes, Jr. Ambassador to Algeria (1977-81)
Gerald B. Helman Ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva (1979-81)
Irving Hicks Ambassador to Ethiopia (1994-96)
Hugh Kenneth Hill Ambassador to Bulgaria (1990-93)
James C. Hormel Ambassador to Luxembourg (1999-00)
William J. Hughes Ambassador to Panama (1995-98)
Swanee Grace Hunt Ambassador to Austria (1993-97)
Robert E. Hunter Ambassador to NATO (1993-98)
Edward Hurwitz Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan (1994)

Karl F. Inderfurth Deputy Permanent Representative on the UN (1993-97)
Frederick Irving Ambassador to Iceland (1972-76) Ambassador to Jamaica (1977-78)
William H. Itoh Ambassador to Thailand (1996-99)

Mari-Luci Jaramillo Ambassador to Honduras (1977-80)
James R. Jones Ambassador to Mexico (1993-97)
George Jones Ambassador to Guyana (1992-95)
James A. Joseph Ambassador to South Africa (1995-99)

Philip Kaiser Ambassador to Senegal and Mauritania (61-64) Ambassador to Hungary (1977-81) Ambassador to Austria (1980-81)
Rodney Kennedy-Minott Ambassador to Sweden (1977-80)
Lowell Kilday Ambassador to Dominican Republic (1985-88)
Henry L. Kimelman Ambassador to Haiti (1980-81)
Dennis H. Kux Ambassador to Ivory Coast (1986-89)

Philip Lader Ambassador to United Kingdom (1997-01)
Denis Lamb Ambassador to OECD (1987)
Lyle F. Lane Ambassador to Uruguay (1979-80) Ambassador to Paraguay (1980-82)
Luis J. Lauredo Ambassador to Organization of American States (2000-01)
Nelson Ledsky Negotiator in Germany and Special coordinator for Cyprus (1989-92)
Donald C. Leidel Ambassador to Bahrain (1983-86)
James F. Leonard Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1976-80)
Delano Eugene Lewis Ambassador to South Africa (1999-01)
 John A. Linehan Ambassador to Sierra Leone (1977-80)
James G. Lowenstein Ambassador to Luxembourg (1977-81)
Patrick J. Lucey Ambassador to Mexico (1977-79)

Raymond Edwin Mabus Ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1991-96)
David L. Mack Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (1986-89)
Frank E. Maestrone Ambassador to Kuwait (1976-79)
Charles Taylor Manatt Ambassador to Dominican Republic (1999-01)
Richard C. Matheron Ambassador to Swaziland (1979-82)
 John McDonald Ambassador to UN World Conferences (1978-83)
Tom McDonald Ambassador to Zimbabwe (1997-01)
Gerald S. McGowan Ambassador to Portugal (1997-01)
Stan McLelland Ambassador to Jamaica (1997-01)
William G. Miller Ambassador to Ukraine (1993-96)
David C. Miller, Jr. Ambassador to Tanzania (1981-83) Ambassador to Zimbabwe (1984-87)
Robert Miller Ambassador to Malaysia (1977) Ambassador to Ivory Coast (1983-86)
Jay P. Moffat Ambassador to Chad (1983-85)
Walter F. Mondale Ambassador to Japan (1993-97)
Richard L. Morningstar Ambassador to NIS (1995-99) Ambassador to the European Union (1999-01)
Carol Moseley-Braun Ambassador to New Zealand (1999-01)
Alfred H. Moses Ambassador to Romania (1994-97)

Matthew Nimetz Counselor to the Secretary of State (1977-80) Under Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology (1980)
Donald R. Norland Ambassador to Netherlands (1965-69) Ambassador to Botswana, Lesotho, and Swaziland (1976-79) Ambassador to Chad (1979-81)

John O'Leary Ambassador to Chile (1998-01)
Lyndon L. Olson, Jr. Ambassador to Sweden (1997-01)

Ronald D. Palmer Ambassador to Togo (1976-80) Ambassador to Malaysia (1981-85) Ambassador to and Mauritius (1986-88)
Joseph R. Paolino Ambassador to Malta (1994-96)
Edward L. Peck Ambassador to Iraq (1977-80) Ambassador to Mauritania (1983-85)
Jack R. Perry Ambassador to Bulgaria (1979-81)
Pete Peterson Ambassador to Vietnam (1997-01)
Donald Petterson Ambassador to Somalia (1978-82) Ambassador to Tanzania (1986-89) Ambassador to Sudan (1992-95)
Donald J. Planty Ambassador to Guatemala (1996-99)
Sol Polansky Ambassador to Bulgaria (1987-90)
Joseph A. Presel Ambassador to Uzbekistan (1997-00)
Kathryn Proffitt Haycock Ambassador to Malta (1997-01)

Nicholas Andrew Rey Ambassador to Poland (1993-97)
Robert G. Rich, Jr. Ambassador to Belize (1987-90)
Bill Richardson Ambassador to United Nations (1997-98)
Felix Rohatyn Ambassador to France (1997-01)
Peter F. Romero Ambasador to Ecuador (1993-96)
Edward L. Romero Ambassador to Spain and Andorra (1998-01)
James C. Rosapepe Ambassador to Romania (1998-01)
Peter Rosenblatt Ambassador to the Trust Territories of the Pacific (1977-81)
Edward L. Rowell Ambassador to Bolivia (1985-87) Ambassador to Portugal (1988-89) Ambassador to Luxembourg (1990-93)

Jim Sasser Ambassador to China (1995-99)
Howard B. Schaffer Ambassador to Bangladesh (1984-87)
Teresita C. Schaffer Ambassador to Sri Lanka (1992-95)
Arthur L. Schechter Ambassador to the Bahamas (1998-01)
David J. Scheffer Ambassador at Large for War Crimes (1997-01)
Cynthia P. Schneider Ambassador to Netherlands (1998-01)
Peter Sebastian Ambassador to Tunisia (1984-87)
Talcott W. Seelye Ambassador to Tunisia (1972) Ambassador to Syria (1978-81)
Ira S. Shapiro Chief Negotiator for Japan and Canada (1995-97)
John Shattuck Ambassador to the Czech Republic (1998-00)
Derek Shearer Ambassador to Finland (1994-97)
Wendy R. Sherman Counselor to the Secretary; North Korea Policy Coordinator Ambassador at Large (1997-01)
David Shinn Ambassador to Burkina Faso (1987-90) Ambassador to Ethiopia (1996-99)
Edward E. Shumaker Ambassador to Trinidad & Tobago (1997-01)
M. Osman Siddique Ambassador to Fiji, Tongo, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Nauru (1999-01) Thomas L. Siebert Ambassador to Sweden (1994-98)
Thomas W. Simons, Jr. Ambassador to Poland (1990-93) Ambassador to Pakistan (1996-98)
Richard Sklar Ambassador to the United Nationsl(1997) Special Representative for Implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords (1996-97) Ambassador to and Special Representative to Promote Economic Reconstruction and the Development of Market Economies in Southeast Europe (1999-01)
Robert P. Smith Ambassador to Malta (1974-76) Ambassador to Ghana (1976-79) Ambassador to Liberia (1979-81)
Keith C. Smith Ambassador to Lithuania (1997-00)
Nancy Soderberg Ambassador to the United Nations (1997-01)
E. Michael Southwick Ambassador to Uganda (1994-97)
Joan E. Spero Ambassador to UN Economic and Social Council (1980-81)
 Daniel L. Spiegel Ambassador to United Nations in Geneva (1993-97)
Carl Spielvogel Ambassador to Slovak Republic (2000-01)
Andrew Steigman Ambassador to Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe (1975-77)
John Todd Stewart Ambassador to Moldova (1995-98)
Robert Strauss Ambassador to the Russian Federation (1991-92)
Michael J. Sullivan Ambassador to Ireland (1998-01)
Richard N. Swett Ambassador to Denmark (1998-01)

Richard W. Teare Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu (1993-96)
Theresa Tull Ambassador to Guyana (1987-90) Ambassador to Brunai (1993-96)

Abelardo L. Valdez Chief of Protocol (1979-81)
William J. Vanden Heuvel Permanent Representative to United Nations in Geneva (1977-79)Deputy Permanent Representative to United Nations (1979-81)
George S. Vest Ambassador to European Union (1981-84)
Sandra Louise Vogelgesang Ambassador to Nepal (1994-97)

James D. Walsh Ambassador to Argentina (2000-03)
Keith Wauchope Ambassador to Gabon (1989-92)
A. Vernon Weaver Ambassador to the European Union (1996-99)
Thomas G. Weston Special Coordinator for Cyprus (1999-04)

Kenneth Yalowitz Ambassador to Belarus (1994-97) Ambassador to Georgia (1998-01)