Ambassador to the US Tae-sik Lee of Korea, South
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Ambassador Lee is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and his official residence is at the Korean Embassy in Washington, D.
Lee is a career diplomat whose service for his country covers four decades and four continents.
Lee had served in the Korean Embassy in the United States before, as a first secretary from 1981 to 1984.
Lee is a native of the Republic of Korea.
President-elect Lee was very amenable to the idea so I¡¯m sure he will visit Washington in the near future.
What is often called The Forgotten War was anything but as Lee praised the more than 50 Korean War veterans who'd come to hear him speak on a sun-splashed afternoon.
Lee said without help from the United States, South Korea wouldn't be the democratic, economic powerhouse it is today.
Ambassador Lee is a career diplomat whose service for his country covers four decades and four continents.
Ambassador Lee has served as an international diplomat for more than four decades, across the span of four continents.
It's said that nature abhors a vacuum and I suppose conference speakers abhor a vacuum, too, so I'm delighted that Ambassador Lee took up not only in time but also in theme the time that we had devoted to Larry Lindsey's address.
Lee said his government's desire for a free-trade agreement being considered by Congress will help end the beef dispute.
Ambassador Lee is a career diplomat who has served his country for more than four decades and across four continents.
Ambassador Lee has served in the United States before, as a first secretary at the Korean Embassy in Washington, D.
Lee has met with more than 600 veterans of the Korean War and presented them with cell phones donated by the South Korean electronics company, Samsung.
Lee said about 200,000 Americans served in Korea from 1950 to 1953 a war that ended in a cease?fire, not a peace treaty.
Ambassador Lee had served in the Korean Embassy in the United States before, as a First Secretary from 1981-1984.
Ambassador Lee was born on October 26, 1945 and is a native of the Republic of Korea.
Ambassador Lee is married with three sons.
Possible candidates to replace Lee include the current Vice Foreign Minister Kwon Jong-rak, Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon and Sakong Il, head of the Presidential Council on National Competitiveness, according to a Blue House senior official who declined to be named “Lee has served in the post since September 2005, meaning he has well passed the usual three-year tenure,” said the official.
Lee said in a solemn speech to the local veterans.
Lee said hes met about 1,400 Korean War vets around the country since he was named ambassador to the US.
In discussing the recent election in Korea, Ambassador Lee said that the special envoy of President-elect Lee Myung-bak to the United States emphasized that the president-elect strongly values the US.
He indicated that President Lee is expected to visit Washington this spring at the invitation of President Bush.
At least Lee was able to see signs of progress in South Korea, where support for the agreement has risen to 65 percent, despite continuing apprehension from the agricultural industry, which has long enjoyed the buffer of tall tariffs.