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Old 08-01-2009, 07:10   #5
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That web site is for the counslate in Jerusalem, not the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Correct - consulates exist as regionally specific sub-HQs and the CG is normally a DOS career Foreign Service Officer vice a political appointee.

For example, prior to German unification and the AmEmbassy's move to Berlin, the AmEmbassy-Bonn (with politically appointed Ambassador Vernon Walters) had consulates headed by FSO Consuls General in Munich, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Hannover, Hamburg, and Berlin. Now the Embassy is in Berlin and the consulates are in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig, and Munich.

Just as a point of interest and comparison - the US has 11 consulates in Canada, 12 in Mexico, and 13 in China.

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