Reply #3: This is strange - he doesn't seem like the typical Bush crony

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How did he get an ambassadorship?

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/28128.htm

BIOGRAPHY

David Campbell Mulford
Ambassador, India
Term of Appointment: 01/23/2004 to present

Ambassador to India David C. MulfordOn November 13, 2003 President Bush nominated David Campbell Mulford, a finance expert with previous government experience, as U.S. Ambassador to India. As required by the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination on December 9, 2003. Ambassador Mulford was sworn in on January 23,2004.

Prior to this assignment, Ambassador Mulford was Chairman International and Member of the Executive Board for Credit Suisse First Boston in London, England, where he earlier held the position of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Europe). From 1984 to 1992, he served as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and, eventually, as Undersecretary for International Affairs for the Department of the Treasury.

From 1974 to 1984, Ambassador Mulford was also Managing Director and head of International Finance at White, Weld & Co., Inc., and a senior investment advisor to the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. From 1970 to 1974, he was head of White Weld International Finance Group in New York and was with White, Weld & Co., Inc., international investment banking in New York and London from 1966 to 1974. He was a White House fellow in 1965 and 1966 and served as a special assistant to the Secretary of the Treasury.

Born in June 1937 in Rockford, Illinois, Ambassador Mulford earned his bachelor's degree from Lawrence University in 1959, his master's degree from Boston University in 1962 and his Ph. D. from Oxford University in 1965. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, has received several international awards, and has written several books. He is married and has two children.

Released on January 23, 2004