George Bush's Administration declared the name of the candidate of the US Ambassador to Armenia. As Harut Sasunyan writes in The California Courier, it has become clear from some reliable American and Armenian sources that
the head of the US diplomatic mission in Yerevan may become the present US Ambassador to Kyrgyzstan Maria Iovanovich. Thus, the first step has been taken. After receiving Armenia's agreement, President Bush will officially
introduce the candidacy in the commission on foreign affairs of the US Senate, and in case it is approved by the entire Senate, the Ambassador will be sent to Yerevan.