ambassador

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Several people I spoke to over the weekend said the ambassador in Washington would typically have the highest level of security clearance – what is known as Strap 3.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

It came as MPs questioned the prime minister over the security vetting controversy surrounding former US ambassador Peter Mandelson.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

King Felipe VI made the remarks while speaking with Mexico’s ambassador to Spain, Quirino Ordaz, during a visit to a museum exhibition in Madrid about the role of women in pre-Columbian Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026

Sir Olly Robbins will be grilled by the Foreign Affairs Committee over why the ex-US ambassador received the clearance, and whether No 10 was told about red flags.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

Several months earlier, Kennedy had given the green light to the top secret Cable 24.3, sent by the US State Department to the American ambassador stationed in Saigon, South Vietnam.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge