Halla Welcomed Billy Long to Bessastaðir
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Billy Long, the US ambassador to Iceland, formally assumed office today when he presented his credentials to President Halla Tómasdóttir at Bessastaðir. Long attracted a lot of attention in Iceland when he joked last year about making Iceland the 52nd state of the United States, for which he later apologized.
Billy Long, the United States Ambassador to Iceland, has arrived in the country and has officially begun his duties as ambassador.
William “Billy” Long has officially assumed his duties as the United States Ambassador to Iceland. He presented his credentials to Icelandic President Halla Tómasdóttir at Bessastaðir today, according to a statement from the US embassy on Facebook. “Iceland and the United States have a long history of cooperation, from security and defense and trade to art, literature and exploration,” Long is quoted as saying in the post. “I look forward to wor…
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