![[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-22173-05] Official portrait of Larry Dinger, U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu [Photographer: Mark Stewart--State] [59-CF-DS-22173-05_Larry_Dinger_WEB_fromPSD.jpg]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn10/L3Bob3RvLzIwMDUvMDcvMDgvYXNzaWdubWVudC01OS1jZi1kcy0yMjE3My0wNS1vZmZpY2lhbC1wb3J0cmFpdC1vZi1sYXJyeS1kaW5nZXItdXMtYW1iYXNzYWRvci1lZjgwZWYtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/60/webp "[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-22173-05] Official portrait of Larry Dinger, U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu [Photographer: Mark Stewart--State] [59-CF-DS-22173-05_Larry_Dinger_WEB_fromPSD.jpg]")
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-22173-05] Official portrait of Larry Dinger, U.S...
[Assignment: 59-CF-DS-22173-05] Official portrait of Larry Dinger, U.S. Ambassador to Fiji Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga, and Tuvalu [Photographer: Mark Stewart--State]
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